You can do something right now...
Text YELE to 501501 and you will give $5 to Yele Haiti Foundation
or
Text HAITI to 90999 and you will give $10 to the Red Cross
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On a good day, life is tough for the more than 2 million residents of Port au Prince. On a good day....
All my "big" problems yesterday are nothing to me now.
And if you want more information from a relief worker,
Go visit my friend The Drama Queen.
Every single one of us can help.
22 comments:
Thanks for the info. The poverty there is beyond description - as you say, on a good day.
Going to text them both right now. My company is also matching what we give. Virgina sent out help today. This is tragic. We all too ofen loose sight of our many blessings.
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I know. Our problems seem so small compared to the devastation there. I saw it when I first got up this morning, which is always a bizarre way to start the day.
What if you're not allowed to text? Is there another way to donate?
and I thought I had it bad!
as NNG said...we should all be THANKFUL for what we have!
TEXT!!!
It really puts things into perspective...
Speaking as a Disaster Volunteer with the American Red Cross -
Bless you for posting this.
I had already posted this today on my blog, and wondered if I was the only one with this weighing on my mind...
...and then I found your posting and was touched.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, where the children often eat mudcakes for dinner.
They really do need our help.
It looks and sounds devastating doesn't it. I can't imagine going through something like that. We only have to worry about tornadoes.
Did this before I left for the office this morning ... thank you for spreading the word!
And to think that I was tempted to whine this morning....
I am hoping we can do something within school. Thanks for the info. It is very sad
Thanks for spreading the word. We all need to help any way we can.
This whole issue is just heartbreaking.
Makes my problems seem so insignificant!
such a terrible tragedy!
thanks for the info MPM, it's hard to imagine the suffering now...
It's so sad. Life for the impoverished people of Haiti was deplorable before this tragedy. This serves as a reminder and an opportunity to show God's love and give. We have an obligation to give abundantly.
I listen to the Michael Baisden radio show on my ride home in the evenings, and he is strongly advocating Yele - you can also go to yele.com to donate. Yeclef Jean, who is Haitian, is its organizer, and evidently he's on his way there now.
It really is a tragedy.
My cousin is on mission through his church there. He's fine, as are his colleagues, but I can't imagine how they'll have to regroup to address needs that were critical before, unspeakable now.
Just watched the special on the news tonight. Tragic, devastating. Thanks for the links.
Wow. Good to know! My stress seems so silly now.
These horrific events snap things into perspective pretty darned quick, don't they?
Thank you, L.
Sorry - the web site is yele.org.
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