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I was so touched this morning to see my fellow bloggers putting forth such an amazing effort in helping raise funds for the victims in Haiti. I have been watching the news coverage the last few days wondering “what can we do”? My efforts and ideas seem to pale in comparison to the disaster that has happened there. But, Crystal put it so well…
“Even if it seems like it’s a drop in the bucket, remember that a bucket of water is made up of that–drops!”
So, with that said, I want to ask you to help in some way. Whether it is to pray, donate your time, or to donate money. Did you know that through Give to Numana, Inc., for only $0.30, you can donate one meal to a starving person in Haiti? Whether you have $2 or $100, or it is a prayer for them, I want to call you to action to help.
One of my favorite verses on giving is in Malachi. God calls us to be generous, and he will bless us beyond our wildest dreams!
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. – Malachi 3:10
Ideas to Help
If you have been following my blog this month you know that we are doing a Pantry Challenge. One reader had a great idea to use the savings from her Pantry Challenge as a donation to the Haiti Disaster Relief efforts. Another is collecting her “extras” from couponing to take to her local church that is pulling together a mission trip to help out. Leave us your ideas in a comment below. Your idea just might call someone else to action!
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Want to join in the “Help for Haiti” project? If you have a blog, I’m asking that you write a “Help for Haiti” post sharing what you’re doing to help Haiti. Then leave a direct link to your post below. For each person who links up below or leaves a comment sharing what they are doing to help the relief effort, whether it is donating money, time, praying, etc… my husband and I will donate $1 to World Vision, up to a maximum of $500.
If you are looking for organizations that are accepting donations check out:
World Vision
Sovereign Grace Ministries
Compassion International
Numana
American Red Cross – You can donate online here or you can text “Haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
This is so amazing to watch! Do something and blog about it, or leave a comment and then come back here and link up on this post and visit all the other bloggers who link up as well.
**If you know of a place to donate supplies in your area, please leave the city and state and the name of the donation location with any links or contact information.
Thanks so much! My family has donated money to the American Red Cross. I’m wondering if anyone knows of an organization collecting non-monetary donations in the Franklin area? I have some first aid supplies I’d like to donate. I know that Project C.U.R.E. http://www.projectcure.org/ in Nashville is taking donations but I was wondering if there are any places in Franklin too.
Hi there!
Thank you for having a generous heart. We are giving $1,600 to Haiti and giving away a yummy box of Godiva to one lucky joyful giver
.-= deal queen´s last blog ..Lend To The Lord =-.
I have a shop on etsy in which I sell artwork. This week, 75% of all my sales are going directly to Compassion International’s Disaster Relief for Haiti.
Thank you for doing this! I am praying for Haiti and all of the places throughout the world where clean water, lack of food and instability make life a daily struggle. Our family is also donating to the Red Cross.
.-= Libby´s last blog ..You Can Be That Servant =-.
Check out
http://www.hope-for-haiti.blogspot.com/
We’ll be donating to a special contribution at church on Sunday.
I will donate through the Compassion Intl website, I have a sponsored child with them and I like the work they do for poorer countries. I have also supported my cousin who has a heart for Haiti and went on a missions trip a few months ago, Iwill definately be giving her financial support again to go back there. Also, if any of you have ever thought of sponsoring a child, you can go to the compassion international website and sponsor a child from Haiti.
Due to our financial situation, I am visiting as many blogs as possible and commenting to help raise donations. Bless you for not only helping but providing a way for everyone to help too!
Thank you so much for your generous comment-fueled donations! I donated via text and am visiting new blogs to increase the donation potential
Donating to the red cross and visiting all these great blogs to help as well. thanks so much for your generosity.
Last night was the first chance I’ve had since this happened to really pay attention to what happened. The Boston Globe site has a photo essay site- The Big Picture- which always has amazing topics and pictures. The two photo essays were so heartbreaking- I broke down crying and couldn’t stop. When I finally got it together, I went to the American Red Cross site and gave til it hurt. I may not be able to do much but at least I can give money. God bless them and us.
I donated all my swagbucks for the cause, posted about this drive on Facebook, and plan to donate money, though still deciding which organization to donate through. Thanks for doing this.
