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The charitable organization tweeted that it would provide relief for Hurricane Harvey victims, and directed holders of Ether to visit a website where donations could be sent to an Ethereum address. At time of press, a little over 14.8 Ether, worth approximately $5,572 at a $375.03 valuation, has been donated to the cause. According to its website, &quot;100% of the proceeds are donated directly to Habitat for Humanity Texas to fund their long term disaster relief efforts in Harvey&apos;s aftermath.&quot;


					
				    
				


Habitat for Humanity encourages anyone with means to contribute either Ether or fiat currencies to help those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Visit the Habitat for Humanity website or, to donate Ether, visit ETH4Harvey.com.
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<p>The charitable organization tweeted that it would provide relief for Hurricane Harvey victims, and directed holders of Ether to visit a website where donations could be sent to an Ethereum address. At time of press, a little over 14.8 Ether, worth approximately $5,572 at a $375.03 valuation, has been <a href="https://etherscan.io/address/0xed81c9058c78e28886e5411a2d55b42eb515f6e0" target="_blank">donated</a> to the cause. According to its website, &quot;100% of the proceeds are donated directly to Habitat for Humanity Texas to fund their long term disaster relief efforts in Harvey&apos;s aftermath.&quot;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/HabitatTexas" target="_blank">@HabitatTexas</a> accepting Ether donations to provide relief for Hurricane Harvey victims. Donate at <a href="https://t.co/rxGzNsH3d7" target="_blank">https://t.co/rxGzNsH3d7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ETH4Harvey?src=hash" target="_blank">#ETH4Harvey</a></p>
&#x2014; Habitat Texas (@HabitatTexas) <a href="https://twitter.com/HabitatTexas/status/902456895541268480" target="_blank">August 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Habitat for Humanity encourages anyone with means to contribute either Ether or fiat currencies to help those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Visit the Habitat for Humanity <a href="http://habitattexas.org/" target="_blank">website</a> or, to donate Ether, visit <a href="https://eth4harvey.com/" target="_blank">ETH4Harvey.com</a>.</p>
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