02 Jun Tinderbox in the West: The Growing Problem of Mega Wildfires
With hundreds of blazes erupting simultaneously across California, Oregon and Washington, some growing to staggering proportions, the 2020 fire season was the worst on record. Unfortunately, this is a trend that is heading in the wrong direction. Last year continued a decades-long pattern that is producing more frequent and more...
22 Nov 40 Years of Making Good on Our Promise
This year, Good360 marks a milestone decades in the making — our 40th anniversary. That’s 40 years of getting the right goods to the right people at the right time. Forty years of partnering with corporate donors to get needed products directly into the hands of people and communities in...
28 Mar Answering Your Most Common Questions About Disaster Recovery
As the frequency and severity of disasters continue to increase, Good360 likewise continues to build out our capacity to respond in the days, weeks, and years that follow as communities rebuild. As we invest in resilience, we are no strangers to receiving questions about disaster recovery best practices. Below are...
17 Oct Fire Prevention Month: 4 Factors to Consider in Disaster Response
Summer may be over, but the wildfire season continues unabated in the Western United States. In fact, it’s not uncommon anymore to see massive forest fires in October and November, which is normally considered a cooling off period for the season. The infamous Camp Fire, which burned 153,336 acres in...
01 Aug Avoiding the Second Disaster: How (Not) to Donate During a Crisis
In 2017, fast-moving wildfires ripped through Sonoma and Napa Counties in Northern California, claiming at least 10,000 homes and 40 lives. The devastation prompted one local resident, a seasoned disaster relief volunteer and Spanish interpreter, to sign up to work at an evacuation shelter in Petaluma. Karen Merzenich recalled...
28 Apr Three Disaster Plans Every Nonprofit Should Consider
In the past five years, the United States has experienced record-breaking wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods—not to mention a global pandemic. Disasters, natural and man-made, are a fact of life. We expect them to happen. But anticipating a disaster is not the same thing as being prepared for one. ...
08 Apr How Sustainability Can Drive Disaster Response and Recovery
Environmental sustainability and disaster recovery are intricately linked. Yet, more often than not, they are siloed from one another. But as severe weather events become more frequent and more destructive around the globe, experts are increasingly considering how the environment is affecting our response to natural and humanitarian disasters—and...
03 Jan What We Did in 2021: Good360 Distributed More Than $1 Billion in Donations for the First Time
As the COVID-19 pandemic roiled the country and the world, Good360 responded to an unprecedented level of need and distributed more goods than we had ever done in our 38-year history. That is, until 2021 came around. This year, Good360 crossed the $1 billion mark for the first time. That’s...- 1
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