...I advice you guys make donations via Red Cross.
I advise you to investigate Red Cross before sending them a penny.
Ask an old-timer how they charged U.S. soldiers for coffee during the Korean War. Investigate what percentage of funds actually made it to poor people after the 2010 earthquake in Hati or the Indonesian tsunami in 2004.
Sign up for a free account at
http://www.guidestar.org and read the Red Cross financials, specifically their IRS 990.
Also on GuideStar you can find a *local* charitable organization that is ten times more honest than Red Cross, Inc.