January 2010

How You Can Help Relief Efforts In Haiti

The Salvation Army is mobilizing personnel and resources to send to Haiti in response to the earthquake. Locally, we have been flooded with calls asking how to help. At present, the best assistance you can give is in the form of monetary donations (donations should be marked “Haiti Earthquake Relief”). Such initial donations will provide food, clothing, and other essentials for survivors. Due to the uncertainty with air/sea shipping access to Haiti, it is logistically difficult to deliver food from a local food or clothing drive.

Donations can be made via phone, online or by postal mail:
• www.salvationarmyusa.org
• 1-800-SAL-ARMY
• The Salvation Army World Service Office
   International Disaster Relief Fund
   PO Box 630728
   Baltimore, MD 21263-0728

*Please note that your donation is for Haiti Earthquake Relief*

Any donation made locally that is marked “Haiti Earthquake Relief” will be sent to The Salvation Army in Haiti for disaster relief efforts.

Memphians also can drop off donations at any branch of First Alliance Bank into the special account set up by our partner WREG News Channel 3 for Salvation Army Haiti Relief Efforts.

The first team of Salvation Army personnel to support staff in Haiti is scheduled to arrive in Port Au Prince today (Thursday). Additional teams and supplies are scheduled to deploy in the next 24 hours.

The Salvation Army Presence in Haiti

The Salvation Army has had a presence in Haiti since 1950 and its personnel were affected by the earthquake and are now working to assist people in need:

• The Salvation Army operates schools, clinics, hospital,
   feeding programs, children’s homes and church-related
   activities through some 60 Corps community centers
   across the country.
• One Salvation Army compound near Port Au Prince
   experienced severe damage, including collapsed
   buildings; no one was injured in the collapse.
• The Salvation Army in Haiti is currently assessing
   damage and need throughout the country.
• Once damage and needs are assessed – and supplies
   arrive – The Salvation Army hopes to begin distribution
   on a small scale of items including food, water and tents.
• For the latest information about The Salvation Army’s
   activity in Haiti, please visit their Facebook pages here
   and here.

For the latest updates on The Salvation Army’s response to this disaster, please visit blog.salvationarmyusa.org.

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