How can you make a difference?
It is the worst natural disaster to hit Haiti in the past 200 years and the most recent estimates claim that close to half a million people could be dead from the earthquake that hit this past Tuesday. There are many ways you can help locally to get aid to this ravaged area of the world.
Here is a list of places and organizations that you can donate to:
Canadian Red Cross 1-800-418-1111 ( website )
Waterloo Region Red Cross 519-742-2785
Mennonite Central Committee 519-745-8458 ( website )
Salvation Army 1-800-SAL-ARMY ( website )
World Vision Canada 1-800-268-5528 ( website )
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee 1-800-730-3490
Doctors Without Borders ( website )
The Charity Nurse Yvonne Martin from Elmira was Assisting with Medical Missonary Team for the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada ( website ) you can donate in her memory.
You can also use your cell phone and text HAITI to 45678 on a Rogers Wireless or Bell Mobility Phone and a $5.00 donation will be added to your phone bill for The Salvation Army. Standard text messaging rates apply.
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