Causes We Love :: Haiti Relief

I finally saw photos & video of the devastating earthquake in Haiti and couldn’t hold back my tears. I’m sure we would all like to help so I’ve put together a few links to make it a bit easier.
Our good friend and artist we love Samira Idroos is donating a portrait painting. Basically she will paint a portrait of your choice & donate the money to yele.org, Wyclef’s relief organization. The bids start at $500. Take a look at Samira’s beautiful work at her site http://samiraidroos.com and reach her via Twitter @samiraidroos.
Texting donations is quite easy and practical. Here are a few ways:

- Donate $5 by texting YELE to 501501 or at www.yele.org

- Text the word HAITI to the number 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross relief efforts or donate online at RedCross.org. The US Red Cross has already raised $800,00 and pledged $1Million to the cause.

- Canadians can donate through text messages via the Salvation Army by texting the word “Haiti” to 45678 for donations of $5.

- Haitian information sharing & communication http://twitter.com/nprnews/haiti-earthquake

- US Citizens attempting to locate loved ones in Haiti, please contact the State Department’s American Citizen Services line at 1-888-407-4747.

- Message board for locating friends & family http://www.koneksyon.com/

Jan 13, 2010 | Categories: FWL BLOG | Tags: canadian donations, com, doctors without borders, friends we love, friendswelove.com, haiti, haiti earthquake relief, hope for haiti, mercy corps, messae boards, miami hearld, mike vargas, missing people haiti, moni pineda, new york, new york donations, new york times, project medishare, red cross, salvation army, samira idroos, the salvation army, unicef, us state department, YELE, yele.org | Leave A Comment »