Is the American Red Cross accepting donations of items such as food or clothing for this disaster relief effort?
A Donations of goods and services, though well intentioned, have hidden costs and complicate relief efforts. The Red Cross is unable to accept items such as used clothing, hygiene items, furniture, toys, cleaning supplies and canned goods. The cost to sort, package and distribute these types of donations to disaster victims is almost always greater than the cost of purchasing the items locally, and it is logistically impossible to distribute a wide variety of individual items in a meaningful way. Because of these cost and logistical concerns, we recommend that you support your community by donating these items to an organization that is equipped to put them to the best possible local use. We do work with corporations which can provide large quantities of new items needed immediately to care for victims – for example, Anheuser-Busch is donating canned water collections.
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