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					<p>The rains continue to devastate southeast Texas. The images and video from cities and towns battered by Hurricane Harvey are heartbreaking—families separated; the elderly waiting for hours in waist-deep water; the panic of people as the water level rises.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s easy to feel helpless when outside of the area watching a national disaster unfold from a computer or TV screen. However, there are ways to help. Here is a listing of credible charities and organization that are accepting donations ranging from money to diapers.</p>
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<p>This list will continue to get updated:</p>
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<p><strong><u>Greater Houston Community Foundation Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund</u></strong></p>
<p><strong>Ways to donate:</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://ghcf.org/hurricane-relief/">Online Credit Card Donations</a>: Visit www.ghcf.org. Online credit card donations will be assessed a small fee, typically 3%, by the credit card companies. Donors have the option of increasing their credit card donations to cover this fee.</p>
<p>Checks/Money Orders: Mail to Greater Houston Community Foundation, 5120 Woodway Drive, Suite 6000, Houston, TX 77056.</p>
<p>Transfer Cash by Wire:</p>
<p>Wire To: JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.</p>
<p>Houston, TX</p>
<p>ABA # 021000021</p>
<p>For credit to: Greater Houston Community Foundation</p>
<p>A/C#: 849170287<br />
Text to donate using HARVEY2017 to 91999 without a fee.</p>
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<p><strong>Other Donation Options (Via<em> <a href="http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/ways-can-help-people-hurricane-harvey/" target="_blank">The Texas Monthly</a></em></strong><em>)</em>:</p>
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<p><strong><u>Global Giving</u></strong></p>
<p>A crowdsourced fundraising effort to &#8220;provide relief to survivors in the form of emergency supplies like food, water, and medicine in addition to longer-term recovery assistance.&#8221; <a href="https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/hurricane-harvey-relief-fund/">www.globalgiving.org/projects/hurricane-harvey-relief-fund</a></p>
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<p><strong><u>The Red Cross</u></strong></p>
<p><u>www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-harvey?scode=RSG00000E017&amp;utm_campaign=Harvey&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwoZTNBRCWARIsAOMZHmEEHWqMzXKcOQk9WroOqBQBhgcEgEl6Oqpn-SfdjD6iN0qUCDGb3EsaAilGEALw_wcB&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;dclid=CLnroO2a_dUCFc8ENwodKw4MwA</u></p>
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<p><strong><u>The Texas Diaper Bank</u></strong></p>
<p>San Antonio charity looking for diaper donations and funds. <a href="https://texasdiaperbank.networkforgood.com/projects/33717-change-a-life">https://texasdiaperbank.networkforgood.com/projects/33717-change-a-life</a></p>
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<p><strong><u>Driscoll Children&#8217;s Hospital<br />
</u></strong>Accepting money donations as well as blood donations. <a href="https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=45664">https://co.clickandpledge.com/advanced/default.aspx?wid=45664</a></p>
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<p><strong><u>Portlight</u></strong></p>
<p><u>Focused on people with disabilities affected by Harvey. </u></p>
<p><u><a href="http://www.portlight.org/home.html">www.portlight.org/home.html</a></u></p>
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<p><strong><u>DirectRelief</u></strong></p>
<p>Providing prescription medication and medical supplies.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.directrelief.org/usa/">www.directrelief.org/usa/</a></p>
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<p><strong><u>The Way Home</u></strong></p>
<p>Accepting financial donations to help homeless victims. <a href="http://www.thewayhomehouston.org/partners/">www.thewayhomehouston.org/partners/</a></p>
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<p><strong><u>The SPCA of Texas</u></strong></p>
<p>Accepting financial donation to help care for displaced pets. <a href="https://www.spca.org/news_hurricane-harvey">www.spca.org/news_hurricane-harvey</a></p>
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<p>If you are in the vicinity of the flooding, be sure to check out the full list (<a href="http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/ways-can-help-people-hurricane-harvey/">www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/ways-can-help-people-hurricane-harvey</a>) at The Texas Monthly for food banks and other charities accepting in-kind donations.</p>
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