Flooding and storm damage from Hurricane Harvey have devastated Houston and the surrounding areas. Locals — including ALA members — will need a lot of assistance to recover. To help, the Boston Chapter took the initiative just two days after the storm made landfall to issue a disaster-relief challenge to other chapters: They would donate $5 per chapter member to the Red Cross. Would other chapters do the same?
The following days showed the true strength and cooperative spirit of the Association, as members donated individually and chapters collectively. The Austin Chapter organized a CrowdRise page, and the New Orleans Chapter set up a GoFundMe page specifically to help Houston Chapter members affected by the storm.
As of September 5, the ALA community has pledged to donate tens of thousands of dollars to the Red Cross and other organizations. We've thanked participating chapters we're aware of in the list below; if we missed your chapter's contributions, please let us know so we can highlight your generosity in the future.
- ALA HQ
- Alamo
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Atlanta
- Austin
- Boston
- Calgary
- Capital
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Cyber
- Dallas
- DownEast (Maine)
- East Bay
- Fort Worth
- Foundation of ALA
- Gateway
- Golden Gate
- Granite State
- Greater Chicago
- Greater Cincinnati
- Greater Kansas City
- Greater Los Angeles
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Las Vegas
- Maryland
- Metropolitan Detroit
- Middle Tennessee
- Mile High
- Minnesota
- Mobile
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Northern Indiana
- Northwest Ohio
- Nutmeg
- Oklahoma City
- Orange County
- Oregon
- Palm Beach County
- Philadelphia
- Puget Sound
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- Sarasota-Manatee
- Silicon Valley
- South Florida
- Suncoast
- Triad
- Tulsa
- West Michigan
- Western and Central New York
- Western Virginia
- Wisconsin
Our deepest appreciation to Boston for kicking off this initiative, and thanks to all members and chapters that have risen to the challenge! If you'd like to support the effort, encourage your own ALA chapter to make donations per member, or help as an individual by visiting the Red Cross website or texting HARVEY to 90999 to donate $10 to its relief fund. (The New York Times has an excellent list of other charities to support.)
Stay tuned for a more in-depth look at this grassroots campaign in the October issue of Legal Management.