Helping in Times of Disaster
How You Can Help
Volunteer
- Register with VolunteerMaine.org as a Disaster Service Volunteer. Complete the on-line application by indicating your skills, interests, and any certifications you may have.
- Already registered with VolunteerMaine.org, log in to update your contact information, skills, interests, and any certifications you may have.
- To be visible to disaster-related organizations needing volunteers, click on “Allow agencies to match you to disaster projects.”
Donate
- Cash is the preferred method because it offers voluntary agencies the most flexibility in obtaining the most-needed resources and pumps money into the local economy to help businesses recover as well.
- Remember, unsolicited donated goods such as used clothing, miscellaneous household items, and mixed or perishable foodstuffs require helping agencies to redirect valuable resources away from providing services to sort, package, transport, warehouse, and distribute items that may not meet the needs of disaster survivors.
- Make a donation
