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When the devastating news hit the other day, I found it eerily difficult to continue life as normal. I attempted to, of course I spent time that day with my kids praying for the victims and their families, but at some point in the day our life did have to go on. That just didn’t settle well with me and it’s been on my heart since then. What can we do to help? Is there anything? Yes!
Pray. Please lift these people up to the Lord, my prayer has been for comfort. I’ve been praying that God would envelop them with His peace that surpasses all understanding. Families have been ripped apart and children are experiencing the highest intensity of pain here on earth, the loss of a parent or both. I cannot fathom the pain.
Give. I’d encourage you in some way to give. Even if it’s $1.00 – please give. It will add up quickly, even if all we had was $1.00 per person to give. On an average day I have 4000 readers stop by The Frugal Find, if each of you gave $1.00 what a difference that would make!
Here are three ways I would encourage you to give:
::https://www.compassion.com/contribution/giving/disasterrelief
::http://www.numanainc.com/donate.cfm
::http://www.ncm.org/news/press/catastrophic_earthquake_hits_haiti/
Blog. Use your blog to inspire and motivate others to take action and help! Through the wide-spread social network we’ve all worked so hard to create, we can reach millions of people with this message. I’d love to hear what you’re doing to help Haiti.
Here is how we can work together -
For every person who blogs OR comments on this post about what you specifically did to help those in Haiti and leaves your link/comment below today 1/15/10, my husband and I will personally donate $0.25 to the Caribbean Disaster Relief Fund through the Church of the Nazarene. Not much right? Remember every bit counts and if we all give a little we can accomplish something huge. Initially the funds will be coming directly from our $30/week Eating from the Pantry Budget – surely we can cut back even more right? We are a body working together, we need each other and Haiti needs us. Let’s work together to help Haiti.
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I texted to donate to the Red Cross, we’ll also be helping out at our church with relief efforts.
I’ve been praying non-stop and encouraging others to help in any way they can. We can’t stand by and let others suffer without our help. We have so much- especially with all this coupon clipping we’ve done, right??
James 1:27
“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress…”
Now is a time to put our faith into action for those who cannot help themselves.
Thanks so much for posting and helping. ♥
Yes, every little bit helps! Thank you for your generosity! It’s exciting to see so many people stepping up to help!
We donated through Crisis Response International (CRI). They sent a team down yesterday to assist with search and rescue. Thanks for doing this!
http://www.just1dollar4haiti.org/ is the website specifically for earthquake relief for the nonprofit Haiti Cheri Havest Life Ministries (www.haiticheri.org). They are an mission organization that partners with Haitian people to improve their quality of life (education, food, medical, etc). Any money donated now goes to earthquake relief. You can check out the website for a link to up-to-date info and correspondence from Haitian friends about the earthquake and effects, and you can make tax-deductible contributions securely online. You are right that every little bit helps- most Haitian people live on less per day than we can scrape out of the ashtray for a Coke in the drive-thru. Having done mission work in Haiti, I have seen first-hand the desolation of everyday life forthe Haitian people. This epic disaster is truly heartbreaking, and the long-term consequences are beyond what I can even fathom. Thanks for posting, and thanks for your generosity.
We donated to the American Red Cross this morning. Thanks for using your blog to help convince people to donate.
We donated to the US fund for UNICEF and also to a local (Kentucky)-based charity called Ten Kids whose goal is to provide a safe home, education, etc. to Ten Kids http://www.tenkids.org/. I like the idea of giving to an organization meeting general needs of the people of Haiti and to one meeting the needs of specific children. We are so blessed–I can’t imagine the losses of the Haitian people.
We are working hard to begin our relief aid in Haiti. Our “Help Clothe Haiti” aid will begin soon, so if you would like more information, please visit http://www.c28.com/.
I personally just donated to Compassion just now, and will be donation more to the Red Cross. Let’s keep up our efforts to help these people in need!
Thank you Ivan for everything you guys at c28 are doing to help! Just saw this tweeted out and wanted to share with my readers…
@c28dotcom Your $10 “Help Clothe Haiti” donation sends shirts & proceeds to Haiti. Info@C28 http://bit.ly/HelpClotheHaiti Please RT
With every one time $10 sponsorship, we’ll send this shirt along with all proceeds to help earthquake victims in Haiti through a partnership with HCJB.
Help us fulfill the commission of Matthew 25:36:
“I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”
Please note: This shirt will be donated, nothing will be shipped to you.
We’re giving to Compassion International. I’ve also heard good things about Cure, so we’ll be looking into that. Thanks for doing this!
Our family is sending up prayers to the One who can do the most!!
Our church also took and sent contributions in.
My heart breaks especially for the little ones affected. We truly are blessed and I am thankful that we are able to bless others in return!
That is very nice of you.
I am donating to the red cross and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints humanitarian aid. I am also posting a comment on all the blogs that are donating. Most importantly we will be praying for the people of Haiti. Thanks
I’m doing all the link-clickin I can, and we will be donating, too. Thanks for what you are doing to help–every little bit helps!
Thank you for doing this. My husband and I donated through Samaritan’s Purse. And now I’m clicking to comment on every site I can…every little bit helps!
Every little bit adds up! We gave a monetary donation to the Convoy of Hope.
Due to our financial situation, I am commenting on as many sites as possible to raise donations for the relief effort. Bless you for not only helping but providing a way for everyone to help too!
I donated money through a text message to the Red Cross and I am leaving comments on blogs to help get the word out. I wish I could go there and help! It is heartbreaking!
We gave to Red Cross via txt and YeleHaiti via txt. Thanks for your efforts!
We are donating items of immediate need to the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti:
http://mcquill-land.blogspot.com/2010/01/finer-things-friday-coming-together.html
I work for a corporation and they matched my donation. It is really hard to see people suffering without any means of medical care, food and water. Thank you for your work!
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.
We donated 50 dollars to Redcross.
I decided to donate to ‘Doctors without Borders.’ Thanks for all you are doing!!
I’m giving to the Red Cross and the LDS Church. Thanks for doing this!
We gave through CrossWorld International and are praying for Haiti
What a wonderful thing you are doing. I pray for all the Haiti people. I am also donating $1.00 for every comment on my blog.
I asked my wife as an early Birthday present (my birthday is in April) to donate $100 to the second collection in church today that goes to Catholic Relief Services that is resent in Haiti.
SwagGrabber posted a deal about a $40 subscription for 40 issues of All You the other day, just wanted to share. Only $1 per issue but then $10 of that $40 goes to Haitian Relief, which makes it even less and helps a good cause.
http://www.swaggrabber.com/blog1.php/onlinedeals/all-you-subscription-40-issues-for-40-10
Julia,
I just love your blog and your personality and just the way you want to help others. I am leaving this comment in addition to giving to Samaritan’s Purse for Haiti, and of course praying……
Thanks for all you do……
Debbie
Gotta comment & say, “You Go, Girl!”
My church has a sister church in Haiti and we’ve been getting daily updates on the devastation & relief efforts. It hits close to home & I feel blessed to be able to give, knowing how much it’s needed.
We are donating to help.
thanks for all you are doing to help Haiti and encourage others to do the same. serving others is what life is all about!!