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Help for Haiti: Everyone Can Do Something–Comment or Link-Up and We’ll Donate!

by crystal on January 15, 2010

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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:

Mommy Snacks

The Diaper Diaries

Lamp Unto My Feet

Scrapbook of Sorts

Mom's Toolbox

Cha-Ching on a Shoestring

Thrifty Northwest Mom

Saving Money Plan

The Happy Housewife

4 Hats and Frugal

Cincinnati Coupons

Baby GoodBuys

Another Mom's View

The King's Court

The Frugal Girl

Mrs. MoneySaver

SwagGrabber

Puget Sound Prudence

Saving Money in Missouri

Heavenly Homemakers

Pennies and Blessings

Faithful Provisions

She Saved

Saving with Amy

The Prudent Patron

I Heart Publix

Frugal Living and Having Fun

A High and Noble Calling

Sharpen Your Scissors


Cincinnati Cents

Coupon Lady Online

Common Sense with Money

The Homespun Heart

Ava's Mom

Bargain Blessings

Coupon Geek

The Gothros

Saving Bits and Pieces

The Suburban Tree Hugger

My Litter of Six

"Deal"lightful Savings

Sixth Cents Saving

Really, Are You Serious?

Christian Frugal Mama

Sharpen Your Scissors

The Krazy Coupon Lady

The Stearns' Weekly News

Making Time for Mommy

The Simple Life of the Boreings

The Frugal Find

The Coupon Basics

My Fave Deals

Thrifty on the Dollar

My Blessed Life

Kingdom First Mom

The Thrifty Couple

Frugal Living NW

My Pet Savings

Mama's Laundry Talk

Frugal Follies

The Haney Life

Covenant Homemaking

Coupon Teacher

Mommie Cheapest

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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{ 590 comments }

1 Carlene January 16, 2010 at 8:35 am

Donating items to MCC through our local agency, Cumberland Valley Relief Center.

2 Laura January 16, 2010 at 8:39 am

My income is not very wiggly, so I am donating clothes via the Red Cross. Every bit helps, right?

3 Penny January 16, 2010 at 8:47 am

I dropped off $20 yesterday to The Red Cross, and of course, praying. Thank you!!!

4 Brandi January 16, 2010 at 9:12 am

No blog but wanted to say bless you for your efforts in helping the people of Haiti!

5 Melinda January 16, 2010 at 9:12 am

Please add a donation for our comment. We are praying for the people of Haiti.

6 Laura B. January 16, 2010 at 9:13 am

we donated through compassion international where we also sponsor 3 kids (not inHaiti though).

7 Kelly January 16, 2010 at 9:22 am

Thank you for doing this.

8 Amanda January 16, 2010 at 9:22 am

I gave $10 to the Red Cross and plan to give more through my church. I have so much, things like this sicken you as to how much you have and take for granted!!

9 Molly January 16, 2010 at 9:30 am

This is a great thing you are doing! It also lets us poor college students to find a way to contribute. :)

10 Tammy January 16, 2010 at 9:34 am

I Thessalonoans 5:16-18 Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

My husband and I made a small donation. We are recently without a job and I am a stay at home mom. Thank you for doing this. You are a blessing.

11 Gayle McLaughlin January 16, 2010 at 9:34 am

This is fantastic that so many people are donation to Haiti! I gave money to Heart to Heart because it is local and their administrative costs are 2%. Thank you for doing this!

12 Miss Jai January 16, 2010 at 9:57 am

Thank you for doing this! Our family is donating through Compassion International.

13 carrie January 16, 2010 at 10:17 am

thank you for doing this. i am amazed at the generosity of people like you, pioneer woman, sherri from swaggrabber, and others. i donated $25 to Doctors Without Borders myself, and click on http://www.thehungersite.com and its sister sites as often as i remember to.

14 Emily January 16, 2010 at 10:25 am

I am donating my Swagbuck points to their fund and commenting on generous blogs like yours. :)

15 k80 @ onegirlsjourney January 16, 2010 at 10:35 am

Great idea! Haiti has been on my heart all week and could not really blog about the rest of life! My past 2 blogs on my writing blog were focused on it as well as on my picture blog.

Thank you for caring and being so generous!! It is awesome to see!!! Love it! Great to see Jesus using people even in the blog world to represent HIM in a dark world to those who need His love and light! Thank you!

