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You've seen the pictures, you've read the stories, and you can't
help but be heartbroken for the hundreds of thousands of people in
Haiti who have suffered tremendous loss this week. Loss we cannot even comprehend as we sit in our heated homes on our comfortable sofas with plenty of food to eat, a roof over our heads, and luxuries like access to the internet at our fingertips.
We all want to do something to help these people, but it can be a little overwhelming to even know where to start. There are hundreds of thousands of people in dire need.
However, while each of us likely don't
have the resources to feed, clothe, and provide medical services to
hundreds of thousands of people, if we all do something, we can and will make a difference.
So, today, I'm calling you to action. And here's what I'm asking you to do:
1) Pray–Pray
for these destitute people to have the provision they need. Pray for
the mothers and fathers who are left childless. Pray for the children
who are left motherless and fatherless. The heartache
and suffering they are experiencing is unimaginable to us.They need miracles; they need hope;
they need our prayers.
2) Give–There are so many different ways you can give and no matter your financial situation, there is something you do. Even if it seems like it's a drop in the bucket, remember that a bucket of water is made up of that–drops!
Here are three ways I would encourage you to give:
::Give to Compassion International, an organization dedicated to help children who are living in poverty. Our family has supported Compassion for quite some time and we feel they are truly wisely stewarding their resources to the best of their abilities.
All funds raised in response to the Haiti
earthquake will be used immediately to provide for Compassion-assisted
children and families affected by this crisis. Any funds raised in
excess will be stewarded by Compassion for additional and future
disaster relief efforts.
::Give to Numana, Inc., an organization dedicated to giving food to the starving. One of my friends works closely with Numana and I also believe this to be an organization worthy of your donations. They are currently providing thousands of meals to the people of Haiti. For only $0.30, you can donate one meal to a starving person in Haiti.
::Give to the Red Cross. You can donate online here or you can text “Haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
Some of my readers have told me they are eating from the pantry
this month and donating the extra to Haiti. One of my readers, who is
on a very limited budget, told me they donated their small amount of
"fun money" to help those in Haiti.
No matter the size of your budget, you can likely spare $1 or $2–which can go quite far in Haiti! Even if you can't afford to give money, you can likely come up with something you can do. Which is where point number 3 comes in…
3) Blog–Today I want to encourage you to blog about what you've done to help those in Haiti. I want to
hear your stories of how you are helping–even on a small budget. Get creative,
think outside the box, there's something everyone can do. And every
little bit helps!
Plus, for every person who blogs about what you specifically did to help
those in Haiti and leaves your link below by January 21, 2010, my
husband and I will personally donate $10 to Compassion's outreach in
Haiti.
If you don't have a blog, you can leave a comment on this post or email
me with details on what you specifically did to help. For every person
who comments or emails telling me what they did to help, my husband and
I will donate $0.30 to Numana to provide one meal for a starving person.
But wait, there's more–and this is the really exciting part!
Yesterday, I put a call out for other bloggers to team up with me in this "Help For Haiti" Project. I expected a few might come forward, but I was blown away at the response!
Are you ready for this? Every single one of the following bloggers have committed to donate to Haiti in some way, shape, or form to each person who stops by their blog and leaves a link or a comment:
The Simple Life of the Boreings
This is so incredible, folks! What are you waiting for? Do something and blog about it and then come back here and link up on this post and visit all the other bloggers above to link up as well.
THANK YOU for being a part of this exciting opportunity! Together, we can make a major impact in the lives of people who desperately need our help!
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Want to join in the "Help for Haiti" Project? Please leave your link below to your post (click here to do so if you're reading via feed or email) on what you have specifically done to help those in Haiti. My husband and I will personally donate $10 to Compassion for every link left below which meets this criteria. Don't have a blog? Leave a comment (click here to do so) telling us what you have done to help those in Haiti. My husband and I will also donate $0.30 to Numana for every comment left on this post which meets that criteria.
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My family and I are each still working out the different ways we can donate, but in the meantime, I donated all my swagbucks.
Been praying and praying.
Put Compassion’s Haiti logo on my facebook picture.
Blogged.
Encouraged others to give and pray.
90999 donation
Thank you for your generosity. I really appreciate it. I donated all my swagbucks for the cause!
I donated some Swagbucks…i will also be donating to my company’s relief effort.
This is amazing. It is so beautiful what pepole are doing for this cause. All of my thoughts and prayers go out to those families struggling and in need. I can only imagine what those parents in Haiti are going through right now. Having to fend for themselves AND children. It makes me think how well off I am. You know, we all complain about things, and everyone wishes something different in their lives. But this puts it into perspective. Do we really need that new pair of heels? Or that new purse? I was just saying to my son, see how well off we are? He nodded and said he feels so bad for those people. Then he said, we should tell them to come live with us. That put a big smile on my face. Knowing that a young child cares gives me so much hope for those people in Haiti.
Wow! Your blog is raising A LOT OF MONEY! That is wonderful! I texted to the Red Cross last week and therefore donated $10. I wish more people would simply donate, $1, $5, or $10 here or there because it would make such a difference!
We texted and donated, and are helping my son and his school raise money to send to the Red Cross.
Thank you for what you are doing.
I tweeted about and posted on FB (and became a fan of) http://hope-for-haiti.blogspot.com and will probably link this page. I don’t think that counts for a participation, but I just want to thank you for what you are doing and say what a blessing you are. You must have known what response you would get because of how popular your blog is and I hope you guys can afford to follow through with the commitment (I didn’t notice any maximums). I still need to talk to my husband about what we can do. There are so many charities and ways to get involved, I’m not sure which to choose!
So, thank you again and may God bless you and your family for your loving and generous hearts.
