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Confirmed Legitimate Relief Efforts

By Theresa Davis January 15, 2010

:: Update 20 Jan @ 10:05 AM::

MPI Foundation will donate US$5,000 to Haiti relief efforts

:: Update 18 Jan @ 9:35 AM ::

Unicef www.unicef.org

Salvation Army www.salvationarmy.org

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres www.msf.org

:: Original Post::

MPI recognizes the following organizations and campaigns that are making efforts globally to aide in the tragedy resulting from the recent earthquake in Haiti. We will update this list as we find and verify other opportunities world-wide.

LegitimateText Giving
In the US - 'HAITI' to '90999' and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.

In Canada - 'HAITI' to '45678' and a donation of $5 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.

Click here to see how other industry partners are helping those affected in Haiti.

American Red Cross
http://newsroom.redcross.org/2010/01/12/disaster-alert-earthquake-in-haiti

Doctors Without Borders
www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Pan American Relief
www.panamericanrelief.org

Salvation Army
http://blog.salvationarmyusa.org

U.S. State Department
http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/disaster_haiti

World Vision
www.worldvision.org

Conversation

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Trevor January 15, 2010
UPS, a company who has many members within MPI, has donated $1 Million dollars to help the relief effor in Haiti.
http://blog.ups.com/2010/01/13/ups-donates-1-million-to-haitian-relief-%E2%80%93-here%E2%80%99s-how-you-can-help/
Daniel Fortin January 15, 2010
The MPI Montreal chapter will match donations of all other Canadian chapters dollar for dollar up to $5,000, which will then be presented to the Red Cross to use for the victims of the earthquake. The deadline to donate is January 31st.
Erika Powell January 15, 2010
Rotary International is providing relief to Haiti.
www.rotary.org/haiti
Paul McGlynn January 15, 2010
In wake of the recent tragedy in Haiti, the Enterprise Holdings Foundation will donate $100,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund to assist in the relief efforts related to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that shook the country on Tuesday, Jan. 12.

Enterprise Holdings is the parent company of Enterpise Rent-A-Car, Alamo, and National Car Rental.
Amanda Sievers January 15, 2010
Amway is matching donations to the American Red Cross.
Susan January 15, 2010
The PepsiCo Foundation has pledged $1 million for Haitian disaster relief. And PepsiCo is supplying Aquafina water.

Pepsi Bottling Group ("PBG") Foundation will double-match all PBG employees’ donations – up to a maximum PBG Foundation contribution of $25,000 – to the Red Cross, Friends of the World Food Programme, or Save the Children. This program will be honored for all donations over $10 and will be effective through Friday, February 19, 2010.
Christa Haberstock January 15, 2010
Doc Hendley's organization Wine To Water has set up a funnel so that 100% of the funds donated go to Haiti relief. www.WineToWater.org.
Maddie Czerwinski January 15, 2010
GET U.S. Destination Event Management headquartered in Orlando, Florida started initiative in our Corporate Park of multiple buildings for each lobby area to have a HELP HAITI BIN. We are collecting toiletries, bottled water, clothing, health aids, first aid kits, non-perishable food items, flashlights and whatever other items anyone can provide to help in this humanitarian effort.
Jodie Cady January 15, 2010

The Michigan Association of REALTORS® will be partnering with The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit and The Clean The World project to recycle hotel guest room amenities for their conference January 20-22. The recycle soaps will be sent to Haiti through the distribution of The Clean The World program www.cleantheworld.org. Amenities for over 300 total room nights will be collected as part of the program.
Patty MacPherson, CMP January 15, 2010

Partners In Health

PIH has been working on the ground in Haiti for over 20 years. They urgently need your support to help those affected by the recent earthquake.

http://www.standwithhaiti.org/haiti

Partners In Health (PIH) works to bring modern medical care to poor communities in nine countries around the world. The work of PIH has three goals: to care for our patients, to alleviate the root causes of disease in their communities, and to share lessons learned around the world. Based in Boston, PIH employs more than 11,000 people worldwide, including doctors, nurses and community health workers. The vast majority of PIH staff are local nationals based in the communities we serve.

The Humanitarian Coalition

http://www.thehumanitariancoalition.ca/

Your donations are matched by the Canadian Government!!!
Deborah Shepard January 15, 2010
The President of Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) has put out the following message to all employees and owners: "While IHG does not have any hotels or employees in the area, I know that many of you want to do whatever you can to help... As is often the case in situations like this, monetary donations to humanitarian organizations that have the ability to mobilize quickly and get supplies to those in need is the best way we can offer our support right now. We are proud to partner with CARE in support of their earthquake relief efforts. IHG has a strong and longstanding relationship with this great organization, and we share the common bond of being global organizations with headquarters based in Atlanta. CARE has set up an IHG-specific online landing page for those employees, Owners and hotels who wish to give. Donations can be made at http://www.care.org/ihgforhaiti.