16 Christina January 16, 2010 at 10:38 am

I did some mission work in Haiti with the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission located in St Louis De Nord Haiti – about 150 miles North of Port Au Prince. Their website has updates about what they are doing to help out in Port Au Prince and also accepts donations. http://www.nwhcm.org They are based in Kentucky, so you aren’t sending your credit card information overseas. I just thought I would provide another opportunity/place for people to give. I helped deliver babies by lamp light late at night after the generator went off for the night – I saw this mission do amazing things for those who needed food and education! When I was there they were opening a surgical suite and dental area so that they would be able to better serve the Haitian people!

17 Katie January 16, 2010 at 10:44 am

My husband and I are donating some money to Compassion International! Thank you so much for doing this!

18 Jen January 16, 2010 at 10:58 am

I work for a non profit Christian organization, Loving Shepherd Ministries. We are sending funds to enable our in-country Home of Hope families and missionaries are able to reach out to assist in this tragedy. Haiti certainly needs our prayers. http://www.loving-shepherd.org

19 Jenna January 16, 2010 at 11:07 am

I’m commenting in honor of Corey and her family. I’ve posted on every blog she asked us to and have donated to the Red Cross and Yele.

20 Broke Girl January 16, 2010 at 11:22 am

Giving to Compassion International. Thank you, everyone else, and Crystal and your husband.

21 Molly January 16, 2010 at 11:28 am

I texted to give and also started a blogging effort today encouraging people to share their comments and join in. For every comment I get through Sunday evening, we will make a donation to the Red Cross. And we haven’t set a limit. My hope is that this will push us, in a very accountable, public way, to do more than we otherwise might have done.

22 Kim Sayler January 16, 2010 at 11:54 am

Thanks for your generous spirit.

23 Kendra January 16, 2010 at 12:24 pm

We gave $50 to Samaritan’s Purse. Thank you for the work you’re doing!

24 Katherine Liddle January 16, 2010 at 12:34 pm

We donated to Chances for Children, a ministry that runs an orphanage outside Port au Prince: http://chances4childrendonations.blogspot.com/
One of the families in our homeschool group recently adopted two precious children from there. Bless you, Crystal, for applying your creativity and awesome networking skills to help those who are suffering. You are an inspiration!

25 Julie January 16, 2010 at 12:37 pm

I’m going to visit all of the links you have posted that are donating…thanks!

26 Christy January 16, 2010 at 12:41 pm

We donated $15 to the Red Cross along with a donation of all the Swagbucks that I had available. Thanks for your compassion. You’re wonderful!

27 Summer January 16, 2010 at 1:12 pm

Thank you so much for doing this!

28 Renee January 16, 2010 at 1:17 pm

My family donated $10 to the Red Cross and today we donated $1 at Harris Teeter… they are taking up donations at the registers, that makes it so easy to give!!

29 Tricia January 16, 2010 at 1:22 pm

I have donated to Haiti by texting “Haiti” to the Red Cross, and by donating a bag of toiletries to a donation drive at the Haitian Embassy in D.C.

30 Robbie @ Going Green Mama January 16, 2010 at 1:27 pm

The one thing I’m doing is taking savings from the pantry challenges and sending them to Catholic Relief Services for Haiti Relief. I challenge all the pantry cleaning folks to do the same and support the relief organization of their choice!

31 JoAnn B January 16, 2010 at 1:29 pm

I don’t have a blog, so I am commenting here. Sending $10 to Red Cross. What you are doing is awesome!

32 Veronica January 16, 2010 at 2:01 pm

What a wonderful thing you are doing. I gave $10 via text to the Red Cross.

33 Ruth January 16, 2010 at 2:15 pm

We don’t have a blog either. My husband and I will be giving money Sunday at our church to go to Jason Nightingale’s ministry in Haiti called Wordsower. Our prayers are going up for the people too.

34 Ann January 16, 2010 at 3:28 pm

We gave to CrossWorld Internation, a missions organization we have travel to the Dominican Republic with. Praying for Haiti.

35 shelly January 16, 2010 at 4:15 pm

I linked up above but my dad wanted me to tell you he donated! Thanks MSM!

