How To Help Haiti's Earthquake Victims

As we all know, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated the country of Haiti yesterday. My heart goes out to all of the people affected by the tragedy. Anyone with a mobile phone and an account with a major wireless carrier can text the phrase “Haiti” to the number 90999 and donate $10 to the Red Cross. Your donation is charged to your cellphone bill.

Haitian-born Wyclef Jean is encouraging people to text "Yéle" to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yéle Haiti Earthquake Fund, or to visit http://www.yele.org/. According to Wycelf, "The objective of Yéle Haiti is to restore pride and a reason to hope, and for the whole country to regain the deep spirit and force that is part of our heritage."