Originally Posted By: Harry_Tuttle
Originally Posted By: James_Van_Artsdalen
Originally Posted By: Harry_Tuttle
Also, $10 goes to the American Red Cross if you text "HAITI" to "90999", charged to your cell phone bill.

Ref: http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/disaster_haiti

It's better to donate directly. If you text a lot of the money is probably siphoned away by the phone company.


Agreed, certainly. Although I've found references to carriers waiving fees for the Red Cross in the past, I don't know if that's the case in this instance. There are also the fees charged by this company which appears to run the program (http://www.mgive.com/Pricing.aspx).

But having said that, I imagine that there are some who live on their cell phones that might not give otherwise.


The American Red Cross actually gives this text "HAITI" advice on their website - http://newsroom.redcross.org/2010/01/12/disaster-alert-earthquake-in-haiti/. So it could be that the fees are waived, I don't know.

If you want to direct yo0ur contribution you can slso give to their International Response Fund, instructions also on the Red
Cross site, or http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main.