36 Tammy January 16, 2010 at 4:17 pm

I talked to my kids about it and they each decided to give $1.25 from their allowance (which is a lot for their small allowance!).
I posted a link on my Facebook status for friends to come check out this site and donate.
My husband and I will be adding to our children’s donations with one of our own. We will probably send it to Samaritan’s Purse or Compassion International.
I am about to go to other blogger’s sites so they will donate from my comments.
Thank you for all you are doing to help and encourage others to do the same!!

37 Dot January 16, 2010 at 4:29 pm

Thank you for doing this.

38 gina January 16, 2010 at 5:04 pm

This is wonderful! It is great to see so many people involved because every little bit helps!

39 Yasmin January 16, 2010 at 5:12 pm

I’ve posted some links to credit/debit card companies that are waiving their merchant fees for the Haitian relief. This means that 100% of your donation via those cards will go to the charity of your choice.

I’ve also listed on my site a link to the BBB that lists all the reputable charities that you can donate to. If a charity you want to donate isn’t on the list then please be careful of donating.

Finally, NEVER donate cash to someone who comes to your door. Write a check or better yet donate online via debit/credit card.

Please remember folks, that while you may want to do the right thing to help there are many out there who are taking advantage of the situation in Haiti.

We’ve made a small donation to Doctors Without Borders USA (http://doctorswithoutborders.org/)

40 Stephanie H. January 16, 2010 at 5:32 pm

What an awesome way to contribute! My best friend and I, along with our husbands, have decided to donate all of our items we have been saving since last year for our annual community yard sale. We have managed to almost fill an entire 30×25 pole barn with clothes, toys, furniture, books, and other misc items. Instead of putting it in our yard sale this summer, we are boxing up everything and shipping it to Haiti. We wish we could give more, but understand that every little bit can help!

41 Jessica January 16, 2010 at 5:39 pm

We donated money for disaster relief in Haiti via Sovereign Grace Ministries (http://www.sovereigngraceministries.org/About/FinancialSupport/DisasterRelief.aspx). Thanks for your encouragement!

42 Gayle Calamari January 16, 2010 at 5:55 pm

I think what you are doing is wonderful. I went to Mass today and prayed for these people. I also donated to Catholic Charities for their benefit.

43 Tierney January 16, 2010 at 6:00 pm

Bless you for doing this!

44 Kandi January 16, 2010 at 6:12 pm

What an amazing response! I missed this yesterday, but my husband and I donated $25 to Week of Compassion. We are also praying daily. A friend who has search and resuce dogs has been sent by FEMA to assist in the search for people – we are also praying for her efforts.

45 susan January 16, 2010 at 6:14 pm

Thanks for doing this

46 Sally January 16, 2010 at 6:23 pm

Thank you

47 Sarah January 16, 2010 at 6:32 pm

Shop for Valentine’s Day and help the people of Haiti. For every Valentine’s Dessert Collection I sell between now and Jan. 25th, I will donate $10 (my commission) to the Red Cross for Haiti.
http://www.dove-chocolate-discoveries.com/sites/thechocolatemom

48 ACB January 16, 2010 at 7:06 pm

I donated to Heartline Ministries at http://haiti-relief.org.

49 Jan January 16, 2010 at 7:18 pm

I went to the Red Coss site and donated $50

50 Meredith January 16, 2010 at 7:26 pm

Because I was inspired by your site, I’ve made January an Eat From Our Pantry month as well. We’re trying hard to get the last bit of our savings for a down payment on a new house (just 20% for now, but one day we’ll get to your 100% down goal!). Realizing just how blessed we are, we’ve decided to donate the unspent grocery budget funds towards Haiti relief instead of our house fund. How could we work towards a home when people don’t even have water?! Anyway, thanks so much for the continued inspiration and encouragement.

51 Laura January 16, 2010 at 7:53 pm

Swagbucks is now taking donations for Haiti through their program if you hadn’t heard. You can donate your swagbucks and it will go to the American Red Cross. A GREAT way to give monetarily without spending from your own pocket. And, if they collect 1 million in swagbucks donations, they will give 1 million dollars! So they are matching swagbucks to dollars if they reach that high. They are still matching pretty well under that, but dollar for buck if reaches 1 million. I hope this will inspire everyone to sign up and donate their swagbucks rather than cash them in on prizes. God bless!

52 Riley January 16, 2010 at 8:21 pm

I am commenting in honor of Corey and her family at Watching the Waters.

