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  "title": "Give to AVERT | Money, Supplies & Support",
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      "text": "Your gift rides with us.",
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  "bodyText": "Give\n\nYour gift rides with us.\n\nNot everyone can pack up and go. That is exactly why AVERT exists. Volunteers carry your support into disaster country and hand it to the people who need it, and we post from the field so you can see it arrive.\n\nPhoto illustration\n\nWhere your gift goes\n\nEvery dollar gets a job.\n\nAVERT runs on a 100 percent volunteer basis, supported by donations and volunteers’ own resources. Volunteers pay their own way for training and gear, so your gift goes further.\n\nGetting there\n\nGas and diesel to move volunteers and supplies into the disaster area.\n\nWhat people ask for\n\nFood, water, blankets, pet food, essentials and the specific items people on the ground request.\n\nBacking the effort\n\nDirect help for the first responders and relief efforts we work alongside.\n\n“I understand that you coordinated a group of medical and support volunteers to deliver critical aid to over 400 families on the island.”\n\nU.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, in an April 2018 letter about AVERT's work in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Read the letters\n\nWays to give\n\nFour ways to send help.\n\nGive money Give online through AVERT’s GoFundMe, open since September 5, 2017 and organized by Michael Brewer in Fort Smith, Arkansas. As of October 15, 2026, 189 donors had given $16,714 there. GoFundMe handles the payment, and as the fundraiser explains, Michael withdraws funds as needed for fuel and specifically requested supplies. Gifts through GoFundMe are not tax deductible. Give on GoFundMe\n\nGive supplies Water, food, blankets, pet food and essentials. Tell us what you have and where you are, and we will tell you where and when to send it. Pledge supplies\n\nGive space Live near, but not inside, a hurricane, wildfire or flood zone? Lend space and time to a regional distribution center. Offer space\n\nGive expertise Help run gift and donation programs as a development officer, or take one of five advisory board seats. See the roles\n\nPledge\n\nPut your name on the load.\n\nTell us what you would like to give and Michael will follow up by email with where and when to send it. To give money right away, use AVERT’s GoFundMe.\n\nPlease pledge supplies instead of shipping them unannounced. A volunteer matches each pledge to a real request first. Here is why.\n\nWe show you the work.\n\nWhen AVERT is in the field, we post updates so donors can watch their support arrive where it was needed.",
  "markdown": "Give\n\n# Your gift rides with us.\n\nNot everyone can pack up and go. That is exactly why AVERT exists. Volunteers carry your support into disaster country and hand it to the people who need it, and we post from the field so you can see it arrive.\n\n[Give on GoFundMe](https://www.gofundme.com/f/avert-disaster-relief)\n[Ways to give](https://avertusa.org/donate/#ways)\n\nPhoto illustration\n\nWhere your gift goes\n\n## Every dollar gets a job.\n\nAVERT runs on a 100 percent volunteer basis, supported by donations and volunteers’ own resources. Volunteers pay their own way for training and gear, so your gift goes further.\n\nFuel\n\n### Getting there\n\nGas and diesel to move volunteers and supplies into the disaster area.\n\nSupplies\n\n### What people ask for\n\nFood, water, blankets, pet food, essentials and the specific items people on the ground request.\n\nSupport\n\n### Backing the effort\n\nDirect help for the first responders and relief efforts we work alongside.\n\n“I understand that you coordinated a group of medical and support volunteers to deliver critical aid to over 400 families on the island.”\n\nU.S. Senator Mark R. Warner, in an April 2018 letter about AVERT's work in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. [Read the letters](https://avertusa.org/about/#recognition)\n\nWays to give\n\n## Four ways to send help.\n\n- ### Give money\n\nGive online through AVERT’s GoFundMe, open since September 5, 2017 and organized by Michael Brewer in Fort Smith, Arkansas. As of October 15, 2026, 189 donors had given $16,714 there. GoFundMe handles the payment, and as the fundraiser explains, Michael withdraws funds as needed for fuel and specifically requested supplies. Gifts through GoFundMe are not tax deductible.\n\n[Give on GoFundMe](https://www.gofundme.com/f/avert-disaster-relief)\n\n- ### Give supplies\n\nWater, food, blankets, pet food and essentials. Tell us what you have and where you are, and we will tell you where and when to send it.\n\n[Pledge supplies](https://avertusa.org/?give=supplies#pledge)\n\n- ### Give space\n\nLive near, but not inside, a hurricane, wildfire or flood zone? Lend space and time to a regional distribution center.\n\n[Offer space](https://avertusa.org/volunteer/?role=distribution#raise-your-hand)\n\n- ### Give expertise\n\nHelp run gift and donation programs as a development officer, or take one of five advisory board seats.\n\n[See the roles](https://avertusa.org/volunteer/#roles)\n\nPledge\n\n## Put your name on the load.\n\nTell us what you would like to give and Michael will follow up by email with where and when to send it. To give money right away, use [AVERT’s GoFundMe](https://www.gofundme.com/f/avert-disaster-relief).\n\nPlease pledge supplies instead of shipping them unannounced. A volunteer matches each pledge to a real request first. [Here is why](https://avertusa.org/help-after-a-disaster/#money-or-supplies).\n\n### We show you the work.\n\nWhen AVERT is in the field, we post updates so donors can watch their support arrive where it was needed.\n",
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