Get Involved: Vermont Flood Relief
Many of us are getting our #couchtour setups ready for Phish’s show tonight at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, Vermont and wondering how else we can help out the Green Mountain State recover from Hurricane Irene. Besides the proceeds from the webcast of tonight’s show, there are plenty of other ways to get involved, albeit from afar.
[via Vermont Flooding FB Page]
One way to stay on top of the recovery efforts is by monitoring Twitter. Tweets containing the hashtags #VTrelief, #VTrecovery and #VTIrene are useful in keeping up-to-date with instant updates from the field. One of the best accounts is this informative and alert feed VT Response (@VTResponse) which rapidly transmits alerts and requests for various types of aid.
Below is a list of organizations, people and websites and their Twitter handles that are actively involved in the #VTRecovery, we urge you to follow them and get involved in any way you can. Vermont gave us Phish, it’s only right for us to give back to Vermont.
Vermont Foodbank @VermontFoodbank
Jessica DiCicco @IreneFloodDrive
READ ON for more feeds to follow with information on helping the Vermont Flood Relief efforts…
Gov. Peter Shumlin @VTGovernor
Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenatorSanders
Craig Fugate (FEMA) @CraigatFEMA
WaterWheelFoundation @waterwheelphish
ARC VT & NH Valley @redcrossvtnhv
Deb Heleba, VT SARE @Vermont_SARE
Restoring Rutland @RestoringRut
Marissa Parisi, M.S. @HungerFreeVT
Two Guys in Vermont @TwoGuysinVT
Lake Champlain Int’l @Lake_Champlain
Healthvermontgov @healthvermont
UnderstandingVermont @UnderstandingVT
Also, be sure to get your Pick The Encore entry in on YEMblog’s Facebook page. YEMblog will make a donation in the winner’s name to the Waterwheel Foundation’s Vermont Relief Fund.
