Bloggers Helping Haiti, blog REsources, marketing news

Thank you Marti!  Donation made and retweeted the link.  Just imagine how much $ could be raised if all Tweeters donated $5-10!

Looking forward to Vidrollr's debut.  looks like it's still in the works.

An FYI that your "subscribe to my AR blog" link is not working.

Lastly, I came across Wibiya in my research on Vidrollr.  Wibiya looks like a cool website/blog tool which incorporates a lot of the soc med sites in a toolbar.  I just installed it on my SF Bungalow blog.

What do you think?

I have a friend who has offered to match all contributions to Haiti that are made by 8:42 Friday up to $1,000  if they let her know where they donated and how much by commenting on her blog post.  Hopefully, you're ok with me posting to that blog.

http://www.menlokuksool.com/blog/?p=4

I have a friend who has offered to match all contributions to Haiti that are made by 8:42 Friday up to $1,000  if they let her know where they donated and how much by commenting on her blog post.  Hopefully, you're ok with me posting to that blog.

http://www.menlokuksool.com/blog/?p=4

Thanks for sharing the resources. I am going to check out teuxdeux.

I have friends who run an orphanage there, that was turned into a medical clinic (they've been on the news - one of the girls had a broken leg).  The biggest problem is getting medical supplies to them.  Food will become an issue, but thankfully they were well-stocked. 

You can see their blog here: 

http://www.childhope.org/about/earthquake.html

Awesome, thanks so much for all th info.

Katherine

Hey Marti,

This is great, my mom and I were wondering where to go for donations and helping others find real donation centers they could donate to.  Thank you!

Thank you for always writing exceptional post Marti. This is so helpful to have so many links in one place to help those in great need in Haiti. I applaud you and your efforts.

You are so giving Marti - you are rare!  The Haiti info is wonderful to have in one place.  It makes me sad to think of how much help they have needed and for how many years, but it took this natural disaster to pursuade the world to pay attention.  Hopefully they can rebuild and actually improve their quality of life to include the basic necessities. 

On a selfsih note, I loved Seth Godin's book and had downloaded it when it first was offered.  Of course with my computer crashing, I lost it and was going to have to find the link again - you have saved me the trouble!  Thank you - every little bit helps! 

Have a blessed day Marti!

Actually I heard yesterday that the US has given Haiti 3 BILLION dollars since 1992.  But just giving them money doesn't do that much when they have little government in place.  Weak national government and almost nonexistant local government, small police department, illiterate people.....   The need is overwhelming.

They have deforested and overfarmed their part of the island, which is why the hurricanes are so devastating, from what I understand.  There's nothing to hold the soil.  The DR shares the island and yet is a whole different world.

In a sick sort of way, this earthquake may give them the best chance.  If our marines stay for a while, they may be able to help them get a basic infrastructure started.  If a person isn't struggling just to find clean water every day, maybe they can make some progress.

The other thing that has absolutely amazed me is the number of Christian organizations that already are in place and have been feeding and providing medical care for the Haitian people.  Although I knew of a couple, I had no idea how many there were.  God bless them!

Marti - The Animal Rescue Site is taking direct donations for the Animal Victims in Haiti or purchase anything from their online store and they will donate from your funds. All the devastation isn't just happening to the humans.

http://shop.theanimalrescuesite.com/store/item.do?siteId=310&itemId=40929&origin=EPA_012010_P_40929_m

Marti - Thanks for the list of resources.  It is so impressive to see everyone stepping up to help.  God Bless.

You are amazing... what an artistic and creative way to contribute to the cause.