Help Uvalde Families Heal By Donating to These Organizations

Every day, parents across the nation send their children off to school with hopes of their kids laughing, learning for eight hours, and having good days with friends and teachers.

These were the same hopes that the parents of Robb Elementary students in Uvalde, Texas had on the morning of Tuesday May 24, 2022, not knowing that those brief hugs goodbye would be their last. 21 people died that day—19 grade school children and two teachers—when a gunman armed with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle opened fire. The amount of collective grief that the nation is facing is almost too much to bear, as is the frustration over the exorbitant lack of action in congress to regulate gun laws allowing tragedies like this to continue. And with it being the second largest school massacre since Sandy Hook, along with it being the second mass shooting in our country this month, many are feeling hopeless.

Many of us are us wondering—again—how we got here, and we're all just hoping our kids come home alive at the end of the day.

Sometimes the best way to heal is through helping and being of service to others. It's an immediate form of action that serves purpose in assisting those that need it the most. And while there are hundreds of donation options circulating in response to Uvalde, we compiled a vetted list for our readers to choose from below.

GoFund Me

The crowdsourcing site GoFund Me has set up a dedicated page for family aid with verified options. It will continue to be updated in the coming weeks as more families in need come forward.

General Funds

The First State Bank of Uvalde has set up the Robb Elementary Memorial Fund. You can donate at any branch, by mail, or via Zelle.

The League of United Latin American Citizens, the largest and oldest grassroots civil rights organization, is raising money for Uvalde with 100 percent of proceeds going to victims and their families.

University Health San Antonio Uvalde Victim Relief Fund will be used to support the families while their loved ones are at University Hospital.

Funeral Costs

Hillcrest Memorial and Rushing Estes Knowles are donating their services to families affected by the shooting. You can help get the word out by sharing this information on social media.

Volunteer

Can't donate money at this time? Here's some other ways to donate.

Donate blood, call these senators, or sit down with your kids and write a heartfelt letter or drawing for survivors and send them to Uvalde School District care of Robb Elementary.

Donate your services. Therapists like the one's at Latinx Therapy are donating their time to help the community heal. Those in the legal field are also donating their service through the San Antonio Legal Service Association.

We will continue to update this list as more options become available.