Austin Tornado Relief

LOCAL DISASTERS

DICKINSON TORNADO RELIEF
-Bismarck Salvation Army Responding to Disaster in Dickinson, N.D.

AUSTIN TORNADO RELIEF
-Tornado Relief Update
-The Salvation Army Serving Free Lunch, Dinner to Austin Residents Affected by Tornado
-Salvation Army Serving after Tornadoes Touch Down in Austin

MN/ND FLOODING
Check out the links below for more information on The Salvation Army's disaster relief efforts.

NEED HELP?
Residents affected by the severe storms and flooding that began on March 13 can register for assistance by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 1-800-462-7585 or visiting www.DisasterAssistance.gov online. The registration line is open daily from 6 a.m. – midnight CDT until further notice. The call is free.


FEATURE STORY:
-Providing Emotional Care in the Red River Valley

PRESS RELEASES:
-Volunteers Needed for Flood Clean Up in Moorhead on Saturday
-The Salvation Army Discovering Forgotten Flood-Affected Towns Across Red River Valley
-Candy for 9,000 Easter Bags Needed by Tomorrow for Children of Red River Valley
-The Salvation Army Ready for Round Two of Red River Flood
-The Salvation Army Activates Social Services Programs for Flood-Affected Families
-Candy Donations, Volunteers Needed to Help Children of Red River Valley
-CitizenTax.com Donates 10 Percent of Revenues to The Salvation Army for Flood Relief Efforts
-The Salvation Army Ramps Up Flood Response Across North Dakota
-The Salvation Army of Bismarck Serves More than 5,000 Meals
-Little Caesars to Serve Pizza at Bismarck Salvation Army April 2

-Salvation Army on Scene After Levee Breaks
-Salvation Army Staff, Volunteers Serve 24/7 as Fargo Watches and Waits
-A Race Against Time - The Salvation Army Continues
Battle against ND, MN Floods

-Salvation Army Serving in Rural Flood-Affected Areas
-Bismarck Salvation Army Responds to Floods
-UPDATE: The Salvation Army Continues Fighting Fargo Flood
-The Salvation Army Continues Fight Against Fargo Flood
-The Salvation Army Supports Sandbagging Efforts, Trains Volunteers for Expected Fargo-Area Floods 

PHOTOS:

-Red River Valley Flood Response

VIDEO:
-Salvation Army Serving in Fargo

VOLUNTEER:
-To volunteer in the Fargo area, call FirstLink at 701-476-4000.

DONATE:

 

Donate Online

Credit Card By Phone

Credit card donations can be made by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY.

By Check
Monetary donations earmarked “Disaster Relief” may be sent to The Salvation Army at 2445 Prior Ave. N, Roseville, MN 55113 or your local Salvation Army.


 

 

 

 

 

COLLECTIONS:

The Salvation Army is collecting the following NEW items for flood relief:

-garden and lawn rakes
-mops
-heavy duty gloves
-food serving gloves
-buckets
-shop vacs
-power washers
-shovels
-generators
-rubber boots
-squeegees
-heavy duty garbage bags

-disposable plates and bowls
-plastic tableware
-napkins
-cups 6oz and 8oz - hot and cold
-stir sticks
-individual packets of sugar and cream
-bottled water
-Gatorade and juice
-individual snacks (nuts, granola bars, cookies, cereal bars, dried fruit, slim jims, etc.)

Please note, only the items listed above are being collected at this time (no clothing). Drop off the items at The Salvation Army and they'll be delivered to the Red River Valley.

Salvation Army DHQ (map)
2445 Prior Avenue North
Roseville, MN 55113

-WCCO Radio collecting goods at Ace Hardware


CORPORATE DONATIONS:

The Salvation Army thanks the following organizations for their flood relief donations:

Air Gas

Anheiser Busch

Atomic Coffee

Arby's

Augos

Aven Elezouie Pres. Bosin Comm.

Babbs Coffee House

Bison Turf

BNS Railroad

Buffalo Wings

Boppas Bagels

Burger King

Caribou Coffee

Cashwise

Cass-Clay Creamery

Choice Financial

Culvers

Dawsons Insurance

Daily Bread

Dominos Pizza

Duanes Pizza

Dunn Bros.

