The question is... What will you do to help? Will you go? Will you send? I sat up for hours last night and again early this morning begging God to show me a way that our family could contribute to the cause. There are awesome opportunities to give to outreaches such as Compassion or the American Red Cross where you can text "HAITI" to 90999 to immediately give $10. Though both are amazing opportunities to give and will undoubtedly help so many Haitians, I still felt like there was more I could do personally.
Haiti's neighbor, the Dominican Republic, has always held a very special place in my heart. Hubby and I have talked many times about serving in the Dominican if the Lord leads in that direction. A ministry opportunity that has crossed our paths many times over the years is SCORE International. Almost in the very instant that the thought of SCORE entered my mind, a friend on Facebook (who works for SCORE's home office in Chattanooga, TN) posted about their plans to help in Haiti. SCORE International is organizing the "Help Haitians Rapid Response Effort" and will begin sending teams out the end of this month. They will use their facilities in the Dominican as a base of operations, since Haiti and the DR share an island. They are accepting donations now to help with food, clothes, and medical supplies.
We have decided as a family to give our support to SCORE's relief efforts. For each blog who links up below, we will give $10. For each comment (for those who do not have a blog) left below, we will donate $5. The minimum we will give is $50 and the maximum will be $200. Be sure to also visit the other blogs linked up to see other ways you can help. Also, if you can truly do nothing else, you can pray! Everyone can do something!
13 Shared Blessings:
I'm so glad that SCORE is doing this. We plan to give too!
Mandy the loss is devastating and I was up last night researching the orphanage there... God's little angels and Praise the Lord they seem to be safe very shaken but safe.... We also need to pray for all the families waiting to bring their children home from Haiti. you can read more about it at http://glahaiti.org/
Thank you for your blog and your heart to serve others!!
Great effort!!! Thank you!
As I go through the blogosphere today, I amazed at the generous and concerned people I find. Praise the Lord!
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!
Thank you so much for doing this. It's a great idea and every little bit helps!
I don't have a blog but wanted to participate. We've donated to the Red Cross and I'm visiting all you wonderful bloggers who are involved in this. Thank you for your wonderful efforts! Every bit helps!
I donated my swagbucks, going around commenting, and will make a donation to an organization
thank you for making comment-fueled donations! I donated via text message & am posting comments on blogs in order to increase the donation potential :)
We donated to Catholic Relief Services which goes directly to Haiti, and my 6 year old son wants to donate the charity portion of his allowance to Haiti. You're doing a great thing!
I donated to the Red Cross, and I'm going to clean out my pantry of non-perishables to take to the local drop-off center!
Thanks for doing this!!
We gave to CrossWorld International, a group we have traveled to the DR with.
Thank you for your generosity.
What a wonderful thing you are doing. I pray for all of those in Haiti.
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