53 Tracy @HallofFameMoms January 16, 2010 at 8:30 pm

Wonderful idea – I joined along..# 358 in the carnival! Now I’m making some stops at other donating blogs. Thank you for a great idea!

54 2RealEyes January 16, 2010 at 8:32 pm

I will be sharing heartwarming stories that bring hope and a sense of togetherness and friendship for those who are lost and/or suffering; we all can be that friend, that someone who can make a difference, if only we look a little deeper, dare to think a little greater…in loving memory of ga

55 Katie January 16, 2010 at 8:35 pm

My husband and I each donated $10 to the Red Cross using their text service.

56 Karen January 16, 2010 at 9:06 pm

We are praying everyday as a family for the people of Haiti and the rescue efforts there, and we will donat through our church. Thank you for your generosity! God Bless You!

57 Jenn January 16, 2010 at 9:37 pm

We are in constant prayer for these precious people. Also, we have made a donation to World Vision (www.worldvision.org) to help in their relief efforts in Haiti.

58 Kelly January 16, 2010 at 9:43 pm

texted Red Cross – every little bit helps.

59 Chelsey January 16, 2010 at 10:02 pm

Thank you so much for doing this! You inspired me to donate via comments as well (although on a smaller scale) god bless!

60 vanessa @ silly eagle books January 16, 2010 at 10:17 pm

What you are doing is awesome. We are giving money to Compassion’s relief fund, too. God bless you.

61 Sandy January 16, 2010 at 10:34 pm

I know I am late, but I wanted to let your readers know, that when I was paying at the register at Walgreens today, I was asked if I wanted to contribute to the American Red Cross efforts for Haiti.

I asked if I could use my Register Rewards (RR), and the cashier said yes! I contributed $10. I could choose between $1, $5, and $10.

It was a great way to use my RRs that are almost expired.

One note though: like other store items, I needed to have the same number of items as RRs. Since I had 3 RRs totalling $10, I needed 3 items, that is, the donation and 2 additional fillers. On the other hand, I could have split the transaction so I wouldn’t need to buy fillers.

Like, if I had a $5 RR, then I could just donate $5 and not need fillers. Does that make sense?

Hope this helps, and sorry if I am repeating if this has been mentioned already!

62 Jessy January 16, 2010 at 11:19 pm

Hello,
My church is helping! We are praying for those in Haiti! We have so much that we take for granted each day!
Thank you so much for this opportunity!

63 nicole January 17, 2010 at 12:09 am

leaving a comment so you can add to your donation! we are praying and donating financially wherever possible.

64 bridgette January 17, 2010 at 12:25 am

Thanks for donating.

65 katklaw777 January 17, 2010 at 2:36 am

I have donated to the UWWDF(United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund) Thanks.

66 Jaci January 17, 2010 at 7:11 am

Hi Crystal – I think this is such an amazing thing your family is doing. Thank you!

We are participating in the ‘Eat from the Pantry (and Freezer) Challenge’ and we’ve decided to give two-thirds of what we are saving this month on groceries to Compassion.

67 Tina January 17, 2010 at 8:23 am

Thank you for making this possible!

68 Tina January 17, 2010 at 8:30 am

God bless all of the people in Haiti.

69 ayan January 17, 2010 at 8:30 am

I gave $35 to the International Medical Corps and sent the information to my employer for a donation match. I also sent $10 to Heifer International; they’re not an immediate responder, but they had ongoing projects in the region that deserve support.

70 Jennifer January 17, 2010 at 10:02 am

Hello,
We have prayer and continue to. We have made a donation through the Red Cross. Also, our church we attend is working on a project, plans and mission for our church to help out and do our part to contribute. We will be hearing shortly about what we can do through our church to help.
Thank you and God Bless,

Jennifer and family

71 Gayla January 17, 2010 at 10:18 am

I am a nurse practitioner and I donated to Project Hope which will help fund the medical volunteers aboard the U.S. Naval Ship Comfort which will be a floating hospital for the injured Haitians. It will arrive in Haiti soon.

Thank you for your contribution too!

72 Eila January 17, 2010 at 10:40 am

We donated to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, and I donated all of my Swagbucks.

73 Jenna @ Newlyweds January 17, 2010 at 12:09 pm

What a wonderful idea, I have joined in on my blog.

