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Activating Damage Assessment System for Hurricane Ian

VisionLink

Currently focused on Flo rida’s Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ian’s particular track, combined with the shape of the bay, means that significant storm surges may inundate the Tampa Bay region. Because of the slow-moving storm, other more distant areas may also receive large amounts of rain or coastal surge.

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Resources to Help Those Impacted By Hurricane Ian

Blue Fox

The devastation we see from Hurricane Ian's destructive path is hard to process. If you have time, talent, or treasure to donate to support these organizations serving in the wake of Hurricane Ian, please do. Click here to find ways to volunteer and assist those in need from the devastation of Hurricane Ian.

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Hurricane Ian Update

Qgiv

Hurricane Ian Update. Qgiv’s headquarters is in Lakeland, FL, and will likely be impacted by Hurricane Ian. Effects of the hurricane will likely be felt in our region beginning Wednesday, September 28. The post Hurricane Ian Update appeared first on Qgiv Blog.

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Activating for Hurricane Laura

VisionLink

With one of the highest 24-hour intensification rates, Hurricane Laura will be a tremendously serious storm, and another of nearly 300 named disasters from which we build expertise and readiness to offer help.

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How to Help After Hurricane Ian

Qgiv

With catastrophic flooding and winds of up to 150 mph, Hurricane Ian has had a devastating impact on many areas of Florida and Cuba. While it’s difficult to see how Hurricane Ian has affected the lives of so many people, and we don’t yet know the full aftermath of the storm, there are plenty of ways you can lend a hand to those in need.

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Join Visionlink: National Hurricane Conference

VisionLink

We're all about improving hurricane preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation in order to save lives and property in the United States and the tropical islands of the Caribbean and Pacific. Come on down! Visionlink is at booth 119.

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Help Hurricane Harvey Victims: Where To Donate #HoustonStrong

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Greater Houston Community Foundation Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. If you want to set up a fundraiser to help Hurricane Harvey Victims, you can do that on Everyday Hero. Here’s a good list from Texas Monthly of local charities working the relief efforts that you can also support. Legacy Community Health Center.

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As Culture Gains Importance—PCI Stays Ahead of the Trend

.orgSource

In a business climate that feels like a hurricane looms perpetually on the horizon, I’ve noticed an optimistic trend. Culture is a rising priority among CEOs. The most enlightened see positive values and a safe, equitable environment as key components of success.

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How to prepare for a hurricane

Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director

While you need to prepare for a natural disaster , getting your home and family ready to weather a hurricane involves more than organizing a 72-hour emergency kit It’s important to be proactive and have a plan and supplies in place long before a hurricane arrives.

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Visionlink’s Volunteer Registry Deployed for Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

VisionLink

Thousands of volunteers have offered to assist in the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Due to the ongoing uncertainty of Hurricane Irma, other states will be added as necessary. High-level government officials have directed these generous people to National VOAD and their member agencies.

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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

VisionLink

Map illustrates damage reports as hurricane hits North Carolina. 5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. BOULDER, Colo. —

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Hurricane Sandy Situational Map

VisionLink

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the dozens who lost their lives, their families, and to the many more recovering from what appears to be the 5th most serious hurricane on record.

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Donate to Hurricane Sandy Relief

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Hurricane Sandy has crippled the East Coast is this morning’s New York Time’s headline. But the story is personal for me.

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Three Ways To Help Support Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It has been ten days since Hurricane Maria has devastated the Island of Puerto Rico. We have read the harrowing news reports about a lack of food, electricity, and water and people dying. We are horrified by the scale of destruction and suffering of our fellow Americans as they wait for aid to reach them. Where should be donate?

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How to Help After Hurricane Sandy

Have Fun - Do Good

Growing up in Mystic, CT, I lived through two hurricanes: Gloria in 1985 and Bob (on my birthday!) Gloria and Bob were "regular" hurricanes. News) Hurricane Sandy: How to Help & What You Need to Know (Huffington Post) Helping the Survivors of Hurricane Sandy Victims (Marie Claire) Shocked by Photos of Hurricane Sandy?

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Please Help: Volunteers Needed To Help With Hurricane Wiki To Prep for Hurricane Ida

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Source: Weather Channel Alerts 2009 was looking like a very uneventful hurricane season. That is until Hurricane Ida slammed into El Salvador killing 91 people as of this writing. He set up a Ning site Hurricane Information Center. It is now headed towards the gulf coast of the US.

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Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Resources

Tech Soup Blog

Relief organizations and first-responders are working tirelessly to provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Sandy. The staff at TechSoup Global is keeping all those affected by the devastating hurricane in our thoughts as we work to support recovery efforts. Donate to Organizations Providing Relief.

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Hurricane Sandy: How to Help

Care2

We hope all of our readers on the East Coast are safe and sound after Hurricane Sandy. I also wanted to share Cynthia Samuels, (who runs the Care2 Cause Channel) terrific compilation of resources on how folks can help in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Check it out and let me know if you have additional resources to add.

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Amazing Recovery Efforts for Hurricane Harvey

VisionLink

Visionlink is proud to support the work of National VOAD's Project Comeback in Texas with our multi-agency Disaster Case Management solution, helping more than 700 case managers from 14 nonprofit partners assist more than 12,000 households.

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Video Marketing on Social Media: Best Practices & Inspiration for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

When Hurricane Harvey hit last year, ShelterBox USA wanted to act fast. As Hurricane Harvey hit last year, they created a video quickly with just an image of the doppler image of the hurricane, one photo from the devastation in Texas and then a couple photos from other natural disasters where they provided relief in a similar way.

