Helping Haiti

An earthquake (and many aftershocks) hit Haiti and left a wake of destruction and despair. My thoughts are with those families/friends who have lost loved ones in this terrible tragedy. I will pray for them and those who have not been found yet. While I might not be able to do much, I can at least do this.

All I did was just make a straight list of places to contact. Most of this information was obtained from and can be found in greater detail at Thinking Of Rob. They may be a fan site for Robert Pattinson, but they have gone above and beyond in order to help get the word out as to what is going on and how people can help. Please take a moment to visit their site. Also, you can follow them on Twitter. Now, if you can make a donation it would be ever so greatly appreciated. Please help!

Make A Donation: (some links look like regular text, but they are actual links)

American Red Cross
International Response Fund via American Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
UK Oxfam

Donations by Text Message (I hate having a prepaid phone. Boo!)

Text HAITI to 90999 and $10 will be donated to the Red Cross. The money will be automatically added to your phone bill.

Text YELE to 501501 and $5 will go to Earthquake Relief (via Wyclef Jean's organization)

Text QUAKE to 85944 to donate to Food For The Hungry.

Text GIVE10 to 20222 to donate $10 to Direct Relief

Make A Phonecall:

If you cannot/don't want to donate through text or internet, you can call these numbers to make a donation.

Canada Red Cross: 1–800-418‑1111
International Red Cross: 1-800-REDCROSS
International Red Cross (Spanish): 1-800-257-7575
AmeriCares (nonprofit disaster relief organization): 1–800-486-HELP
CARE: 1–800-521-CARE
Direct Relief: 805–964-4767 or 800–676-1638
Doctors Without Borders: 1–888-392‑0392
International Medical Corps: 1–800-481‑4462
Medical Teams International: 1–800-959-HEAL (4325)
Operation USA: 1–800-678‑7255
Save The Children: 1–800-728‑3843 or 203–221-4030
Salvation Army: 1–800-SAL-ARMY
Shelter Box: 941–907-6036
UNICEF: 1–800-4-UNICEF


If you live in Haiti or have family visiting from another country and they are missing, you can look them up here:

Family News Network of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Americans looking for family can call 1–888-407‑4747

Other Helpful Websites:

Doctors Without Borders
International Medical Corps
Direct Relief International
World Vision
International Relief Teams
Yéle Haiti
CARE
Catholic Relief Services
World Food Programme
World Concern
Save The Children
UNICEF USA
Help Victims of Natural Disasters (from CNN)
AmeriCares
Clinton Foundation

The list is not complete. More sites are popping up everyday that goes by. If you know of any not on this list and want me to add them, please let me know by posting in the comments. Thanks!

Since I'm a fan of Twilight/Robert Pattinson, I couldn't help but include fan sites and Twilight stars' Twitters that are helping with spreading the word:

Thinking Of Rob
Twilightish
Twilight Lexicon
Peter Facinelli
Ashley Greene
Edi Gathegi
Rachelle Lefevre
Justin Chon
Chaske Spencer
Tinsel Korey

Non Twi-related people (click them to go to their Twitter) helping spread the word:

Jared Leto
30 Seconds To Mars
The Echelon House

And one of my favorite actors, Norman Reedus, tweeted about a possible benefit auction. This makes me happy in my heart. I will update as soon as he does.

"benefit and auction to be announced for hait next few days . anyone want some photos?" (via Twitter)

UPDATE: Norman is now going to donate to Haiti the money he makes selling stuff on his website.

"http://bit.ly8VmCN9 SALES GOING TO HAITI RELIEF. GETEM WHILE THEYRE HOT. (some new artwork on emtoo)" (via Twitter)

For up-to-date info on what is happening in Haiti, please visit CNN.com