When disaster strikes, the best way to support impacted residents and business owners is with cash donations to reputable voluntary organizations or disaster funds. Cash donations allow relief organizations or survivors to purchase what they need, when and where they need it. Buying supplies locally helps the community recover by helping local businesses pay salaries and by keeping tax revenues in the community.
Cash donations may be sent to reputable voluntary organizations who are providing relief activities after the storms, including the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief, and others.
Cash donations to aid survivors of recent severe storms may be sent to the relief fund set up by BancFirst to benefit the immediate needs of Oklahoma communities affected by the devastating April storms. Funds will be administered by Crossway Church of Sulphur. Donate online at https://www.bancfirst.bank/sulphur, or visit any local BancFirst to make a donation in person.
In Sulphur, key items may be donated at the Murray County Expo Center at 3440 W. State Highway 7. The following items are currently needed: propane canisters, charcoal, unused pillows, dog/cat food, first aid kits, tarps, work gloves, scoop shovels, leaf rakes, outdoor chairs, packaged socks, packaged underwear, and collapsible wagons. Donations of water and food (including non-perishable) are no longer needed in Sulphur.
Hughes and Love counties do not have any additional non-monetary donation needs.
Other donated items are not needed or requested at this time. Do not send unsolicited donations of used clothing, miscellaneous items, water, or non-perishable or perishable foods, which must be sorted, warehoused, transported and distributed. This requires more efforts and staffing to manage those resources and takes away from recovery efforts.
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