Cash is Best–Redux
- John Cornelison
- June 9, 2011
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Yet another post on the value of cash – versus unsolicited donations of (often inappropriate) goods and supplies comes from the UPS Foundation’s Humanitarian Relief Program Manager. Just back from the annual meeting of NVOAD, held in Kansas City – hours from Joplin, he had the following take-homes:
- Donate Money
- If Donating Goods, Verify Items Will be Accepted and Used
- For Volunteers, Take Advantage of Disaster Assistance Training
He recommends helpful web tools: Aidmatrix Network and HandsOnNetwork.org. Read his full post on Joe Ruiz’s blog

As they indicate below, this appears to be a pretty basic course, but by clicking on one of the initial pages you can see much of the complete course outline and quickly skim it to see how much of it is applicable to your family or business.