A view of a damaged neighborhood in the Canape-Vert area on January 13, 2010, after an earthquake the day before in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
I am disturbed, burdened, and broken hearted all at once. The images and news coming from Haiti seem so despairing.. it’s just too much for me to take in. The photos of kids lying in the arms of their parents is just too much for me to take. They break me and leave me numb.
Our Haitian brothers and sisters need our help. They need our prayers and our resources. This is a call to compassion. Please take a moment, right now, to donate to an established non-profit relief organization. Most of us cannot physically go to Haiti to help, however these relief organizations can. Relief workers and volunteers are the hands and feet of compassion and hope.
I realize there are many worthy organizations helping in Haiti. However, if you are unsure of where to donate, here is a list of organizations Rob and I are supporting:
This morning, Ree Drummond – The Pioneer Woman, is doing a “Different Type of Giveaway”. If you leave a comment on her post, she will donate a dime for every comment. She will also donate $500 each to 2 Organizations from the comments left on her post.
This blog, Savory Sweet Life, has been such a blessing to me. Whatever influence this blog has, if any, I would like to use to help those who are in dire need. In the name of compassion, I am doing a similar giveaway.
I will be donating $1 to every comment left on this post up to $1000. I will select which non-profit relief agencies to donate to by picking 2 comments below. Similar to Ree’s giveaway, just leave a comment with positive thoughts along with a relief agency you support. I will pick 2 winners (at random) Sunday night-9pm PST. [The winners have been chosen, you can read which agencies received the donations here.]
Thank you for taking the time to read this…together lets help the Haiti Relief Effort for those who cannot help themselves in their greatest time of need, 1 comment/$1 at a time.
A Call To Find A Matching Sponsor 1/15/10: If you are a food / kitchenware company, would you consider matching SSL’s $1000 for Haiti Relief? If so, please email me at alice@savorysweetlife.com.
Update 1/15/10: Thanks to everyone who left a comment. We made it to $1000. Feel free to continue to leave your positive thoughts and relief agency preferences in the comment section. I will be selecting from all the comments on Sunday night. Meanwhile, be sure to check back as I am updating the links of other Bloggers also raising awareness and funds for Haiti below. – Thanks.
Here is a list I found on MSNBC on organizations providing relief in Haiti including scams you want to avoid.
Alice
UPDATE: More Food Bloggers/Bloggers are also doing similar type of fund raising efforts on their blogs. Please be sure to visit all of them and leave a comment. Imagine the difference and support we can make one comment at at time! If you are a blogger and are doing a similar type of fund raising effort, please let me know and I’ll add your link here.
- The Pioneer Woman “A Different Type of Giveaway”
- Saffron and Blueberry “Haitian Relief Effort-Comment to Raise Funds”
- Thursday Night Smackdown “Thursday Night Give Back”
- Amy Leavitt Photography Blog “Help For Haiti”
- Money Saving Mom “Help For Haiti: Everyone Can Do Something – Comment or Link Up and We’ll Donate” <-You’ll find lots of blogs participating here.
- The Cooking Ninja “Comment To Help Raise Funds”
- What’s Gaby Cooking “Help For Haiti”
- Feeding The Saints “Open Hands: Helping Haiti”
PS: Please get the word out there about all these giveaways on Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook.
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Thank you for doing this! My heart and prayers go out to everyone affected both directly and indirectly.
Thanks! What a great idea!
Thank you! Praying for the people of Haiti.
Thank you for helping….
Door of Hope…started by a dear friend…100% of donations go to House of Hope orphanage in Haiti
My prayers are with all those affected in any way. Thank you for doing this. I choose Doctors without Borders.
You’re wonderful!
Thanks for blessing Haiti!
Thanks for doing this, my adoptive children are from Haiti, their birth families are still there and we don’t know for sure if they are ok, we have many friends over there, kid’s in the Orphanage and nannies.
You’re a wonderful person for doing this!
My thoughts and prayers are going out to Haiti, and everyone invoved..the support workers, and the families.
