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The official word I have from the county’s long-term disaster team is that material donations have surpassed anything they could have hoped for. The scene on the ground, however, looks like first aid-type supplies are needed: band-aids, antibiotic ointments, peroxide, alcohol, cortisone cream, cling wraps, calamine lotion, ibuprofen, Tylenol, bug spray.They’re very short on leather gloves, shovels, brooms and rakes. Batteries and flash lights are needed as well. No used clothes are needed at this point in time.
Those sorts of donations can be made at the Community Action office at
Central Oklahoma Community Action 1155 E Main, CSBI Building E Norman OK 73071
For those who want to make monetary donations to local groups, I’m recommending the South Canadian Amateur Radio Society (www.w5nor.org) or the Emergency Management Association (www.oema.us). These groups work behind the scenes to make disaster communications happen in Cleveland County. Both are 501c3 organizations and provide year round effort to the our community. Please mark all donations to “Oklahoma Disaster Relief,” regardless of where you donate. This keeps your money local, where it can do the most good.
Another option just being set up is OpOK Relief (www.wepay.com/donations/opok-relief-donations). This is not a registered nonprofit, rather a consolidation of several Occupy groups, Anonymous, and other entities like Central Oklahoma Black/Red Alliance (COBRA).
- —Rad Geek
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