This is such a fantastic thing that all of these bloggers are doing. Thank you! We will be donating directly to the Red Cross.
Samaritan’s Purse is another phenomenal, trustworthy organization that is taking donations for Haiti. Here is their link:
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/
I can’t tell you how much our family loves this ministry.
Thanks so much for doing this! I donated to the Red Cross yesterday and was wishing I could do more! I posted this drive on my FB for others to see!
We gave to Red Cross via txt and YeleHaiti via txt. Thanks for your efforts!
I am donating through American Red Cross & by commenting on every blog possible. Thank you! God bless you!
Feed My Starving Children (FSMC.org) provides nutitionally loaded meals for only 17 cents each!! They work with about 200 agencies in Haiti and already have one million meals on the ground there now. They want to produce 3 million more. All their meals are packaged by volunteers. Check out their website.
My husband is a Haitian American, and we are devastated by this disaster.
I appreicate all you do and keeping people in Haiti in your prayers. We donated to Red Cross and Direct Relief International. We are also planning on donating to other organizations as well. Again, thank you for your help.
I gave to Oxfam and Episcopal Relief and Development.
I think most of us really pity and feel sad about what has happened to Haiti. We can do what we can to save them regardless of how big or small it is.
.-= Winson´s last blog ..Various Types of Whisks =-.
I’m still considering where I might be able to donate, but for the moment I can at least pray! Thank you so much for helping to reach out to these needy people!
I decided to donate to ‘Doctors without Borders.’ Thanks for all you are doing!!
Giving 0.30/comment to Numana, Inc. (hunger relief). Come on over!
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Help for Haiti =-.
Northwest Haiti Christian Mission is using every penny donated for helping earthquake victims. A trusted local Haiti organization that has helped Haitians for many years. A great opportunity to help loving people who live everyday in the worst conditions ever imagined. Thank you for creating this site!
.-= kim´s last blog ..Earthquake Relief: How You Can Help =-.
I donated my Swagbuck points to the cause and am commenting on generous blogs like yours.
My family has donated to Samaritan’s Purse and Compassion International.
We donated to Chances for Children, a ministry that runs an orphanage outside Port au Prince:
http://chances4childrendonations.blogspot.com/
A family from our homeschool group recently adopted two precious children from there. Bless you for all you are doing to help.
We are praying for the people of Haiti and their families and giving to the Red Cross.
I’m giving to the Red Cross and the LDS Church. Thanks for doing this!
We donated to Catholic Relief Services which goes directly to Haiti, and my 6 year old son wants to donate the charity portion of his allowance to Haiti. God bless you, you’re doing a great thing!
We are donating to the Red Cross, and I am looking forward to finding out what our church will be doingas well.
We gave to CrosSWorld International and are praying.
The youth group at my church held a talent show as a fundraiser for Haiti. It was awesome and they raised somewhere around $5000! So great to see the young people caring and getting involved!
So many wonderful charities to give to, but my husband and I decided to give to TN Baptist Disaster Relief: http://www.tnbaptist.org/pymt/dr2010haiti.htm
We are on a pretty tight budget, but I got a check today from Slimfast for the product recall in December. The whole check is going to Haiti relief. Our needs are met by God’s grace, so we will help others in need.
In the Nashville area – I can personally vouch for Brent Gambrell Ministries – http://www.brentgambrell.com. They are located at
501 Metroplex Drive, Suite 112 Nashville, Tennessee 37211
They have a heart and a love for the people of Haiti – taking 10-12 mission trips there each year.
You may have seen one of their team members on both the local news and msnbc – Mike and Missy Wilson are trying to adopt a little girl from there – they were just in Haiti last week signing paperwork (which is now lost in the rubble).
They will take physical donations as well as monetary.
What a wonderful thing you are doing. I pray for all of those in Haiti.
I am donating to Samaritan’s Purse. Thank you for doing this.
We are still deciding exact how our family wants to donate. but in the meantime, I have donated all my swagbucks. and of course we are praying!
A friend in my MOPS group collected supplies this morning for drop off at Mt. Juliet Elementary for team leaving next week. I took her a bag full of 1st aid supplies (band-aids, gauze, ect.). It’s not much but I hope it helps.