LINKS TO RELIEF AGENCIES
INVOLVED WITH THE
RED RIVER FLOOD EMERGENCY
RELIEF AGENCY WEBMASTERS: We can only post the URL's of those relief agencies specifically addressing the emergency situation here in the Red River Valley. To post your URL, please e-mail us.
- American Red Cross National flood news web site. Local chapter donations can be mailed to: American Red Cross Minn-Kota Chapter, 1015 7th Ave. N., Moorhead, MN 56560.
- Click here to make a credit card donation to the American Red Cross.
- Salvation Army of Fargo Flood Disaster Relief A local web site established to coordinate donations and relief assistance for Red River Valley flooding. Local chapter donations can be mailed to: Salvation Army, 304 Roberts St. N., Fargo, ND 58102.
- To make a credit card donation to the Salvation Army, phone 1-800-Sal-Army.
- KudzuSouth Dakota Flood Relief Project This southeastern U.S. web advertising company has established, in cooperation with NationsBank, a relief fund where 100% of the donations go to the Salvation Army in Fargo.
- Second Harvest Second Harvest is the largest hunger-relief organization in the U.S. It has moved millions of pounds of food into flood-affected regions of Minnesota and North Dakota.
- North American Center for Emergency Communications NACEC has set up a message service in service to people displaced by the current situation along the Red River Valley.
- Flood Relief T-Shirts From the 6th Grade Math Class at Prescott Middle School, River Falls, WI. $10.
- ELCA Domestic Disaster Response Contributions marked "Spring Storm Victims" can be mailed to: ELCA Domestic Disaster Response, PO Box 71764 , Chicago, IL 60694-1764. Donations will be used entirely to support relief efforts for all flood-devastated areas in the United States.
- United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) UMCOR is sending volunteer help to the Upper Midwest region. Donations are requested to support this relief effort.
- Teamsters Union Disaster Relief Warehouse Business Hwy 2, East Grand Forks, MN. (218) 779-7588. Teamsters volunteers nationwide have been collecting and transporting over a million pounds of food and supplies,
especially building materials for flood victims to repair their damaged
homes. Teamsters have established a warehouse in East Grand Forks to collect
and store contributions.
- Catholic Diocese of Fargo Flood Relief Contributions to provide relief assistance can be mailed to: Fargo Catholic Diocese Flood Relief, 1310 Broadway, Fargo, ND 58102.
- Greater Grand Forks Relief Fund Contributions to provide flood relief can be made to the Greater Grand Forks Relief Fund, Box 13118, Grand Forks, ND 58206.
- To make a credit card donation to this fund, phone 1-888-743-5663.
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Aerial view southeastward toward Fargo on April 20, 1997. The sinuous pair of ridges along the right margin is Interstate-29 The dike-protected community of Harwood is visible at the upper right. The Sheyenne River meanders across the center of the photo. The Red River is visible at the extreme upper left.(G. Goreham, NDSU Sociology) |