Volunteering and Donations

Donations

Headwaters relies exclusively on the donation of tools and materials, monetary contributions and the labors of our volunteers. Unlike most non-profit organizations, we have no paid staff. All donations are used in the relief effort. To date we have more than 400 volunteers from around the country and beyond who have provided many thousands of hours in relief efforts. Of course, we could use more since the need often seems unending.

Donations can be made online or sent to "Headwaters Disaster Relief":

Headwaters Relief Organization
9400 Golden Valley Road
Golden Valley, MN 55427

Material and monetary donations have come from a long list of businesses and individuals.

Volunteering

Headwaters was created to support disaster victims who have neither emotional supports nor financial resources to begin to rebuild their lives. Orion Associates (a Minneapolis-based human services organization and original sponsor of the River of Hope project) officers Marya Hage and Dr. Rebecca Thomley, long-time Red Cross mental health professional volunteers recognized that little was being done to help victims work through the emotional upheaval that disasters bring. Together they established the all-volunteer model that led to the creation of Headwaters to bring the vital aspects of emotional support and physical rebuilding together. Disaster victims have varying degrees of options for self-recovery. Those with fewest resources are often left without the emotional and physical means to rebuild and restart their lives. Headwaters fills these gaps for victims and helps them rejoin their communities.

Volunteering is one of the most effective ways of giving. It is a concrete way of expressing concern for others. If you are interested in helping people who have experienced a life-changing disaster and would like to become involved in the Headwaters effort please contact us through our web site contact form.