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How You Can Help Haiti Quake Victims

Red Cross, UNICEF, Save the Children all accepting donations

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 13, 2010 11:32 AM CST
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(Newser) – Disaster relief agencies are streaming into Haiti, trying to provide safe water, medical supplies, and temporary shelter for victims of the devastating earthquake there. Here are some ways you can donate to the cause, from the Daily News:

  • Text “Yele” to 501501 to donate $5 to Wyclef Jean’s earthquake relief fund.
  • Go to redcross.org and click the Donate link or call (800) REDCROSS. The Red Cross isn’t accepting volunteers to travel to Haiti, however.

  • Donate to UNICEF at unicefusa.org/haitiquake, or call (800) 4UNICEF.
  • Send checks, made out to “Save the Children,” to Save the Children Income Processing Department, 54 Wilton Road, Westport, Conn. 06880, or visit savethechildren.org.
  • Go to directrelief.org to donate to Direct Relief International.
  • Donate to Mercy Corp. at mercycorps.org, or mail a check made out to Haiti Earthquake Fund, Dept. NR, PO Box 2669, Portland, Ore. 97208.
For information about friends or family in Haiti, call the State Department’s toll-free line at 1-888-407-4747.

Earthquake survivors huddle together in a shantytown on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010.
Earthquake survivors huddle together in a shantytown on the outskirts of Port au Prince, following a major earthquake in Haiti, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010.   (AP Photo/Matt Marek/American Red Cross)
In this image from the American Red Cross in London, a young earthquake survivor is given first aid in a shanty town on the outskirts of Port au Prince, Jan. 12, 2010.
In this image from the American Red Cross in London, a young earthquake survivor is given first aid in a shanty town on the outskirts of Port au Prince, Jan. 12, 2010.   (AP Photo/Matt Marek/American Red Cross)
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Netstorm2k10
Jan 13, 2010 10:44 AM CST
I used the Red Cross, and they sent me an email with tax code stuff at the end in case I wanted to deduct it. I won't, simply because it seems counter to the concept of sacrifice, and because I don't pay taxes anyway. But I know a lot of you do, so I mention all of this so that it might act as an incentive to give. (Ben Stiller in Starsky and Hutch) "Do it. Do it. Do it." Your brothers and sisters need help from outside, and that costs money. The Red Cross is a good place to donate that money.
DontLikeYou___
Jan 13, 2010 10:43 AM CST
If you belong to a church, ask them if they will do a mission trip.
prowlerzee
Jan 13, 2010 6:43 AM CST
Yes, thanks for this list, Spak and Newser.

 
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