{"id":1023,"date":"2011-08-30T07:29:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T11:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2011-08-30T07:29:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T11:29:15","slug":"help-hurricane-irene-recovery-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/08\/help-hurricane-irene-recovery-efforts.html","title":{"rendered":"Help Hurricane Irene Recovery Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/files\/2011\/08\/index.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/209\/2011\/08\/index-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Many Americans watched last weekend&#8217;s Hurricane Irene cause havoc as it traveled up the Eastern Coast of the nation. Now many of us need to help with the recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Much of this work is in its early phases, but there are already places to give <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secondact.com\/2011\/08\/5-ways-to-help-after-hurricane-irene\/\" target=\"_blank\">donations<\/a> and to sign up as a volunteer in some areas. For some ideas on where to begin, check out CNN&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/US\/08\/29\/how.to.help.irene\/index.html?hpt=hp_t2\" target=\"_blank\">ways to help<\/a>. You can also contact your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/en\/where\" target=\"_blank\">local Red Cross chapter<\/a> for ways to help.<\/p>\n<p>And also pray. Prayer does help, even when we can do nothing else.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s do all we can to help our neighbors in need.<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><strong>DILLON BURROUGHS<\/strong> is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith. Dillon served in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has investigated modern slavery in the US and internationally. His books include <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Undefending-Christianity\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9780736937023\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Undefending Christianity<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Not-in-My-Town\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9781596693012\/?itm=3\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Not in My Town<\/em><\/a> (with Charles J. Powell), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/thirst-no-more-dillon-burroughs\/1100165356\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Thirst No More<\/em><\/a>. Discover more at <a href=\"http:\/\/activistfaith.org\/\">ActivistFaith.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Americans watched last weekend&#8217;s Hurricane Irene cause havoc as it traveled up the Eastern Coast of the nation. Now many of us need to help with the recovery. 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