74 Patti January 17, 2010 at 12:29 pm

My husband and I gave $100 through Samaritan’s Purse. I plan to give again after next pay day. :)

75 Stacy January 17, 2010 at 1:47 pm

I know I’m late but I still wanted to reply. What a neat idea. We donated through our church this morning and donated several boxes of baggies for relief kits. God bless the children and people of Haiti!

76 Sue B January 17, 2010 at 2:24 pm

Red Cross donation and lots of prayers.

Thank you!

77 Liz January 17, 2010 at 2:36 pm

I’m donating on my blog for every new subscriber, comment, and more. Please visit me and help increase my donation!

78 amykinz3 January 17, 2010 at 3:27 pm

My husband and I donated $30 to the Haiti Relief Fund through our home church, Woodland Hills, in MN. They will giving some to COFED and some to Providence Ministries.

79 Anali January 17, 2010 at 4:24 pm

I just put up a blog post giving people some more ways to help Haiti. I donated via text to YELE and appreciate your generous donations!

80 michelle January 17, 2010 at 5:04 pm

Thank you for helping me help this way!

81 Grace Schmied January 17, 2010 at 6:40 pm

My family (who live in Wichita, KS) went to El Dorado to help assemble the bags of food that Numana distributes!! It was a great experience and I hope to do it again.

82 Tori Rosati January 17, 2010 at 7:23 pm

My husband and I donated $10 to the Red Cross to help in Haiti.

83 Carol January 17, 2010 at 7:57 pm

I donated to Samaritan’s Purse. Thank you for organizing the donation for comments to your blog.

84 Daina January 17, 2010 at 8:36 pm

Since my husband and I did not get things together in time to donate to our church’s special collection for Haiti today, we made an online donation to Cross International, an organization we know of that has already been doing work in the company and is now involved in relief efforts. We have also been praying for the people of Haiti — our brothers and sisters.

85 Corey January 17, 2010 at 8:59 pm

Thanks for what you are doing.

86 Amanda Y. January 17, 2010 at 9:10 pm

Thank you for donating!!

87 Linda January 17, 2010 at 9:25 pm

I am praying for the families of Haiti and donating through our church. Thank you for your generosity.

88 Marlana January 17, 2010 at 9:40 pm

Crystal,
It is so awesome to see you respond to God’s direction/burden upon your heart!!!! We will be helping via my husband who was asked by the church to help coordinate the organizing/filling of one, maybe two 10000# containers to be located at local Lowes, Home Depot, etc. This will be in correlation with some other churches in the Northwest Arkansas area.

89 Mel January 17, 2010 at 9:50 pm

This is a great cause and i hope my comment will help reach the goal of 164

90 CheriS January 17, 2010 at 10:55 pm

My husband, son and I just donated $100 to the Heifer Project for their Haiti relief program. They will use the money to help families they have previously been working with get back on their feet.

In our local paper we just learned that a young woman from our city who was working with a literacy project in Haiti was caught in a building collapse and had to have one leg amputated below the knee. Please keep her and all the survivors in your thoughts and prayers.

91 Tina January 17, 2010 at 11:54 pm

I am donating my 2 $5. rebated checks from Johnson and Johnson. God bless you all for what you are doing!

92 amanda January 18, 2010 at 7:09 am

i’m commenting on as many blogs as I can.

93 Megan January 18, 2010 at 7:14 am

Thank you so much for doing this! We had just donated through the Red Cross when I saw your post – what a great idea, thank you!

94 Jessica January 18, 2010 at 7:30 am

I donated through my work who has a matching gifts program for anything over $25, so my contribution is worth double.

95 Cassie January 18, 2010 at 8:27 am

I donated my Discover card cashback reward of $75 directly through Discover card and they matched it. (To American Red Cross). Thanks for all you do!

96 Ann January 18, 2010 at 8:31 am

SwagGrabber posted a deal about a $40 subscription for 40 issues of All You the other day, just wanted to share. Only $1 per issue but then $10 of that $40 goes to Haitian Relief, which makes it even less and helps a good cause.
http://www.swaggrabber.com/blog1.php/onlinedeals/all-you-subscription-40-issues-for-40-10

source: i heart wags: 01/16 my trip today http://iheartwags.com/2010/01/0116-my-trip-today.html#jsid-1263781967-218#ixzz0cyTSaUek

97 Kristin January 18, 2010 at 9:38 am

Thank you for what you’re doing. I’ve donated through Red Cross.

