Ways to Help in Haiti

The Providers' Council sent a message to all its e-mail contacts late last week with ways to help in Haiti. The Council board and staff join the world in expressing our deepest condolences for the more than nine million Haitian residents, the millions of Haitians living around the globe and everyone affected by this heart-wrenching tragedy.

The devastation caused by the recent earthquake has touched many of our lives. Many of us know someone living on the island, someone with family living in or visiting Haiti or someone who has been otherwise affected by the events of recent days.

The Lexington-based Cotting School, a Providers' Council member which serves students with disabilities, maintains a sister school in Haiti, Wings of Hope, that was affected by the earthquake (you can read more about that here). They are asking that donations be sent to Hearts with Haiti.

Others have been impacted by this tragedy as well, and people in the country need our help. For ways to donate to the disaster relief effort, please see the following sites:

American Red Cross

Google's Haiti Relief Page

The Commonwealth's Haiti Relief Information

The Boston Foundation has partnered with Jim and Karen Ansara of Boston and the Ansara Family Foundation, and the Ansaras will match all donations to the relief effort up to $1 million. You may visit their site to donate and have your donation matched.

U.S. State Department Haiti page

We keep all those affected in our prayers. May our community and others across the globe do all we can to help Haitians through this challenging and difficult time.