Raising Money for Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief
Posted on January 13th, 2010 by Gabriel HarperI just read about the horrible earthquake that tore up Haiti yesterday. Reading the initial reports was bad enough, but stumbling across some more graphic photos of wounded, lying in the streets with crushed limbs, just made my stomach turn. Not in disgust but despair. It’s times like this I feel so helpless to do anything, sitting here thousands of miles away, and far from rich.
I decided to skip the usual newsletters today, and instead send a rally email to the wonderful customers of Scriptalicious and phpLinkBid. The offer is simple – I’ll take 50% off any purchase, and donate 100% of the proceeds to Haiti disaster relief for the next 48 hours. Enter the code HELPHAITI during checkout to get the discount and ensure that 100% of your order goes toward our Haiti relief donation.
I’m still reviewing the best candidates for our donation recipient. So far Yele and PIH look like good candidates. It’s critical that the funds go immediately toward disaster relief on the ground in Haiti. Please share any suggestions you have for recipients that can put the money to work quickly and have active members on the ground.
If you’re not interested in scripts, you can also text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 to American Red Cross relief for Haiti, and check out this full list of ways to donate on your own.
I’ll leave comments to keep updated on progress. Thanks to everyone. Every penny counts in times like this.
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January 13th, 2010 at 5:25 am
Sorry, but these are the people who put tires on people and pour gasoline and set people on fire while a live. That’s a nice gesture, but why not help good people that want change rather than the savages your wanting to help.
January 13th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Awesome post! I think what you’re doing is excellent and I wish you all the best. God bless you for helping in such a great way!
January 13th, 2010 at 8:22 am
That is very nice of you phplinkbid to help other country. we all are human help each other out in worst time that is the way to live in the world.
It would be best if you do something like this to help American manufacture company or business owner to save jobs or create more jobs in USA.
January 13th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
@NO THANKS – This isn’t a political gesture and I don’t want to get into that. I won’t condemn a nation for the actions of a few, and the fact is there are KIDS suffering tremendously and that’s never okay. This wasn’t a bomb or a civil war, it was a tragic natural disaster that affects everyone in the region, good or bad, young or old.
@ERICA – Thank you, I know it’ll be a drop in the bucket so to speak, but anything will help.
@A10MADS – Thanks. I wish we could do something greater, a lot of help is needed everywhere. The scale of this is just so great, most Americans aren’t facing anything like the conditions in Haiti now.
January 16th, 2010 at 3:42 am
A great idea indeed. Sorry – I read Your mail too late to use the helphaiti coupon, but maybe next time I can also help a bit by buying Your scripts.
But most important: I hope the Haiti relief donation money reaches people in Haiti soon to give them some help in hard times.
January 16th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Pretty cool.
Thumbs up from me.