OT: Donations for Haiti Earthquake Victims

I’m now unemployed, and it looks like our movers incurred upwards of thousands of dollars on our personal possessions, so I can’t do much – but I’m going to try to scrounge up at least a few dollars.

I’ve seen this pop up a few times on Twitter:

PLEASE text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to American Red Cross relief for Haiti. Charge is applied to your monthly mobile bill

Also:
Sam Dalembert Foundation: link

NPR has some ways to help here.

I’ve always donated through the Red Cross. They do say though “make sure to write Haiti Earthquake Relief” on your check. Other wise I guess it just goes into a general fund.

Something our elementary school did after 9/11 was to just put a coffee can in each classroom, the children brought what they could, staff kicked in a bit more and we raised around $500, not bad for a low income school like ours.

Mostly because I’m a student without any money, but also because I’m a heartless, avaricious moneygrubber conservative.

(I’m not actually, I just love Monty Python)

My girlfriend is in the Dominican Republic right now doing charity work and we just heard from her today on a bad connection. Thankfully she is alright (for now).

I’d recommend throwing in a couple bucks to Partners in Health. They’ve been on the ground doing wonderful work in Haiti for a while now, and I hope all their staff is safe. If you haven’t read Mountains Beyond Mountains, check it out. It’s about Paul Farmer, one of the founders of PIH and his work in Haiti. One of the more life changing books I’ve ever read.

For instance, how does a city made for a population perhaps the tenth of the size or less become a sprawling, largely impoverished metropolis of two or three million housed mostly in shoddy shelters on a known seismic fault line?

Sound familiar?
Get out, Wilriv!

Not to stray off topic (Haiti relief), but Kitspool mentions the very worthwhile charity Doctors Without Borders as being his choice of charity to support, and you music geeks out there should know that there’s a fantastic, reasonably priced 5-CD compilation that packages a bunch of artists you dig (Antony and the Johnsons, Sonic Youth, Devendra Banhart, Bonnie Prince Billy to name a few) with others you will enjoy checking out (The Bevis Frond, Matmos, Six Organs of Admittance, Current 93).

The CD boxset is called Not Alone and benefits this very noble charity.

I’ve been on foreign countries where they don’t have many earthquakes, and most of the buildings are concrete or cement block. That’s why there are/will be so many deaths and injuries because of this quake. Those buildings just absolutely fall apart.

Sad, sad.

…are my charities of choice and I made a donation yesterday. Please do what you can…every donation helps.

Whether you can afford to make a donation or not, please use Facebook, MySpace and Twitter to get the word out.

Unfortunately, Pat Robertson reached new levels of douchebaggery with his proclamation that Haiti “made a pact with the devil” and I’m fearful this will keep morons from helping and literally cost lives.

Wyclef Jean and the dude who plays “The Haitian” on “Heroes” are both doing a lot to help their home country.

My son has successfully kicked the Glenn Beck habit.

I’ll throw in $5 to UNICEF. It’s really all I can swing right now, but it’s more than these people have.

And I love that MLB kicked in a million via UNICEF. Right the fuck on.

Stop giving them money because Pat Robertson says they made a pact with the devil and that’s why they had the earthquake! If they would all just turn to Jesus instead of being awful devil-worshipers this never would have happened, it’s entirely their fault!

as long as it is legit and them money is going toward’s the correct cause. i kinda wish i was out there on the front lines helping

Anybody with a thousand bucks+ to give can bid for these Giants-related items:

1) BP off any Giants starting pitcher
2) Private hitting clinic with Panda and Meulens
3) Private 1-on-1 with Tim Lincecum

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