Text to Haiti

On January 12, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti.

Following the success of "text to donate" services made famous by American Idol - which in one night this year raised more than $450,000 from more than 90,000 cellphone donors for the Keep a Child Alive charity – a number of groups are allowing generous souls to help Haitians just by pressing a few buttons on their cellphone. 

I normally wouldn't even think twice about this, but I LOVE TEXTING. This is a screen shot of my iPhone to the left just before I hit SEND. I wouldn't normally do this kind of texting. It's the first time I considered helping a worldly disaster via texting on my cell phone. It's sort of a weird concept, but enjoyed being able to help even if it was just a small action. If everyone in the world did a small thing to help, it would equal a large effort. 

(Yes, the time is correct; it's 3am and time for bed!)

People in Canada can now donate to Salvation Army's Haitian relief efforts via text to give to Haiti. Text message donations came a day or so late to Canada compared to the text to give to Haiti service in the USA. Now, by texting Haiti to 45678. The text message donations will go to the Salvation Army`s relief efforts in Haiti. Text Donors will then get a text message asking for confirmation of the text donation, reply with YES.
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But be careful.

Not all "text to donate" services are created equal. There are scammers that typically come out of the woodwork in the wake of catastrophes, hoping to strike it rich through fraudulent schemes.

Haiti's 7.0 earthquake, in which hundreds of thousands might have died, is no exception.

Help a community in need~ every penny counts!