1. Donations, Donations, Donations! “Uncoordinated, uncontrolled masses of donated goods (and volunteers) can interfere with disaster operations and cause a secondary disaster”

5. Alaska Donation Challenges

6. Who’s Who?  NGO’s/Faith Based Org: The Salvation Army (TSA), Food Bank of Alaska (FBA), American Red Cross (ARC), Samaritan’s Purse  Pets Groups: Humane Society, Alaska SPCA  Alaska Voluntary Agencies Active in Disasters (Alaska VOAD, AKVOAD)  FEMA (for federally declared events)  State Agencies  Local Jurisdictions (Municipality/Borough)  Transportation Industry  Retailers

7. Its all about timing

8. Points for Conversation  Why are financial donations best?  Used clothing is rarely useful during disaster response/relief  Encourage people to have a yard sale or donate to charity who has capacity to manage the donations/determine what is useable  Existing infrastructure in place to manage large volumes of donations

9. 4 C’s of VOAD  Communication  Coordination  Cooperation  Collaboration

10. What Next?  Know who to contact (Coordinate)  State Volunteer & Donations Management Taskforce (Collaborate)  Build into business response plan: set parameters, communicate internally, create culture of awareness (Communicate)  What are your strengths that will enhance (support) response & recovery?(Cooperate)

11. Questions & Suggestions