Thursday, January 14, 2010

Reach out to earthquake victims in Haiti

Following is a partial list, courtesy of MSNBC, of ways to help people in Haiti. For the complete listing, visit http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
34835478/ns/world_news-americas/

For those interested in helping immediately, simply text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill. (More information at http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/
entry/disaster_haiti)

• American Red Cross, 800-733-2767

• American Jewish World Service, 212-792-2900

• AmeriCares, 800-486-4357

• CARE, 800-521-2273

• Catholic Relief Services, 800-736-3467

• Doctors Without Borders, 888-392-0392

• Friends of the World Food Program,
866-929-1694

• Haiti Children, 877-424-8454

• Haiti Foundation Against Poverty

• Haiti Marycare, 203-675-4770

• Haitian Health Foundation, 860-886-4357

• Hope for Haiti, 239-434-7183

• International Medical Corps, 800-481-4462

• International Rescue Committee, 877-733-8433

• International Relief Teams, 619-284-7979

• Lutheran World Relief, 800-597-5972

• Mennonite Central Committee, 888-563-4676

• Oxfam, 800-776-9326

• Partners in Health, 617-432-5298

• Rural Haiti Project, 347-405-5552

• The Salvation Army, 800-725-2769

• Save the Children, 800-728-3843

• UNICEF, 800-367-5437

BGSU in the news MLK Day celebrations planned - The Blade - Sentinel-Tribune Student group that conducts missions to Haiti closely following earthquake news - Sentinel-Tribune Centennial service effort kicks off on MLK Day - Sentinel-Tribune Watch for geology professor Bob Vincent on Haiti - tonight on WTOL and WTVG and in tomorrow's Sentinel-Tribune.

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