Local Haiti Relief: How Fargo Residents Can Give Back
Red River Flooding Victims Can Give Back by Helping Haiti
Fifteen helicopters were sent from the U.S. Northern Command to assist Fargo as it prepared for record flooding. Sandbagging operations churned furiously throughout the week in an attempt to save Fargo homes from damage. Thousands of people evacuated from neighborhoods, hospitals, and nursing homes.
"North Dakotans have come together in a big, big way. Our volunteers are doing a magnificent job building this flood protection and we want to say thank you to them," said North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven, "There's a sense of perseverance and resolve and determination."
It is not only the people of Fargo who were affected by the flooding - across the Red River homes were lost in Moorhead, Minnesota, as well. And it is not just the people of North Dakota who came together in an effort to help out. People came from all around to give what they could.
Now it is time for us to give back. Recent reports number between 45,000 and 50,000 people killed and as many as three million people have been injured or made homeless in Haiti, due to a 7.0 magnitude earthquake this past week.
How can we help the victims of Haiti?
You could text "HAITI" to 90999 to make an automatic $10 donation to the Red Cross, which will be added to your phone bill. To give $5 to the International Rescue Committee, send a text message with "HAITI" to 25383.
Other organizations that are contributing to the Haiti relief efforts include: Habitat for Humanity, AmeriCares, Haitian Health Foundation, Mercy Corps, and many more. Click here for a complete list of organizations and to find out how you can give back.
How else can you help? Associated Content will match performance payments for Haitian relief articles based on page views for the rest of this month and donate that money to relief efforts. You have already helped out by reading this article. You can help out further by forwarding this article to your family and friends, as well as by reading some of the following Associated Content articles.
For more info:
IRC: Haiti Donations Urgently Needed
Assembling Hygiene Kits for Emergency Response Help in Humanitarian Relief Efforts
Free Ways to Help Haitian Earthquake 2010 Survivors
6 Tips to Avoid Haiti Relief Scams
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Sources:CNN.com and Haiti Quake: How to Help
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10 Comments
Post a CommentVery informative humanitarian article!
Another wonderful article on efforts to help those in Haiti, with a great local angle.
Excellent.
Dear Readers,
I find it discussing that our leaders are mobilizing for Haiti
when they did not do that for Katrina.
We should have had our entire military:
army, navy, marines, air force, coast guard, and National Guard
descend on the Katrina area. The area is still in bad shape.
Yes, I know I sound cold hearted,
but my mother would feed the neighbors and let me starve.
Our country does the exact same thing.
We are feeding the world, giving them our hard earned money, etc
when we should be taking care of our own family.
So when I see that America has ships off the coast of Haiti,
I wish I could tell them, "Shame on you."
Our family should come first.
Afterward, you can help the neighbors.
M. Ruth
Wonderful Tonya!!
Great job in informing people of ways in which they can help.
They certainly can use all the help.
Thanks for sharing this information -- hopefully everyone will do what they can to help the people of Haiti.
Very nicely written and good local connection.
Good article Tonya, thanks for getting the word out.