American Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort  

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  We applaud the U.S. Armed Forces, which are on the ground

in Haiti and doing a great job.

  The Hopewell Prince George Chapter is accepting donations and all methods of financial donations are welcome.

American Red Cross has spent or committed nearly $78 million to meet the most urgent needs of earthquake survivors.

·         During this phase of the relief operation, the American Red Cross is focusing on food, clean drinking water, shelter and relief items such as hygiene kits, blankets, tarps, sleeping mats, tents and water containers. The relief items are helping more than 10,000 families (50,000 people) to date – with plans to increase this number.

·         The American Red Cross is also meeting the health needs of Haitian survivors and providing support to Haitian families in Haiti and the U.S. This includes providing relief supplies, shipment of blood products, family linking services, meeting Haitian Americans returning to the U.S. and providing Red Cross volunteers as Creole-speaking interpreters on the USNS Comfort hospital ship.

·         To meet urgent needs, 71 percent of the funds spent or committed by the American Red Cross have been for food and water; 20 percent have been for shelter; and the rest are for health and family services.

You can make a donation to the American Red Cross International Response Fund at http://www.redcross.org/ or by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Donors can designate their gifts to Haiti relief. You can also donate $10 to Haiti relief by texting “HAITI” to 90999.  Thank you.

Persons in Haiti and abroad can search for and register the names of relatives missing since the earthquake at http://redcrosshpg.org/www.icrc.org/familylinks.

The International Committee of the Red Cross is helping to reconnect separated families within the country. They have established a special Web site, enabling persons in Haiti and abroad to search for and register the names of relatives missing since the earthquake: www.icrc.org/familylinks.

Persons wanting to volunteer time or services:  http://www.interaction.org/

Haiti Earthquake Resource page

Donations to the International Response Fund can be sent to the

American Red Cross,

P.O. Box 37243,

Washington, D.C. 20013

or make by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS

or 1-800-257-7575

send a $10 Donation

by Texting ‘ Haiti ’ to 90999

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