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Assessing Risk: A Quick and Intuitive Framework

Forum One

Earthquake or Hurricane High Clear communication of upcoming touchpoints, meetings, and activities needed from key staff ensures critical team members have an understudy. Class: Fires, Quicksand, Hurricanes, Earthquakes. Hurricane = Something that can be seen coming, but is not yet causing harm. Plan for Hurricanes.

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7 Best Eco-Friendly Fundraising Ideas to Put Your Nonprofit in the Green

Donorbox

Ice caps are melting, droughts, wildfires, and super hurricanes are tearing their way across the planet. Global temperatures are climbing. One out of every 10 plants and animal species is expected to go extinct by 2050. By 2030, we may only have 10 percent of the rainforests left.

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NNTSP Applies Relief Work for Hurricane Sandy

Tech Soup Blog

Several of the NNTSP partners are combining efforts for a response to Hurricane Sandy. You can help by making offers of technology devices and other support via Microsoft's ReadyReach Hurricane Sandy Portal , or at: National Donations Management Network Pennsylvania. What Can You Do to Help?

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Building a Disaster Recovery Plan

Tech Soup Blog

Hurricanes, wildfires, pandemics, floods, and more have forced nonprofits to stretch and morph the way they operate very quickly. Disasters happen regularly and can take many forms.

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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I grew up in a small town by the New Jersey shore in a house a block from the Atlantic Ocean that my elderly parents still live in today. With Hurricane threatening a direct hit and potential devastating damage, emergency officials called for a mandatory evacuation — something that hasn’t happened in many years.

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How Does Hurricane Sandy Fundraising Compare to Other Disasters?

sgEngage

Disaster fundraising for Hurricane Sandy appears to be lagging other major events, but there is a lot more going on here than initial appearances.

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The power of social media for Hurricane Sandy

ASU Lodestar Center

Any donations that were dropped off at A Family Storage would then be moved in a Cool Box container up to Hurricane Sandy relief centers. We chose to target users who had liked “Charity”, “Charity Events”, “Non-Profit”, “Hurricane Sandy Relief” and many similar variations.

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Hurricane Irene and the Nonprofit Social Media Storm

NTEN

We know our friends over at the Red Cross have been expertly using social media for disaster response for years now, but this weekend, with Hurricane Irene set to touch down all along the east coast, we saw many other organizations and government entities reaching out via social media, as well.

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Hurricane Ida: A Plea for Philanthropy to Follow Trusted Basics

Tech Soup Blog

This post is republished with permission from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy. It was originally published on August 30. See CDP's What We're Watching page for news on the status of disasters worldwide, along with relevant disaster-related media coverage.

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Hurricane Sandy Art Relief: An Interview with Elana Haviv

Have Fun - Do Good

CMCE creates academic and artistic programs to help children and youth understand and overcome violent world events.

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Why I Donated: Why I Give $100 To My Local Community Foundation Every Year

Bloomerang

It was after Hurricane Laura, and I wanted to give to an organization that directly supports our community. The Cause : The Community Foundation of SWLA The Donation : $100 (yearly) What inspired you to make a donation to the Community Foundation of SWLA? I began donating to the Community Foundation of SWLA in May of 2021.

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Science, technology, and design: A new framework in fundraising

Candid

Kurt Lewin We’re two decades into the internet era; why is it still easier to buy a book about hurricanes than help a storm’s victims? In one longitudinal study, people gave more for hurricane relief if the name of the hurricane started with the same letter as their own name.

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Google Alerts for Your Nonprofit: Why You Need Them and How to Set Them Up

Bloomerang

Not only that, but you also have the ability to keep up with things like industry news (via a keyword like ‘nonprofit’) or events that might impact the work your nonprofit is doing (via a keyword like ‘hurricane’). A Google Alert can also help you form meaningful relationships with others and make a greater impact.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Foundations, corporations pledge support for Hurricane Ida relief. September 9, 2021 The Bezos Earth Fund has announced pledges totaling $203.7 million in support of nonprofits working to advance climate justice, advocate for climate-smart economic recovery, and spur innovation in decarbonization pathways.

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What happened in 2020 disaster philanthropy beyond COVID-19?  

Candid

CDP’s Cari Cullen describes a derecho as a “storm with hurricane-force winds in a place where the infrastructure isn’t built for hurricane-force winds.” This list isn’t exhaustive, and far more could have been written about hurricanes, droughts, and other disasters and humanitarian crises that happened in 2020.

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Federal Hurricane Response Widget

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Federal Hurricane Response widget is a web tool designed to help share information during a major emergency with links to authoritative federal government sites on how to get help; finding friends and family; health and safety information; how to donate and volunteer; and a summary of what the government is doing.

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Hurricane Irene 2011

AFP Blog

Hurricane Irene 2011

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4 Step Risk Planning for Event Fundraisers Inspired by Hurricane Sandy

Connection Cafe

As Hurricane Sandy relief efforts continue, I’m reminded of the significant negative impact …

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Preparing for Hurricane Irene | BlackbaudKnowHow.com

AFP Blog

Preparing for Hurricane Irene | BlackbaudKnowHow.com : Here at Blackbaud’s headquarters in Charleston, South Carolina, we’ve been closely monitoring Hurricane Irene.

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Mental Health Matters More Than Ever Before

Charity Navigator

For nearly 40 years, our doors have remained open, through snowstorms and hurricane aftermaths, on Saturdays and even on Christmas Day, but this was different. Read more ».