GreaterGood Network Devotes “Click Here To Give” Buttons to Help People and Animal Victims of Superstorm Sandy


Seattle, WA, November 21, 2012 --(PR.com)-- In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, GreaterGood Network CEO Tim Kunin announced that the “Click Here To Give” buttons at The Animal Rescue Site (www.theanimalrescuesite.com) and The Hunger Site (www.thehungersite.com) will help continuing Superstorm Sandy relief efforts on the Atlantic Coast.

So far, GreaterGood.org has sent more than $120,000 in grants to organizations providing daily assistance to people and animals impacted by the storm. This funding has come through Gifts That Give More (tm) program hosted on all GreaterGood Network websites, special product sales at The Animal Rescue Site store and The Hunger Site store, among other activities on the popular cause-orientated websites.

Now, anyone who “clicks” on the purple button at www.TheAnimalRescueSite.com or the yellow button on www.TheHungerSite.com trigger an additional donation from sponsoring advertisers. It is free to click and 100% of the donations received from sponsors will be distributed to charity by GreaterGood.org.

Through the end of November, all “click” donations from The Hunger Site and The Animal Rescue Site will be devoted to groups working on hunger relief, clean-up, and animal rescue in areas impacted by Superstorm Sandy.

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Since November 5, GreaterGood.org grants totaling more than $120,000 has been sent to both local groups and national nonprofits working to help victims of Superstorm Sandy.

Many of the local groups receiving grants were impacted themselves by flooding, loss of power, or other damage but continued their mission despite the damage to their facilities or obstacles faced by their staff. These include the following nonprofits located in New Jersey: Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Humane Society of Atlantic County, Woodbridge Animal Shelter, St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center, and Animal Alliance. Additional assistance has gone to Animal Lifeline and Red Rover as well.

National organizations such as Rescue Bank, ASPCA, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), and the Humane Society of United States (HSUS) have provided much needed supplies and temporary shelters for animals whose owners are cleaning up their homes or searching for a place to live.

Rescue Bank has shipped twelve truckloads of pet food or the equivalent of 1.5 million bowls of food to Paterson, Teterboro, and Atlantic City, New Jersey; Hauppauge, Hicksville, and New York, New York; Charleston, West Virginia; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From there, the bags of donated pet food from Royal Canin, Pedigree, Cesar, Whiskas, and others are being distributed to groups throughout the Atlantic coast. GreaterGood.org’s grant helps offset the cost of distribution throughout the region.

Both IFAW and HSUS are conducting door-to-door searches for animals trapped in damaged homes or left behind following mandatory evacuations in New York and New Jersey prior to the storm. They are also offering assistance to pet owners still struggling with clean-up or loss of power, including boarding of pets until it is safe for them to return home.

ASPCA recently opened a shelter in Brooklyn to provide housing for pets from Rockaway and other badly flooded New York neighborhoods.

Team Rubicon, another recipient of GreaterGood.org “Sandy” grant matches military veterans with volunteer clean-up and food bank projects. More than 1,000 Team Rubicon volunteers participated in “A Day of Action For New York” on Nov. 18.

All GreaterGood.org donations are made possible by the support the GreaterGood Network of “Click Here To Give” websites. Since 1999, GreaterGood Network has offered people quick, easy, and low barrier ways to give via the Internet through simple, every day actions. Nearly $30 million in grants has been given to charities worldwide to date.