): Built a topnotch rehab facility at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas that opened this year. Similar projects on the horizon.
Fisher House Foundation (fisherhouse. org): Constructs housing spaces at medical facilities so injured vets can be with their families while they heal. Armed Services YMCA (asymca. org): Gives vets YMCA access, where they can do physical rehab. Offers paying YMCA jobs to help vets get reacclimated.
title: “How You Can Help” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-10” author: “Frank Hughes”
FEMA The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Web site ,fema.gov, posts disaster news; offers advice to individuals, families and neighborhoods about benefits and assistance programs, and explains its on-scene operations. Call 800-462-9029.
City of New York The government’s Web site, nyc.gov, provides missing-persons and family-assistance hot lines, as well as information on transportation and local-government services.
American Red Cross The Disaster Relief Fund provides emergency and medical counseling and community services all over the country. You can donate money, register to give blood or volunteer by visiting redcross.org. Or call 800-HELP-NOW (money) or 800-GIVE-LIFE (blood), or send contributions to P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013.
United Way The September 11th Fund of the United Way and the New York Community Trust goes to both individuals and neighborhoods in New York and Washington. Donations can be made at september11fund.org, by calling 800-710-8002 or by sending a check to September 11th Fund, 2 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
Mercy Corps This group supports agencies in New York and Washington that provide trauma counseling, especially for children, as well as food supplies and scholarships. Donate at mercycorps.org, call 800-852-2100 or mail contributions to U.S. Emergency Fund, P.O. Box 2669, Portland, OR 97208.
Twin Towers Job Link The twintowersjobs.org Web site allows those who lost jobs because of the World Trade Center attack to search for new ones. Businesses interested in hiring can also post openings. Job seekers should call 718-557-1332; businesses, 718-630-2457.
National Organization for Victim Assistance This group has a fund to support its crisis-response teams in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, as well as to staff its 24-hour hot line at 800-TRY-NOVA. Donate at try-nova.org, call 202-232-6682 or send contributions to 1730 Park Road, N.W., Washington, DC 20010.
Twin Towers Fund This organization assists uniformed rescue workers and government personnel in New York. Donate at twintowersfund.vista.com, send contributions to P.O. Box 26999, New York, NY 10087 or call 877-870-4278. Businesses can contact tlhota@cityhall.nyc.gov.
World Trade Center Fund This state fund supports victims and emergency-response personnel. Donate at 800-801-8092, or mail contributions to NYS WTC Relief Fund, P.O. Box 5028, Albany, NY 12205.
America’s Second Harvest works with food banks and restaurants to feed workers at Ground Zero and those now unemployed. The New York affiliate has established an emergency food-locator service hot line at 866-NYC-FOOD. Donate at secondharvest.org, call 800-771-2303 or mail contributions to America’s Second Harvest Development, 35 E. Wacker Drive, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60601.
New York Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund The International Association of Fire Fighters assists families of fallen firefighters and EMS personnel in New York. Contributions can be sent to the fund at P.O. Box 65858, Washington, DC 20035.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals The ASPCA is caring for pets belonging to the missing, collecting stranded pets in New York and trying to locate pets’ owners. Contribute at aspca.org, call 212-876-7700 (extension 4515 or 4516) or sending checks to The Animal Disaster Relief Fund, 424 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128. Call 212-876-7700 (extension 4738) if you know of a pet that’s stranded.
World Trade Center School Relief Fund Set up by the New York Board of Education, this fund helps with counseling, training and relocation costs for local teachers, schoolchildren and their parents. Call 800-459-5545 or send checks to The Fund for Public Schools–WTC School Relief Fund, 110 Livingston Street, Room 826, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