Thank you for doing this. It will be such a blessing to the people in Haiti. Prayer is the greatest gift we can give.
hoping you get to 1000!
Thank you for doing this. Our prayers and our thoughts are with the Haitian people.
My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the earthquake.
All my thoughts and my prayers are in Haiti…
Thank you so much for doing this!!!!!!
I was supposed to be going t o Haiti on January 27th to teach English at an orphanage. It’s been destroyed, although the kids are ok. I’ve decided not to go myself at this point–I have a son, and the situation is so bad,–friends on the ground have suggested I wait for another time. I can’t stop crying. I feel so helpless. I don’t know if I made the right decision. My heart breaks for these people. Thank you for your donations on our behalf.
@brynajones
Bless you for doing this for the people of Haiti. Our prayers are with them and the rescue workers in Haiti (and trying to get to Haiti). We support Samaritan’s Purse, Franklin Graham’s relief organization. We are also praying for orphans and caregivers at three Foye orphanages in Haiti – the adoption agency we used for our Taiwan adoption has a Haiti program. All of the children are alive and well, but I think there has been extensive damage to the orphanages.
Cindy
Samaritan’s Purse is doing wonderful efforts to provide immediate relief to these people who have lost everything.
I support doctors without borders. We need to get medical attention to them quickly.
This is a great way to get the word out and the bless the souls in Haiti.
Doctors without borders
This is such a nice thing you are doing. Thank you
Praying for Haiti
Praying for the people in Haiti. You are a real blessing to them.
Thank you…… Doctors Without Borders
This is very kind and generous of you. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti.
Wonderful idea! Thank you
It’s so nice to see people doing what they can. Thank you for your efforts.
Thank you for doing this! I would pick Red Cross.
I deployed to Haiti in 2004, I looked at all the pictures and realized I had and releazied the school I visited was almost right at the epi center, I pray no one was there….I
Thank you for doing this. My 2 yr old son is in an orphanage in Haiti. He is ok but this is horrible to go through. Thank you for helping the amazing people in Haiti.
I support Doctors without Borders…hoping Haiti gets all the help and support they need.
Praying! The charity I would choose would be Doctors without Borders..
Thanks!
Praying for the people of Haiti.
What a great way to make a difference
My heart breaks for those in Haiti. I simply can’t fathom the level of destruction. The photographs have been absolutely humbling and unbelievably horrible. I support Doctors Without Borders and Catholic Relief Services, both of whom had a strong presence in Haiti before ths terrible tragedy and both of whom need funds to assist these people. God Bless You!
Prayers for Haiti.
Thank you for doing this! Should my comment get chosen, I choose Presbyterian Mission to Haiti. Not necessarily for religious reasons, but they have a medical facility that is one of the few in the area left standing, and as such they are very quickly running out of supplies (they’ve long since run out of room, but are still building makeshifts shelters in the area for those waiting for help from them).
Praying daily for the people of Haiti. Lord have mercy!
My charity: International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
Thank you for your generosity. I support Global Giving and Plan Canada, but I believe the organizations you mentioned are very worthy of our support. Everyone you talk to in my small community in Saskatchewan, Canada is doing what they can….whether it’s financial or through prayer.
♥ THANK YOU! ♥
May these monies multiply 100-fold! Blessings to those in such dire need and pain…may God bring them comfort and care by the hands and feet of those around them!
Thank you so much! Another wonderful organization is http://www.doubleharvest.org. 100% of donations goes to Haiti because the VanWingerden family covers all administrative costs.
My heart is so burdened for these people. Thank you for helping them in this way.
Thank you for doing this! My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Haiti.
Thank you so much for pouring out your heart to the people of Haiti!!!
You can thank PW for linking me here. Haitians will thank you for your help.
May God bless you more abundantly beyond what you can bear, Ree for responding to His calling. It is not an accident that I browsed your site, I know in my heart that in a little way I can be a blessing to others through you. I may not be there in Haiti to help but my loving prayers for our bros and sisters are always there for them. In Christ love, G
Good for you. Praying for Haiti.
Many thanks for your generosity. My favorite disaster relief charity is the Red Cross.
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