Eide Ford

Erberts and Gerberts

Extreme Pita

Extreme Pizza

FargoDome

Fortune House

Farstead Oil

First Assembly of God

First Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church

Fryin Pan Fargo

FRS Industries

Giant Panda

Gloria Jeans

Godfathers

Great Plains Food

Green Mill Pizza

Happy Joe's 

Holiday Station Store

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

Hooters

Hornbachers

Hope Lutheran

Jimmy John's

Johnny Carino's

K's Bakery

Krolls

Little Caesar's Pizza

Lone Star Steakhouse

Massage Therapy

McDonald's

Merit Care

Microsoft

Moe's

Nine Dragons

OB Grill

O'Kelly's

Old Chicago

Olive Garden

Orange Julilus and Karmel Corn

Pan O Gold

Papa Johns

Papa Murphy's

Pepsi America

The Perry Center

Pizza Hut

Popcorn Central

Preference Pesonnel

Quality Bakery

Qdoba

Ramada

Red Bull

Red Cross

Renelli's

Ruby Tuesday

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Sam's Club

Sandella's Flat Bread

Sandy's

SEI

Silver Moon 

Slap Shot

Small Wonders Daycare

Social Connections of Moorhead

Soybean Council

Spic and Span

State Farm Insurance

State Bank and Trust

Subway

Sweet Dreams Confections

Target

Teamsters

Texas Roadhouse

TGI Fridays

The Eagle Radio

Timber Lodge

Titian Mach.

Valentinos Pizza

Verizon

Walgreens 

WalMart

Wendy's

West Fargo Clinic

West Fargo Hockey Association

West Fargo Jr. Oly. Volleyball

West Real Estate

-If you represent a company wishing to offer supplies in bulk, please contact Denise Overstake at (612) 209-5266.


CHATTER FROM THE FRONT LINES:

A note to The Salvation Army from the mom of a sand bagging volunteer:
You are so tieing the word "giving" together for the youth. My kids ring the kettle bell each year. Yesterday, while they were out sand bagging, you guys showed up. The gal at the trailer told them, "this is brought to you, by all the money collected in those big red kettles". They saw the importance of what they did last December....making a difference. My daughter came home from sand bagging, covered in mud from head to toe and she had just one thing to say. "Mom, the Salvation Army ROCKS'. I wanted to send an encouraging word to you, as you contiue such dedicated, phenomenal work for the people in all the Fargo area. Thank you.

Fargo, N.D. - Today I was driving home from work listening to the mighty KFGO 790 and Steve Carbno was speaking about the Salvation Army and where they will setting up in areas where there will be some more dike work. He is a great speaker on the radio and did a fantastic job explaining his next mission around town. The part that hit me right smack in the heart was when he was asked by the DJ how people could volunteer or contribute to the SA, his reply was that #1 the SA is a faith based organization and prayers are most certainly welcome and are encouraged and secondly, they could make a financial contribution if they wished or help in some other manner. That, quite frankly, was the best thing I heard all day.

Grand Forks, N.D. - The Salvation Army of Grand Forks is running regular routes with our canteens to our friends in the community to meet any needs they may have during this period of waiting for the water to recede. This week we have also been sending clean up kits with the canteens to place on door steps in the event they are not home. One of our friends contacted us this morning to express his appreciation for the kit and was very emotional as he expressed his appreciation for the presence of the Salvation Army and our continued presence. “I really needed this kit and I appreciate everything you guys have done for us. This means a lot to me”.

Bismarck, N.D. - Major Chuck Hendrickson, an officer serving in Bismarck, recalled a conversation with someone The Salvation Army helped. "The man said, 'Now I understand the value of bell ringing. There I was standing knee deep in the muck and mire surrounding my home, and up pulls the Salvation Army canteen. The volunteer stepped out with fishing waders on trudging through the mud with hot meals for me and everyone in my house working to clean up the mess,'" explained Hendrickson. "We told them we were happy to help. As he turned to leave he said, 'And I'll never forget you guys.'"