How to Help Your Neighbors

The Checkered Blog sends our thoughts and prayers to those affected by yesterday's tornadoes.  For anyone looking to help out, The Virginian-Pilot recently published the following list of relief organizations that are accepting donations to assist Virginia tornado victims.

United Way of Central Virginia www.unitedwaycv.org

United Way of the Virginia Peninsula www.uwvp.org

American Red Cross www.redcross.org – Suffolk, Southeast, Petersburg and Greater Richmond Chapters

Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org

Federation of Virginia Food Banks www.foodbankonline.org

Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia www.cceva.org

Lutheran Disaster Response & Lutheran Family Services of Virginia www.ldr.org

Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia www.sbcv.org

Virginia Baptist Mission Board www.vbmb.org

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance www.pcusa.org

Virginia United Methodist Church Conference Disaster Response www.vaumc.org

Adventist Community Services www.communityservices.org

Virginia Beach Society for the Preventions of Cruelty to Animals www.vbspca.com

The Humane Society of the United States www.hsus.org/disaster

Suffolk Foundation. Contributions should be made payable to “Suffolk Foundation" and marked “Tornado Relief Fund.” Mail or deliver to 1426 Holland Road, Suffolk, VA 23434. These gifts will be dispersed by the Suffolk Foundation to 501(c)(3) charities and government agencies qualified to meet the specific needs of individuals requiring financial support. For more information, call (757)923-9090.

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The American Red Cross of Southeastern Virginia has released a new contact number for disaster assistance requests and to make donations.

The number is 1-800-REDCROS or 1-800-733-2767