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My J.R.O.T.C program at my high school has put me in charge of a special project to sending stuff to haiti victims. So far no one is accepting items just money but, i think we need to send more than that to those poor people. I have no clue where in my area they are accepting these things we collect. I live in Central Texas (Temple) and need a good place local to send the stuff. Does anyone have any suggestions?
9 Responses to “Where Can I Send My Donations For Haiti Victims?”
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March 1st, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Talk with the people at your area Red Cross and find out information through them for the operations that are being carried out by the INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS…. do NOT let the local area Red Cross take the donations…whatever they may be…. for, local Red Cross Chapters have been known to “reroute” certain things into local “needs”….when the givers have specifically earmarked their donations for other purposes….
You might,also, try contacting a couple of your local churches…for, a number of them have relief organizations that handle getting these types of things into disaster areas quite regularly…..
You are doing a great thing here…and, are to be commended
Give my best to all the guys and gals that are at work on this project… they will be blessed for their efforts !!
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March 2nd, 2010 at 12:50 am
I’ve read a few articles that say that you should not donate items, you should donate money. The reason is that if you donate items, you create a whole new logistical problem in how to get your item to where they can do some good. The established organizations already have a plan for what goods they need, where to purchase them, and how they can distribute them.
The Bush/Clinton fund is: http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/
You can google Red Cross for their sites.
Of course there is http://www.whitehouse.gov
By now I’m sure you have heard of the Red Cross sponsored cell phone method of donating: you can just text Haiti and send it to 90999. That will send $10.00 to the Red Cross, and you will be charged $10.00 more on your phone bill.
If you don’t like clinton/bush, there are catholic and other church organizations that are collecting, but once again, they want cash.
Good on you for getting involved!
March 2nd, 2010 at 5:11 am
The best thing you can do right now is send cash, and send it fast.
Oxfam.org, doctorswithoutborders.org, Partners in Health, and Red Cross are all reliable charities.
Within a few months they may be asking for donations like food and clothing. Wait until they ask.
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:35 am
It’s hard for organisations to send items so right now they’re just accepting money. If you do want to donate money you can visit http://realgreatgames.com/index.php?task… please help spread the word.
March 2nd, 2010 at 4:43 pm
Wait until they start accepting items. Right now, they need money.
March 2nd, 2010 at 8:05 pm
UNICEF, Red Cross
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Charitoogle is hosting a free way for people to help. http://www.charitoogle.com/helphaiti
If you have any questions, please email me!
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:41 am
Red cross
March 3rd, 2010 at 8:24 am
Your JROTC should have a military liaison who can give you the military take on it now. You can also start a Red Cross Youth chapter at your school: http://www.redcrossyouth.org.
However, “stuff,” as other people have answered, is expensive to sort, wash, store, and ship. Donating money–that you could raise by having a bake sale, car wash, or other fundraiser–enables relief agencies to buy from local businesses. This keeps people in existing jobs, and saves money and time in shipping.
For the person who was concerned about where to donate:
Please think carefully before putting a restriction on a donation to the Red Cross or any other organization. In order to respond quickly to disasters, people and resources already need to be in place. That means that before anyone gave any money to Haiti, the Red Cross already had to have offices, people, and warehouses with supplies paid for. So an office needs electricity, water, heat, computers, printers, software, etc. A warehouse needs electricity, climate control, forklifts, etc. Vehicles need gas, tires, maintenance, insurance etc. Staff need living wages. All of these require money that cannot come from a restricted donation, and are all “administrative expenses.” This is why “administrative expenses” are necessary to the running of a solid organization. Without money for these ongoing expenses, the relief agency–any relief agency–goes out of business and can’t help anyone.
The Red Cross learned a lot from 9/11 and Katrina. There is a very sturdy internal control and ethics function, and every volunteer must pass a criminal background check.
Please read the application every volunteer must fill out and sign in order to be deployed on a large response through the American Red Cross–especially the code of conduct: http://www.miamiredcross.org/attachments… (Do not attempt to fill this out without already having gone through a Red Cross-sponsored volunteer intake process.)