For people who live in Mexico -- Donation Centers [If you live outside of Mexico and would like to donate cash, please donate to the Cruz Roja Mexicana -- the Mexican Red Cross. The bank account number in Mexico is 0404040406 Surcursal 683. Your bank should be able to provide the necessary additional codes. Your donations are definitely needed.)
What to donate:
- FOODSTUFFS
- canned goods (tuna fish, vegetales, beans, sardines, chiles)
- bottled water
- powdered milk
- sopa de pasta (like spaghetti-os, fideo, pasta packed with dried sauce)
- powdered soup
- lentils,
- rice
- tomato puré
- vegetable oil
- sugar
- instant coffee
- salt
- jam
- mayonnaise
- MEDICINES. PLEASE BE SURE THEY HAVE NOT EXPIRED
- -- antifungal medication
- -- fever-lowering medications
- -- cold medications
- -- analgesics
- -- antibiotics
- -- antidiarrhea medications (pepto-bismol, lomotil, etc.)
- -- anti-inflammatories (aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.)
- MISCELLANEOUS
- -- diapers for babies and adults
- -- sanitary napkins
- -- hand soap
- -- detergent
- -- rope (rafia), twine and string
- -- plastic baggs
- -- new sandals
- -- raincoats
- -- umbrellas
- -- household cleaning tools like brooms, dustpans, buckets, mops
WHERE TO DONATE
In State of Veracruz:
La Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana (Coparmex)
Costa Dorada #50 Between Ruíz Cortines an Mar de Japón Fraccionamiento Costa Verde Boca del Río, Veracruz
Monday to Friday, 8.00 am to 5.00 pm and Saturday from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm
World Trade Center of Boca del Río
Auditorio Benito Juárez, Port of Veracruz
(No hours listed)
DIF state offices. In areas of storm damage, these are open 24 hours. There is a DIF collection center in Parque Juárez in Xalapa as well.
Cafe Galería Zona Centro, Xalapa Juárez 123
Daily after 6.00 pm.
Amarillo Centro de Diseño
Franceschy no. 17, corner of Perú and Guerrero Xalapa, Veracruz
Daily between 5 pm and 9 pm
Mexico City
Cruz Roja Mexicana Juan Luis Vives #200 Col. Polanca
Centro Cultural y Social Veracruzano Miguel Angel de Quevedo #68 Coyoácan
Representación del Estado Veracruz
Marsella #77 Col. Juárez, between Have and Niza Avenues, two streets from the Glorieta of the Insurgentes metro stop.
Open 24 hours daily. Taking bottled water and canned foods.
Secretaría de Protección Civil
Avenida Patriotismo #671 Colonia San Juan
From 9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Dirección General de Emergencias Mayores
Periférico Sur 2769 Colonia San Jerónimo Lidice
9.00 am to 6.00 pm
Most Fire Stations are accepting donations 24/7.
Elsewhere in the Mexican Republic
Red Cross (Cruz Roja) in Jalisco, Querétero, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, State of Mexico, Morelos, Nuevo Léon (Monterrey, Avnia Alfonso Reyes no. 2503), Puebla and of course Veracruz.
DIF estatal en Hidalgo
Salazar 100 Colonia Centro Pachuca 8.30 am to 4.30 pm
To donate money:
Cruz Roja Mexicana -- Bancomer account no. 0404040406 Sucursal 683.