Donate to Help Areas Impacted by Wildfires

We received this list of additional foundations/organizations to donate to for supporting the firefighters and/or those affected by the fires. (Photo Credit Gray Television)
Nebraska State Volunteer Firefighters Association https://www.nsvfa.org/
United Way of Western Nebraska https://www.uwwn.org/relief
Nebraska Cattlemen Disaster Relief Fund https://www.nebraskacattlemen.org/disaster-relief-fund
American Red Cross Nebraska Region https://www.redcross.org/local/nebraska.html
The Salvation Army Western Nebraska Wildfire Relief https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usa-central-territory/western/

Local departments fighting the wildfires (if making a monetary donation, specify for the rural side of the department, ex: Brady Rural Fire). Listed are some that may have higher damage expenses/needs than others due to the wildfires being in their districts and they would have been fighting the longest. Any other town surrounding the fire would have also had crews at the fire for a longer duration, so can use Google Maps to see surrounding towns. There are more for the Cottonwood Fire because that is the one I was assigned to work, but the Morrill fire is much larger. There are Facebook pages for each of the fires for more information (Ex: Cottonwood Fire Nebraska, Morrill Fire Nebraska). The Facebook page Midwest Media by Melanie has a pinned post with a list of all of the departments who have worked both the Cottonwood and Morrill Fires as well. 

  • Brady Volunteer Fire Department (Cottonwood Fire)
  • Gothenburg Volunteer Fire Department (Cottonwood Fire)
  • Farnam Volunteer Fire Department (Cottonwood Fire)
  • Bridgeport Volunteer Fire Department (Morrill Fire)