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A hotline has been set up to cooridinate volunteers - 888-413-4327

The following animal supplies are needed - you can drop off those donations at the Kansas Humane Society in Wichita or any Petco location: Crates, Towels, Bedding, Bowls, Water, Cat and dog food, Cat litter and litter boxes, Leashes, Collars, Cattle pens, Livestock feed, Hay
Trash bags, Trash cans
Kansas humane society
4218 southeast boulevard
Wichita

Greensburg Future Fund: Designed for community rebuilding. Make checks payable to the "South Central Community Foundation" with a memo to "Greensburg Future Fund.” Donors can earmark the contributions for "education,” "health care" or "community rebuilding.” The mailing address is South Central Community Foundation, P.O. Box 8624, Pratt, KS, 67124. Donations are eligible for charitable income tax deduction, Unruh said.

A fund has been set up for Officer Tim Buckman, the Macksville police officer who died after he was injured Friday night. Donations can be taken to St. John National Bank, located at 116 E. 3rd St. in St. John. You can also call them at 620-549-3225.

The United Way Greensburg Disaster Fund will distribute contributions to agencies that will be providing services to tornado victims. Donors should make checks payable to United Way Greensburg Disaster Fund, and mail to United Way of the Plains, 245 N. Water, Wichita, KS 67202.

The Green for Greensburg Fund will be administered by United Way of the Plains with no administration charge; 100 percent of each gift will go to direct disaster recovery assistance. Donors should make checks payable to Green for Greensburg Fund, and mail to United Way of the Plains, 245 N. Water, Wichita, KS 67202.

District 5690 is using our Wichita Rotary Charitable Fund, a 501 (c)(3), as a conduit for donations for disaster relief in Greensburg. By doing so, we will be able to track donations, send out acknowledgments and disburse funds at the request of district leaders, the Rotary Club of Greensburg and others. In the near term, please make all contributions to Wichita Rotary Charitable Fund(memo Greensburg Disaster Relief) and send to:
Curtis W. Dick
Executive Director
Rotary Club of Wichita
106 West Douglas, Suite 909
Wichita, KS 67202
316-262-4375

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