Fires in Hawaii. Flooding in California. Hurricane Idalia. How to help everyone.

"When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions. — Shakespeare, Hamlet

I have to admit that I waver in knowing who to give disaster aid to, especially when the emergencies come flooding in, both in the U.S. and abroad. 

I recently have become part of the St. Vincent de Paul society which specializes in person-to-person help with neighbors in need. I am proud to serve the Lord and my neighbors in this way. 

But I hadn't thought much about how the St. Vincent de Paul Society helps outside my own city. This message reminded me that Vincentians are working around the country and need the funds to allow them to lend a helping hand to help neighbors get their lives back to normal.

Fires in Hawaii. Flooding in California. As I write this, Hurricane Idalia is battering Florida. And dozens of storms and natural disasters that never make the national news, but still uproot lives and destroy communities.

Disasters can strike suddenly. But the recovery effort can take years.

You can help. Your support of the Saint Vincent de Paul Disaster Relief Campaign will assist Vincentian volunteers who are responding to these and future disasters.

Rather than giving towards a specific disaster, the National Council asks that you give to our general Disaster Relief Campaign. This reserve allows SVdP to respond as quickly as possible to requests for disaster aid wherever — and whenever — it's needed most urgently.

If, like me, you want to help in all the disasters that are popping up, here is a way to contribute to even the ones we never hear about on the national news.