98 Derrick January 18, 2010 at 10:23 am

Thank you for doing this. I’ve already donated via YELE, and through Zynga (the facebook apps game company). Also I have volunteered to lead a prayer service for Haiti at my church’s young adult ministry meeting this Tuesday, using the resources at http://education.crs.org/ (Catholic Relief Services). This on top of continuously posting links to help on my facebook.

Thank you again!

99 Michelle Brinson January 18, 2010 at 10:33 am

Donated to Compassion

100 holly January 18, 2010 at 10:33 am

i think this is awesome!

101 Rachel January 18, 2010 at 1:16 pm

My family and I are each still working out the different ways we can donate, but in the meantime, I donated all my swagbucks.

102 Nellie Dee January 18, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Been praying and praying.
Put Compassion’s Haiti logo on my facebook picture.
Blogged.
Encouraged others to give and pray.
90999 donation

103 Heidi January 18, 2010 at 2:55 pm

Thank you for your generosity. I really appreciate it. I donated all my swagbucks for the cause!

104 Andrea January 18, 2010 at 3:17 pm

I donated some Swagbucks…i will also be donating to my company’s relief effort.

105 Claire January 18, 2010 at 5:13 pm

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.

106 Courtney Anderson January 18, 2010 at 9:42 pm

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!

107 Becca - Our Crazy Boys January 18, 2010 at 10:17 pm

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.

108 Becca January 18, 2010 at 11:27 pm

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.

109 Susanna January 19, 2010 at 8:49 am

Thank you for donating. I have given to Doctors Without Borders and ASPCA (for the animals!).

110 mel January 19, 2010 at 9:29 am

What an amazing thing you are doing , thanks !

111 Meghan January 19, 2010 at 9:42 am

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.

112 Jessica January 19, 2010 at 9:54 am

Thank you for this post and directing us towards serving these people.

113 Tiffany January 19, 2010 at 10:08 am

We went and helped package the Numana food packets last Saturday and are looking forward to helping again this Saturday!

114 Jen January 19, 2010 at 12:22 pm

I texted 90999 to donate $10.00

115 Karen January 19, 2010 at 2:31 pm

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!

116 Jillyn Bird January 19, 2010 at 11:31 pm

Donated 20 pairs of shoes that will be sent to haiti!

117 Laurie January 19, 2010 at 11:50 pm

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.

118 Christina January 20, 2010 at 12:20 am

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! :)

119 Katy January 20, 2010 at 8:08 am

Thank you all so much for doing this! We have also decided to pitch in :)

120 Dexter's Girl January 20, 2010 at 10:19 am

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!

121 Jeanne January 20, 2010 at 10:27 am

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

122 Leah January 20, 2010 at 10:56 am

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.

123 The Shade Experts January 20, 2010 at 11:05 am

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!

124 Nick Wiginton January 20, 2010 at 11:26 am

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

125 Karen January 20, 2010 at 12:15 pm

We donated hand towels for care packages being made by my daughter’s school.

126 lavaida January 20, 2010 at 1:50 pm

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

127 MoneyMaus January 20, 2010 at 4:53 pm

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 :(

128 Ann January 20, 2010 at 6:23 pm

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!

129 Denise January 20, 2010 at 10:27 pm

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.

130 varriastudios January 20, 2010 at 11:47 pm

It’s time to unite and help others. I will contribute.

131 Sarah January 21, 2010 at 11:04 am

my husband and i are giving financially to help haiti & we’ve been praying too… which is just as important!

132 J. Money January 21, 2010 at 7:35 pm

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

133 Stacey January 21, 2010 at 8:44 pm

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.

134 kseahag January 21, 2010 at 9:14 pm

I donated by texting HAITI to 90999

135 GuptaGastro January 22, 2010 at 8:52 am

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.

136 Shawn January 23, 2010 at 12:57 am

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.

137 emily j January 24, 2010 at 11:09 pm

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!!

138 2friends January 28, 2010 at 9:41 am

my candle is lit for the LIGHT

139 Mrs. Money January 30, 2010 at 5:48 pm

Just posted. I’m donating $1 for every new subscriber and 50 cents for every comment on my post!

140 Sondra February 4, 2010 at 3:07 pm

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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