My school’s BSU is trying to start a clothing and food drive for those affected by the eartquake in Haiti, and the American Red Cross is only taking monetary donations. Where could I send the donations we collect? Or where could I find an organization that IS collecting food and clothing for the victims of the earthquake? I live in San Bernardino, CA, so I’m hoping for something super local (furthest we can go is Los Angeles). Best answer gets 10 points!!! Thanks in advance!
I coordinate donations and volunteers for a disaster relief organization here in the USA.
PLEASE… resist the urge and use your student brains to help avoid a "secondary disaster" in Haiti!
Your student group doesn’t have to go anywhere to help! Gather fellow students and read this article for more details about why organizations don’t want/need donations of food or clothing from the US. I bet some econ, international relations, sociology majors can lead a discussion. Then, hold a benefit–pass around an empty Starbucks cup and ask people to kick in the money they’d spend on one of their favorite drinks. Send it to the Red Cross or one of the international relief agencies from the link at the end of the article. College students aren’t rich, but your sacrifice of a latte or chai can really add up– and American dollars go pretty far in the developing world. Good luck!
http://www.disasternews.net/news/article.php?articleid=4004
January 30th, 2010 at 10:49 am
i saw this you can send it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrBiq2XNNc&feature=ticker
References :
i
January 30th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Here are some sites I found:
9 Ways to Help Haiti right now: http://mashable.com/2010/01/13/haiti-earthquake-donate-help/
Haiti Earthquake; WHere to Send Help: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jan/13/haiti-earthquake-where-help-donations-red-cross/ (there links to help sites within this site)
I am noticing that a lot of places are asking for monetary donations so that volunteers can buy supplies in Haiti or closer to Haiti.
If you can’t find a place to donate your goods… consider having an impromptu rummage sale with the goods and send all proceeds and other monetary donations to one of the charities (Red Cross, e.g.) that is there in Haiti, now.
Here are a couple more places you might look at:
http://www.dailytribune.com/articles/2010/01/13/news/doc4b4e4a12d607e497147127.txt
http://www.raysofhopeforhaiti.com/
http://haitifoundation.com/
http://www.redcross.org/
References :
January 30th, 2010 at 11:50 am
You can go on this web page for shipment information http://new.econocaribe.com/home.php
References :
January 30th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
http://www.missionaryflights.org/field-reports/up-to-the-minute
They are a missionary that flies directly to haiti daily now and they are accepting donations of food etc. check out their site
References :
http://www.missionaryflights.org/field-reports/up-to-the-minute
January 30th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
I coordinate donations and volunteers for a disaster relief organization here in the USA.
PLEASE… resist the urge and use your student brains to help avoid a "secondary disaster" in Haiti!
Your student group doesn’t have to go anywhere to help! Gather fellow students and read this article for more details about why organizations don’t want/need donations of food or clothing from the US. I bet some econ, international relations, sociology majors can lead a discussion. Then, hold a benefit–pass around an empty Starbucks cup and ask people to kick in the money they’d spend on one of their favorite drinks. Send it to the Red Cross or one of the international relief agencies from the link at the end of the article. College students aren’t rich, but your sacrifice of a latte or chai can really add up– and American dollars go pretty far in the developing world. Good luck!
http://www.disasternews.net/news/article.php?articleid=4004
References :
January 30th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
as former president Bush said "dont send clothes, shoes, and other items just send your cash"
he said that on the news today at 6pm just donate money here
http://donatetohati.yolasite.com/
References :
its a good site recomened by me because i donated there