How to Help

Posted: September 17, 2001

Wine Spectator encourages you to aid the families of firefighters, police and rescue workers who gave their lives in an effort to save others caught in the World Trade Center disaster. Donations can be mailed to the following groups:

Twin Towers Fund
P.O. Box 26999
General Post Office
New York, NY 10087-6999
This fund is coordinated by New York City Public/Private Initiatives, Inc., a City Hall organization endorsed by Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund
c/o David Burden & Co. LLP
415 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10017
This fund has been established to aid the families of restaurant and other food-service workers who lost their lives in the World Trade Center disaster.

New York Firefighters 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund
P.O. Box 65858
Washington, DC 20035-5858
Web site: http://www.iaff.org
Coordinated by the International Association of Fire Fighters, this fund was set up to send financial assistance to the families of all fallen New York City firefighters.

New York Police and Fire Widows & Children's Benefit Fund
P.O. Box 3713
Grand Central Station
New York, NY 10163
This organization was established by Rusty Staub, formerly of the New York Mets, in 1985. Current donations will go directly to the widows and children of police and firefighters lost in the recent tragedy.

American Red Cross
430 17th St., NW
Washington, DC 20006
Web site: http://www.redcross.org

The New York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund
P.O. Box 5193
General Post Office
New York, NY 10087
Web site: http://prodpub.wavesys.com/cw/donations.asp?charity=neediest911

Other relief charities can be accessed by visiting http://www.libertyunite.org or http://www.helping.org