As many of you know, the earthquake in Haiti this week has devastated hundreds of thousands of people. The pictures, videos, and the stories will be etched in our minds and history forever. They are in desperate need for help and I am asking you to join me and my family to help us to help them. While we aren't in the best position to contribute a lot,
every little bit helps and together we can make a difference. Besides the many ways of contributing, you can:
* Donate to the American Red Cross
here or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.
* Text "HAITI" to 90999, which will charge an additional $10 to your phone bill for the month as a donation.
* Text "YELE" to 501501 which will charge an additional $5 to your phone bill for the month as a donation.
For each link up or comment left by January 21, 2010, my family will contribute an additional $0.25 to the Red Cross!
Thanks
Crystal for co-ordinating this!
29 comments:
We donated money to Crisis Response International (CRI). They sent a team down yesterday to assist with search and rescue. Thanks for doing this!
We donated to the US fund for UNICEF and also to a local (Kentucky)-based charity called Ten Kids whose goal is to provide a safe home, education, etc. to Ten Kids http://www.tenkids.org/. I like the idea of giving to an organization meeting general needs of the people of Haiti and to one meeting the needs of specific children. We are so blessed--I can't imagine the losses of the Haitian people.
Thank you for doing this... http://www.samaritanspurse.org ~ this is also another great choice for donations!
Our family donated to Red Cross today and I made a post on FB to encourage my friends to donate.
Thank you for what you're doing. I'm donating through Compassion.
http://www.just1dollar4haiti.org/ is the website specifically for earthquake relief for the nonprofit Haiti Cheri Havest Life Ministries (www.haiticheri.org). They are an mission organization that partners with Haitian people to improve their quality of life (education, food, medical, etc). Any money donated now goes to earthquake relief. You can check out the website for a link to up-to-date info and correspondence from Haitian friends about the earthquake and effects, and you can make tax-deductible contributions securely online. You are right that every little bit helps- most Haitian people live on less per day than we can scrape out of the ashtray for a Coke in the drive-thru. Having done mission work in Haiti, I have seen first-hand the desolation of everyday life forthe Haitian people. This epic disaster is truly heartbreaking, and the long-term consequences are beyond what I can even fathom. Thanks for posting, and thanks for your generosity.
We donated through Compassion.
Thank you for your effort!
Thanks for the help. I am sure it is appreciated.
Incredible effort. I posted my link!
My heart is breaking for the Haitian people. I pray that the Lord will bless and keep them safe. I have contributed to the American Red Cross and encourage others to do the same.
Our family is sending up prayers to the One who can do the most!!
Our church also took and sent contributions in.
My heart breaks especially for the little ones affected. We truly are blessed and I am thankful that we are able to bless others in return!
I am donating to the red cross and my churchs humanitarian aid. I am also posting a comment on all the blogs that are donating. Thanks
Thank you for doing this!!
Thanks for helping the people of Haiti!
(I have donated to the American Red Cross and to Compassion International.)
Benae
I have donated to the Red Cross. What a wonderful thing you are doing!
Due to our financial situation, I am visiting as many blogs as possible and commenting to help raise donations. Bless you for not only helping but providing a way for everyone to help too!
I donated to Catholic Relief Services which will go directly to Haiti, and my son is going to donate the charity portion of his allowance to Haiti.
You're doing a great thing!
I was able to donate my swagbucks and am also commenting on blogs to help raise money for Haiti!
I donated $10 to the Red Cross by texting HAITI to 90999. I also left a message on my FB status asking others to do the same.
Thank you for helping Haiti. Five of our children were adopted from Haiti.. this crisis hits hard. We regularly support Heartline Ministries and Real Hope for Haiti.
My husband is a Haitian American, and we are devastated by this disaster.
I appreicate all you do and keeping people in Haiti in your prayers. We donated to Red Cross and Direct Relief International. We are also planning on donating to other organizations as well. Again, thank you for your help.
We donated to Samaritan's Purse.
I gave to Oxfam and Episcopal Relief and Development.
I am donating my Swagbucks to the cause and commenting on generous blogs like yours :)
We gave through CrossWorld International and are praying.
http://bitingthepenny.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/how-you-can-help-haiti-by-text-message/
We are also donating through the red Cross and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints.
What a wonderful thing you are doing. I pray for all of those in Haiti.
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