Thank you for donating. I have given to Doctors Without Borders and ASPCA (for the animals!).
What an amazing thing you are doing , thanks !
We gave $100 to UNICEF and $100 to Habitat for Humanity. My husband received a pay raise at the beginning of the year, and we decided to donate the amount of the raise for January to relief efforts for Haiti. They need so much help there, it’s the least we can do.
Thank you for this post and directing us towards serving these people.
We went and helped package the Numana food packets last Saturday and are looking forward to helping again this Saturday!
I texted 90999 to donate $10.00
We have donated through our church as well as to the Red Cross. Thank you for starting this campaign and inspiring so many people to help in anyway they can!
Donated 20 pairs of shoes that will be sent to haiti!
Thank you so much for doing this we have donated to yele.org, red cross and worldwidevillage.com. Also brought medical supplies to our local church that is collecting for loveachild. Passing out fliers at my sons school to get more families to donate medical supplies as well.
I’m a dingbat! I’m #403 up there, but I linked to the wrong post…I don’t know how to fix it. I meant to link to a post where I talked about our family giving to World Vision…I hope this didn’t wreck what I/you was/were trying to do!
Thank you all so much for doing this! We have also decided to pitch in
Have continued to pray for the people of Haiti and donated money to the cause through the Humanitarian Services Emergency Relief. Posted on my blog. Thank you for what you are doing. Also saw on here that some have called their reps to get the orphans here who are already through much of the adoption process. I think that is a fantastic idea!
You are inspiring me to do more! I’ve been praying ever since I learned what happened in Haiti, but wasn’t sure how to contribute.
Now I’m ready to move on an idea had a while back. I’ve been saving all our family’s nut cans for ages. Now I have a huge box of them. I’m going to print up some labels for them saying ” We CAN Help Haiti and CHANGE the outcome!” Then my children and I will give them out to everyone we know,( keeping a list for weekly pick up).
In this economy, lots of people don’t feel they can afford to help much financially, but nearly all of us have coins that weigh down our purses and pockets, that could be doing some good for people in much more difficult circumstances than we are in, here in the U.S. There’s never been a better moment to Love Thy Neighbor!
Jeanne
My husband and I are working to set up a donation fund at our church to gather a large amount to send to our mission agency in Haiti.
My company The Shade Experts has made a monetary donation to The Red Cross. Also in my blog I encouraged my readers and other business to donate. Please read my blog entry at http://www.TheShadeExperts.com/blog/ Thank you for doing this!
Thank you so much for what you are doing! My family has supported a young boy through Compassion International for the last 6 years now and let me tell you how it has touched our lives. Thank you to all those who are giving.
The Wigintons
We donated hand towels for care packages being made by my daughter’s school.
Donated through vbmb.org where 100% of doanations go directly to the field. All overhead expenses come out of their regular operating budget, not donations and gifts.
This is a beautiful thing that you are doing, Crystal. I know that God’s blessings will pour down on you as you lead others to bless others.
Lavaida
I blogged about my donation to Haiti and the personal story I knew about a volunteer there, a young woman whose body was found last week in the rubble
Thanks for doing this!!! I just blogged. Compassion International is very dear to us. We’ve been sponsoring 2 children for years now.
http://KeepinUpWithTheTatums.blogspot.com
Thanks again!
My daughter is in 5th grade and attends a school where they wear uniforms. Today they could donate money to the Haiti earthquake fund and wear regular clothes. My daughter contributed and they raised over $500. We are also donating to our church humanitarian aid fund. They have already sent two plane with food, water, medical supplies, etc. and doctors to help. Thanks for all you do.
It’s time to unite and help others. I will contribute.
my husband and i are giving financially to help haiti & we’ve been praying too… which is just as important!
Just got my blog post up! Very very generous what you all are doing
http://www.budgetsaresexy.com/2010/01/haiti-relief-efforts-how-you-can-help.html
This really warms my heart and brings a smile to my face. In the face of such destruction and suffering, knowing so many people are working together to help is just amazing! This made my night.
I donated by texting HAITI to 90999
To help spread the word and increase donations, we will donate $1 for each new twitter follower at twitter.com/GuptaGastro So far we have donated over $10,000 With this project, we are hoping to donate $10,000 more. We have raised an additional $156 in the past 24 hours. Please help speed things up. Haiti has received a lot of money, but it is no where near enough. thousands of people are dying from a lack of medical attention and medical supplies. Some tent hospitals dont even have anitbacterial or soap and water. As a physicians office in Brooklyn, New York, we have many Haitian patients who have friends and family dying in Haiti, waiting for medical attention. This issue is still very urgent. http://www.guptagastro.com for more info or twitter.com/GuptaGastro.
Looks like I’m a day late on this but I posted how I helped on my blog here: http://www.holecardsarewild.com/2010/01/help-for-haiti.html.
I think it’s great how you are helping encourage people and spread the word.
lo on cash, but i am scouring my house for all items needed the most urgently in haiti, nd donating to our local haitian support foundation. also im putting ideas on how to help up on my facebook page, along with links. my facebook friends have been able to help more easily this way, so i feel good i helped to help. thanks for making a donation simply because im telling you about this!!
my candle is lit for the LIGHT
Just posted. I’m donating $1 for every new subscriber and 50 cents for every comment on my post!
Glad to hear about all of the good you are doing. As a Nurse my first thought was what can I do? I donated to the Red Cross in the first 24 hours after the quake. I will now be going to Haiti as part of a Neonatal/Pediatric medical team for 10 days. The thing to remeber is Haiti needed our help BEFORE the earthquake. They will need our help for years to come. I hope people don’t loose interest before the work is done. Please keep the people of Haiti in your prayers.
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