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Volunteer Fox Cities is the region's volunteer coordination organization, and the route Outagamie County directs people to for tornado response.

They have posted dedicated Volunteer Tornado Response Information and connect individuals, groups and companies with the nonprofits that actually need hands.

Register through them rather than self-deploying. Organized crews get sent where the need is, arrive with the right equipment, and are covered by insurance.

United Way Fox Cities has opened a Tornado Recovery — Community Response Fund taking donations for storm recovery across the Fox Cities.

Why money rather than goods. It sounds cold next to a truckload of supplies, but cash lets relief groups buy exactly what is short, locally, from businesses that were damaged, with no sorting, storage or hauling cost. Donated goods have to be received, sorted and warehoused by the same volunteers who would otherwise be helping survivors.

This is an established local organization, which matters right now — fake relief funds appear within 48 hours of every disaster and this one is well past that mark. Before giving to any other fundraiser, read the warnings in the Avoid Scams section.

Donate online at the link, or call with questions.

Volunteer Fox Cities tsis thov pej xeem tuaj rau lub Chaw Txais Cov Pab Dawb. Kev pab dawb pej xeem loj xaus tom qab Hnub Ob yav tsaus ntuj.

Lub chaw ntawm Midway Road tseem qhib, tiam sis nws tabtom tswj cov pab dawb tshwj xeeb thiab cov pawg uas teem ua ntej lawm — tsis yog cov neeg tuaj xwb. Tuaj yuav tsis tau haujlwm, thiab nws rub cov neeg ua haujlwm tawm ntawm cov pab pawg uas twb ua haujlwm lawm.

Qhov no yog ib txwm, thiab tsis yog qhia tias tsis xav tau kev pab lawm. Lub lim tiam ib ntawm ib qho xwm txheej xav tau ntau txhais tes ib zaug. Cov hlis tom qab xav tau tsawg leej ua yam tshwj xeeb, teem ua ntej. Txoj haujlwm tsis tau xaus; nws hloov hom.

Ua dab tsi es tsis txhob mus

• Sau npe nrog Volunteer Fox Cities ntawm txoj kev txuas hauv qab thiab tos lawv hu. Lawv hais meej tias yog rov xav tau kev pab pej xeem loj, lawv yuav tshaj tawm hauv lawv tus kheej cov channel.
• Sau npe nrog Crisis Cleanup yog koj txawj siv chainsaw, kho ru tsev los sis ua haujlwm hnyav — qhov ntawd yog txoj kev rau cov haujlwm tshwj xeeb uas tseem muab.
• Pub nyiaj es tsis txhob pub sijhawm los sis khoom. Nws tseem yog yam muaj nqis tshaj rau lub sijhawm no, dhau ntawm United Way Fox Cities.
• Mus xyuas koj cov neeg nyob ze, tshwj xeeb cov laus, cov nyob ib leeg, los sis cov muaj mob. Qhov ntawd tsis tas teem nrog leej twg.

Thov tsis txhob mus rau thaj chaw puas tsuaj ntawm koj tus kheej. Kev pab uas tsis tau kawm ze cov ntoo tsis ruaj thiab cov hlua hluav taws xob poob ua rau muaj neeg raug mob, thiab tsev kho mob twb qhia tias muaj kev raug mob ntxiv thaum ntxuav lawm.

Qhia txog yam koj pom

Volunteer Fox Cities tab tom sau cov lus qhia txog kev pab — muaj tshaj 6,000 leej neeg tuaj rau ntawm Volunteer Reception Center hauv lub lim tiam thawj xwb, thiab lawv xav sau cov zaj no ua ntej yuav ploj mus.

Yog koj tau ua tus pab dawb, pub khoom, coj ib pab, los yog tsuas pom ib tug neeg ua ib yam tsim nyog nco ntsoov, koj qhia tau ntawm volunteerfoxcities.org/tornado.vol.stories.

Nws tsis hloov tau txoj hauj lwm, thiab tsis muaj leej twg yuav hais li ntawd. Tab sis yog lawv tsis kam cia koj pab ntawm lub chaw thiab koj tseem nrhiav ib txoj hauv kev pab tau, qhov no tsis kim thiab lawv xav tau tiag.

Community Clothes Closet is still listed by Winnebago County as a pickup point for clothing and supplies for those in need. If you lost clothing in the storm, or cannot get to what you own, go and take what you need.

Client shopping hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., and Monday evening 6:00 – 7:45 p.m.

The extra storm hours they ran in the first week (29–31 July) have ended — these are their normal hours. Worth confirming before a long trip.

Their phones are not working reliably since the storm. If a call does not go through, email info@communityclothescloset.org instead.

To donate: they need essential clothing and financial gifts to keep up with demand. Donation hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and Monday evening 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Gunderson Cleaners also accepts donations on their behalf — preferably in bags rather than boxes, three bags maximum.

Lub Community Response Fund — 2026 Tornado Relief pib siv rau lub Xya Hli 28, 2026, los teb rau qhov cua daj cua dub lub Xya Hli 27. Nws yog kev koom tes ntawm Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, United Way Fox Cities, thiab Oshkosh Area Community Foundation.

