Charity Water We Love :: NYC Donations for Haiti

If you read our holiday post on charity:water you know we are big fans of their operation and practical approach to the global epidemic of clean water. Now we are happy to announce that they’re applying their know-how and resources to the devastation in Haiti. They will be accepting donations at their offices in Manhattan between now and Monday for a plane that is leaving for Haiti on Tuesday!

Please gather your gently used clothes, sheets & blankets that take up too much room in your little closet & get yourself over to the charity:water offices. This is a REAL and CONCRETE way to donate and feel that you’re helping ease the pain & suffering being felt at this time. Also, please spread the word, retweet, post this link or theirs – get to it please. Time is of the essence. Thank you!

Here is more information from their site:

There’s a plane leaving NYC for Haiti on Tuesday and we need your help filling it with cargo.

We’ve been in close contact with our field partners, and are turning the charity: water office into a drop-off point for the following items that are most needed in Haiti right now:

Blankets*
Tents*
Soap
Feminine hygiene products
Sleeping bags*
Medical gloves
Bandages/gauze
Cases of bottled water

Please do not mail these items to our office, but rather stop by during these times —

Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

IF YOU CAN CARRY THE DONATIONS BY HAND IN ONE LOAD: Please enter through the front door at 200 Varick St. You will need a photo ID to enter the building. We are located on the 2nd floor, Suite 201.

IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS OR ARE DONATING IN BULK: Please email us to schedule a drop-off time (email Lane Wood).

These supplies will be transported next week by Partners in Health to where they are needed most. Our other partners in Haiti, Concern Worldwide US, are sending supplies from Ireland and still have a pressing need for donations.

We still encourage online donations to our partners on the ground, too:

Click here to donate to Partners in Health.
Click here to donate to Concern Worldwide.

Many thanks for all the emergency relief donations to our partners, all the reTweets from our friends around the world and all the hard work to help the hundreds of thousands suffering through this crisis.

*These items can be gently used.

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