Help Haiti!

Less prayers, more help!

I was not impressed with the job that the Red Cross did in NOLA when hurricane Katrina hit, so I have decided to donate to another venue: Wyclef Jean established an intermittent earthquake fund site at www.yele.org. You can also donate by using your cell phone to text “Yele” to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund (it will be charged to your cell phone bill).

If you are local and in the Boston area here are a few places where you can find assistance/resources, volunteer or make donations:

• Mayor Menino has opened a Haitian Relief Center at SEIU Local 1199 located at 150 Mount Vernon St in Dorchester. The Center opens its doors tomorrow, Thursday, January 14th from 9am-9pm and will remain open depending on need and escalation of the situation in Haiti. The center will provide translators, crisis councilors, computers, and phone lines for local families trying to find out more information about loved ones and trying to get in contact with family. For more information contact the Center directly by calling (617) 284-1199.

• The Haitian Adult Day Health Center located at 9 Livingston St in Dorchester is accepting clothing donations for the earthquake victims for more information contact them at (617) 288-4155.

Embassy’s Consular Task Force 509-2229-8942
Doctors Without Borders
Oxfam
UNICEF