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			<p>Hurricane Harvey has wrecked devastation throughout the Texas area. It has been downgraded from &#8220;hurricane&#8221; to a &#8220;tropical storm&#8221; but has stalled over Houston, bringing over 23 inches of rain.</p>
<p>There are people with disabilities stranded in their homes, unable to reach the roofs. Portlight, an organization that works with people with disabilities in disaster situations, is doing first-rate response work, but they need more people and money.</p>
<p>Donate directly on their site through PayPal, because if you go through other sites (like Facebook), it takes a lot longer for the money to actually reach the organization. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=AvSFWdC5AZi64rAx8U7CkIT2dug__B-y88P6OFRhxcMqsKKLP4MvtBgrMatOcnC5wU8QkW&amp;country.x=US&amp;locale.x=US">Donate directly</a></strong></span>.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">H<a href="http://www.elgincourier.com/news/county_state/article_af48f5be-89cc-11e7-b5d8-73e1452875a1.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=http://www.elgincourier.com/news/county_state/article_af48f5be-89cc-11e7-b5d8-73e1452875a1.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1504035544069000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5vTvpEstuROpspWRTe7rwKJok7g">ere is a list of food banks</a></span> that will need donations to fund them.</p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">H<a href="https://www.airbnb.com/disaster/hurricaneharveyevacuees?sf109003285=1">ere is where you can find a place to stay</a></span> through Air B n&#8217; B or offer your own place up for people to stay (now through Sept. 1).</p>
<p>The American Red Cross: text &#8220;Harvey&#8221; to 90999 to make a $10 donation, <a href="https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey?campname=Harvey&amp;amp;campmedium=aspot" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey?campname%3DHarvey%26amp;campmedium%3Daspot&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1504035544069000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH-bdQhMYNHBH9sgOd7W7jZcrOFoQ">donate online</a> or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.</p>
<p>The Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund: You can make an online donation <a href="https://ghcfdisaster.kimbia.com/hurricaneharveyrelieffund" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://ghcfdisaster.kimbia.com/hurricaneharveyrelieffund&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1504035544069000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGsXCB2SoWlL3mtjkE6pnJQJAyvcQ">here</a>.</p>
<p>Save the Children: Text &#8220;hurricane&#8221; to 20222 to make a $25 donation, or give online <a href="https://give.salvationarmyusa.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app358a?df_id=27651&amp;amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;amp;27651.donation=form1&amp;amp;NONCE_TOKEN=8C0E9DF60AB7F99EE164A5E349EDF2F8" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&amp;q=https://give.salvationarmyusa.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid%3D00000000.app358a?df_id%3D27651%26amp;mfc_pref%3DT%26amp;27651.donation%3Dform1%26amp;NONCE_TOKEN%3D8C0E9DF60AB7F99EE164A5E349EDF2F8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1504035544069000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF7_mzVeJltmxkG75hzR54NFTOR-g">here</a>.</p>
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