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When your help is needed in the weeks and months ahead
Do not go to a disaster area to volunteer. Until a disaster area has been declared safe to enter and volunteer needs are identified, stay home and donate instead. Volunteers should only come once they have been given an assignment with an established organization that has asked for assistance.

Volunteers will be needed in the months following a disaster, according to Voluntary Organizations Active In Disaster, so be patient. You can check for opportunities at the National Voluntary Organizations Active In Disaster, which coordinates disaster response across a number of organizations nationwide.