The devastation is great between the widespread damage from Hurricane Laura and the wildfires in California.
There is a great need for help, and if you want to give, remember to do your research first as scammers are impersonating legit charities.
“When you are researching that charity, you want to make sure that name is exact because it could be an impersonator and once you donate, you could lose all that money,” said Catherine Honeycutt with the Better Business Bureau Serving Eastern North Carolina.
The BBB suggests going to Give.org to see where donations go as on the website you can see a breakdown on how charities spend your donations and what percentage goes to administrative costs or the actual cause.
“We recommend at least 65 percent of the funds from that organization to be going to the actual cause,” Honeycutt said.
Other tips from the BBB to giving wisely:
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