The Volunteer Center of Greensboro began collecting donations for Heart for Haiti, an assistance plan for the relief and recovery of last month’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. While monetary donations make the strongest impact in this event, the efforts coordinated here by the Volunteer Center and other organizations (read more here) to receive in-kind donations of the most critical items needed at the disaster site that will create minimal material waste.
Collection began in mid-January and will continue through Friday, February 12, 2010. Drop-off locations are at Bank of Oakridge branches.
Approved items to donate:
- Bags of rice (any size)
- Bags of dried beans, preferably red beans but will accept any type
- Work/Gardening gloves
- Surgical gloves
- Bottled water 1 gallon size or larger (larger containers can be re-used with sterilization tablets in local water)
- Strap-on fanny pack sized first-aid kits
Heart for Haiti is not accepting clothing donations at this time.
Also, volunteers are needed to help load trucks. If anyone has experience in packing pallets for trucking, that would be of great help.
Boxes (about the size of the ones copy paper comes in) are needed at the collection sites, as well.
If anyone has a personal contact at a grocery store (or any store that would sell these things) that might agree to be an additional collection site, please contact Hollie at the Volunteer Center.
You may contact the Volunteer Center of Greensboro at (336) 373-1633 and visit the Center’s website at http://www.volunteergso.org/.
Watch a video on News 14 Carolina about the Volunteer Center’s assistance program for Haiti here.