Are you wondering how to help the people of Ukraine? Below are some trustworthy organizations that are accepting donations to help the people of Ukraine and the refugees in other countries.  Scroll down for a list of local businesses that are donating profits to help the Ukrainian people.

Updated at 8 p.m. Feb. 28:

Sometimes in our lives we all have pain We all have sorrow The announcement of Bill Withers’ death by his family on April 3 was a mere footnote in history, lost among the urgency of the current global health pandemic. Paradoxically, Withers’ most popular and familiar recording has increasingly become part of the collective national consciousness, just as it has countless times before in time of personal crisis, disaster and suffering.

Now more than ever, it is important for you to support NOWCastSA, an independent nonprofit that gives you trustworthy local news and information. To help you make smart choices, NOWCastSA has published 100 hours of exclusive video of candidate and town hall forums, in cooperation with trusted, nonpartisan partners, including the League of Women Voters, Texas Public Radio, MOVE San Antonio, the UTSA College of Public Policy, Texas A&M - San Antonio and the Society of Professional Journalists.

This has been a tough year to be a journalist, and, for that matter, a sentient, compassionate human being. I’ve thought a lot about my friend, Molly Ivins. I wonder what she would be saying, and how she’d be reminding us to stop and laugh right through our fears.

Join NOWCastSA for an open house at our home in the San Antonio Central Library on Thursday, Dec. 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.  Drop in any time for a light snack, to review highlights in civic engagement and community journalism from 2016, and to see how you can get involved. If you cannot attend but would still like to support NOWCastSA, you can click here to donate.

NOWCastSA is eligible to receive donations through the San Antonio Area Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) for the first time in 2015. The Combined Federal Campaign is the only authorized solicitation of Federal employees in their workplaces on behalf of approved charitable organizations.  NOWCastSA is one of 2,800 local and more than 22,000 total nonprofits eligible to receive donations through the CFC in 2015.

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For three years, Krystal Sanchez coordinated South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC) drives for her San Antonio employer, donating and encouraging colleagues to join her. “I never thought I would become a patient who would need a blood transfusion,” she said. But that changed earlier this year when Sanchez underwent an emergency cesarean section. Afterward, she felt so weak she could not hold her baby.

Goodwill Industries of San Antonio is celebrating Fiesta 2015 in a big way by commemorating its 70th Anniversary with a special Fiesta Medal contest and donation campaign. The nonprofit will give away 70 medals to Facebook fans throughout Fiesta. For a chance to win this coveted keepsake, “like” Goodwill San Antonio on Facebook and correctly answer a trivia question for that day. Selection of the winners will be done by daily, random drawing. Additionally, people can also obtain a medal for a minimum $5 donation at the downtown Goodwill store at 406 W. Commerce.