Lub nyiaj pab no muaj ob lub hom phiaj tseem ceeb sib npaug:

• Pab cov neeg raug kev txom nyem tam sim no thiab mus ntev
• Txhawb cov koom haum lub peev xwm uas tabtom ua haujlwm pab thiab kho

Cov nyiaj pab txhawb cov koom haum tsis nrhiav nyiaj paj uas pab cov neeg nyob hauv Outagamie, Calumet, Shawano, Waupaca, thiab thaj Neenah–Menasha hauv Winnebago county. Muab ua ntej rau cov koom haum uas pab cov neeg uas muaj kev nyuaj tshaj rau kev kho rov qab — xws li cov neeg laus, cov neeg xiam oob qhab, cov tsev neeg nyiaj tsawg, cov neeg tsis muaj tsev nyob, thiab cov tsev neeg uas tsis hais lus Askiv.

Leej twg thov tau: cov koom haum 501(c)(3), cov pab pawg uas muaj neeg txhawb nqa raws kev cai se, thiab cov tsev teev ntuj los sis lwm lub chaw pej xeem uas txais tau cov nyiaj pub uas txiav se tau. Txais daim ntawv thov txhua lub sijhawm thiab tshuaj xyuas txhua lub lim tiam; koj thov dua tau thaum koj yam xav tau hloov.

Nug txog kev thov: ceteam@cffoxvalley.org los sis 920-702-7640.

Les Stumpf Ford is offering two forms of help to anyone affected by the storm.

Free shuttle service. If you cannot get to a doctor's appointment or pick up essential prescriptions, call and ask for Shuttle Service. Transportation is provided within the Fox Valley for essential medical needs.

Donation drop-off and pick-up. Stop by during business hours to donate, or to pick up supplies if you need them. They are collecting and distributing:

• Bottled water
• Cleaning supplies and disinfecting wipes
• Work gloves
• Contractor trash bags
• Paper towels and toilet paper
• Flashlights and batteries
• Diapers and baby wipes
• Non-perishable food
• Gift cards (grocery, gas and home improvement)

Organized teams get routed to households that requested help, arrive with the right equipment, carry insurance, and are supervised by people who know what a compromised tree or a live service drop looks like.

• Crisis Cleanup (844-965-1386) coordinates the relief organizations working the area — contact them about joining a team
• Local churches and service clubs are usually organizing crews within days; watch community Facebook groups
• 211 can connect you with volunteer needs as they are registered

If you do volunteer: bring heavy gloves, boots with puncture-resistant soles, eye protection, long sleeves, and your own water. Make sure your tetanus shot is current.

For those interested in volunteering, Volunteer Fox Cities is still assessing community needs and determining where volunteer support will be most helpful. In the meantime, sign up for the Tornado Volunteer Standby List — your name will be added to a list to be contacted once more specific opportunities are known.

When registering:

• Select yes when asked whether you want to be called upon in the event of a disaster
• Include any tasks, resources, or assistance you are able to offer
• Note any relevant skills, certifications, disaster training, or equipment you have — this helps match volunteers to needs as they are identified

Please be patient and wait for a specific call to action. Do not show up to affected areas unless instructed. Local emergency management is still determining where help is needed most.

Blood on the shelf is what treats injuries today — donations made now replenish supply for the coming weeks. Storms also cause blood drives to be canceled across a wide area, so shortages tend to follow disasters even where nobody was hurt.

• American Red Cross: 1-800-RED-CROSS or redcrossblood.org
• Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin operates donation centers across the Fox Valley

Schedule an appointment rather than walking in — centers are busy after a disaster.

Seven weeks on, mass goods collection has ended. The Volunteer Reception Center and the Donation Center are both closed, and Winnebago County has removed its list of donation drop-off points.

If you have things to give

Check what is actually needed first. Volunteer Fox Cities posts current in-kind donation requests alongside volunteer opportunities, and those are dated and real rather than a list somebody stopped updating:

Volunteer opportunities and in-kind donation requests

Turning up at a church or a shop with a carload, on the strength of a list from August, is now likely to be turned away — and the cost of that falls on staff who are still recovering themselves.

Money is now clearly the more useful thing

This was true in week one and it is more true now. The households still in trouble need specific, expensive things — a deposit, a replacement appliance, a gap an insurance settlement did not cover. Those come from cash, not from a box of clothes.

• United Way Fox Cities — Community Response Fund
• Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region — the same pooled 2026 Tornado Community Response Fund

A correction worth being clear about: that fund makes grants to nonprofits, not to individuals. If you are the one who needs help, you cannot apply to it directly — the money reaches you through the organisations listed across this site. United Way say it plainly themselves: start by ringing 211.

Somewhere your goods are always wanted

St. Vincent de Paul takes household goods, clothing and furniture at their thrift stores year-round, and gives them to people who need them — including tornado households. Neenah/Menasha 920-727-1766, Appleton 920-739-1679. That route does not depend on a storm list still being maintained.

Anything worn out, broken or dirty should go to the tip. Sorting unusable donations is a real cost that falls on volunteers.