The Bay Area Rallies to Help Turkey, Syria Earthquake Victims

People throughout the Bay Area are organizing to help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. As search and recovery efforts intensify, the death toll is now closing in on 8,000.

It’s a crisis within a crisis, as rescue teams search for survivors in the midst of a war.

“What’s so devastating about this disaster is that so many people who have been affected were already displaced by the Syrian Civil War,” said Kerry Murray, president of ShelterBox.

That’s why organizations like ShelterBox and several others throughout the Bay Area are moving faster than ever.

Packing donations, sending money, and activating emergency response teams with volunteers from around the globe,

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