Fri
Jan 15 2010
05:12 pm
By: WhitesCreek
There have been a number of scams asking for money to help the victims of the Haitian tragedy. (Even though credit card companies are getting a 3% cut off the top which if they had a conscience they would pass along instead of making money off earthquake victims...) Here is a list (thanks to KnoxViews.com) of excellent organizations helping on the ground in Haiti:
• American Red Cross
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• Mercy Corps Haiti Earthquake Fund
• Partners in Health
• UNICEF
• UN World Food Programme
• Doctors Without Borders
• American Jewish World Service
• Catholic Relief Services
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Sponsors
Brother Websites
Other "Views":
Local Interest:
Folks that Help:
Progressiveness:
Local News Media:
Local Government:
Candidates:
Local Interest:
Folks that Help:
Progressiveness:
- All Hat No Cattle
- American Progress
- Campaign for America's Future
- Daily KOS
- digby
- Paul Krugman
- Talking Points Memo
- Whitehouse.gov
Local News Media:
Local Government:
- City of Harriman
- City of Harriman Code
- City of Kingston
- City of Kingston Code
- City of Oliver Springs
- City of Oliver Springs Code
- City of Rockwood
- City of Rockwood Code
- Congressman Charles 'Chuck' J. Fleischmann
- Rep. Kent Calfee
- Rep. Ron Travis
- Roane County
- Roane Schools
- St. Sen. Ken Yager
Candidates:
Apparently they heard you
although $200,000 isn't much in the scheme of things in the credit card business.
Link
The Salvation Army isn't
The Salvation Army isn't listed in your group but they already have three locations set up near the embassy building.
Post a link for us. I rang a
Post a link for us. I rang a bell for them this year.
The Salvation Army website
The Salvation Army website is:
salvationarmyusa.org
They have info on their Haiti relief efforts and general info there.
The local (Roane.Morgan Co)
The local (Roane.Morgan Co) bell ringers raised a total of $27,000 to be used to help local needs such as groceries, utility bills, burnouts, medicine, etc.
We could use 10 times that amount if we had it.
I suggest anyone who has a "problem" with the mandatory dollar tacked onto your utility bill (HUB) for their assistance program to write out a $12 check (one year's worth)to either Mid-East, Roane Co. Salvation Army, or the Ministerial Assc. and request that the donation be used to help with energy bills for the needy.