Illinois Tornado Relief: How You Can Help

Tornadoes cut a path of destruction through Fairdale, Rochelle and Belvidere, small-town communities west of the Chicago suburbs, on Thursday night. This is how you can help:

• Follow Fairdale, IL Tornado Recovery on Facebook. Updates on needs and ways you can help will be posted here.
• The Rochelle Foundation is accepting financial donations for assistance. Visit rochellefoundation.org.
• The Summerfield Farm and Zoo in Belvidere, a rescue farm for animals in need of homes, was severely damaged. A GoFundMe page has been set up to collect donations toward repairs.
• You can direct your American Red Cross donations to Illinois tornado relief efforts.
• The Salvation Army also acceps financial donations online. To donate by phone, call 1-800-SAL-ARMY.

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We’ll add Chicago-area relief efforts to our list. E-mail your information to dennis@patch.com, or post your information in the comment section.