Additionally (and for all Priority Club Rewards members within MPI), Priority Club Rewards (PCR) members can donate their unused points to The American Red Cross, in support of relief efforts, through the PCR website as part of PCR’s charitable giving program. Employees and owners are welcome to give points through the site as well."
Allison McCarty January 15, 2010
The organization I work for had just received US-AID funding for a project to bring credit unions into the area. Our team down there is okay, but conditions are terrible. You can donate to our foundation to help with relief efforts. https://www.woccu.org/give
Patty MacPherson, CMP January 15, 2010

GlobalMedic - they strive to be an efficient aid agency that delivers the maximum amount of aid with a minimum operating cost. They have arrived to the Dominican Republic today and are making their way to the Haitian border as we speak. All donations go directly to the relief effort.
www.globalmedic.ca

Charity Registration Number: 882588619 RR0001
Their financial information can be found on the Canadian Government Charity Directorate website:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/ebci/haip/srch/advancedsearch-eng.action
Mary Connell, CMP January 15, 2010
GE announced a commitment of US$2.5 million to support relief and recovery efforts in the area. Grants from GE Foundation have been made to American Red Cross for US $1 million and to U.S. Fund for UNICEF for US$500,000. GE's contributions to both organizations will provide immediate support to the emergency response efforts and bring much needed relief to the millions of impacted Haitians. The additional $1 million will be donated shortly to help with longer term recovery. GE is also matching employee contributions to eligible relief organizations.
Jessie States January 15, 2010

Rosen Hotels & Resorts has announced plans to raise at least US$1 million in donations and collect first aid, medical and hygiene supplies for earthquake victims in Haiti. President and COO Harris Rosen jump-started the campaign with a personal donation of $250,000. Approximately 30 percent of Rosen Hotels & Resorts associates are from Haiti or are of Haitian descent. Grief counselors were made available via the Rosen Medical Center and Family Outreach Center.

Four years ago, Rosen played host to the Water for Haiti benefit to raise $350,000 and purchase portable water purification systems for Haiti. The hotel chain regularly sends soap to the country and had accumulated more than 50,000 bars that it was going to ship prior to the earthquake. The soap will now be sent along with the other medical and first aid supplies.

For more information, call (407) 996-6715 or visit www.rosenhotels.com/haiti.
Meredith January 15, 2010
My organization re-directed funds to Haiti via Compassion International, following a CSR based team building event recently. We were pleased to send over $200 to go directly to children affected by the recent devastation.
Krista Fleming January 15, 2010
Our company donated $500 to World Vision for their relief efforts. We also petitioned with One.org to have countries forgive Haiti for any national debt so all money coming in could work toward recovery not paying off old debt.
Pat January 15, 2010
George P. Johnson has donated US$20,000 to the Red Cross for relief efforts and will match all employee donations up to an additional $20,000 with a cutoff date of Feb 1st. Our local Japan office is also gathering donations. It's not on the website, but announced internally to all employees.

I'm glad so many in our industry are opening their hearts and wallets to the people of Haiti.
Maggie January 15, 2010
Matthew 25 Ministries in Cincinnati, OH is a relief organization providing all sorts of help: clothing, food, medical, etc., to the "Poorest of the Poor" throughout the world, including Haiti.
Freda January 16, 2010
Catholic Relief Services is another legitimate charity, and is encouraging all catholic communities to take up a second collection this weekend for Haiti. Our Diocese (Houston/Galveston) is participating.
Elizabeth January 16, 2010
International Medical Corps (IMCWorldwide.org) is one of the best organizations helping in Haiti. When the tsunami hit in Asia, the Red Cross and Doctors without Borders gave their money and supplies to IMC because they could go in more efficiently and quickly than anyone else.

There's a matching program right now where if you donate now, institutional grants and investors will match every dollar by 23 times!
Paula Baumgardner January 18, 2010
The Florida Baptist Convention is accepting donations to help with disaster relief in Haiti. Floirda Baptist have had a very long relationship with the Haitian community. 100% of all donations will be sent to Haiti. You can donate at www.flbaptist.org. I have been to Haiti 3 times in the last 3 years and can hardly stand to look at the destruction. I just want to go the the village we worked in and hug and kiss all the precious children!!
Kevin Priger January 18, 2010
I would only recommend an organization which I have supported in the past, and I know will make every effort to utilize local resources already in Haiti, not simply bring in relief supplies and leave. Samaritan's Purse has been in Haiti for a number of years and is there to stay. They already have partnerships in Haiti that are enabling them to get a lot done quickly.

On CNN this evening (1/18) Wolf Blitzer interviewed Dr. Bill Frist, the senator from TN, who is in Haiti with World Medical Mission. A division of Samaritan's Purse.

I know this organization, and I know how God has used this organization in places like Myanmar, China, and North Korea. He will certainly do the same in Haiti.
Calum January 19, 2010
Clean The World has been recycling gently used hotel amenities since Feb 2009 and sent their first shipment to Haiti June 2009. Since them we have recycled and distributed aver 500,000 bars of soap to Haiti.
We have come up with a meeting planner program to help your atendees get involved in the Haiti relief effort.

The MI Association or Realtors is out first participating org this week at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit.

If anyone else reading this would like to have their attendees recycle their hotel amenities and have them sent to Haiti instead of the hotel throwing them into the local landfill please contact me at calum.maclean@hotelbaronette.com

You can watch the progress of Clean The World at http://www.cleantheworld.org/blog/default.asp

We have been doing this before the earthquake and we will be doing it long after.

Thank you.

Calum
Laura Heavrin January 19, 2010
ADP Foundation is matching all associates donations for relief in Haiti. So far, in two days, $168,000 has been collected. Local Associate Activities Committees are working with Soles4Souls to run "Gently Used" Shoe Drives.
Ann Ferraro, CMP January 20, 2010

Since 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) goes to crises zones to service and rebuild. The American Institute of Philantrophy gives the IRC an A+ and Forbes Investment Guide named the IRC one of 10 Gold Star Charities.
Your generous donations to IRC’s Haitian earthquake relief efforts will help provide mobile health clinics, life saving drugs and medical supplies, water points, containers, sanitation and bathing areas, soap and other hygiene materials, emergency shelter, blankets, plastic sheeting, lamps, fuel, stoves and food and food supplements.
The IRC draws on 75 years of experience responding to emergencies—including their work with Haitian refugees fleeing the Duvalier regime in 1960 and from their continuing efforts to be a lifeline for the Haitian Diaspora in Miami and beyond—to collaborating with local partners to address the earthquake and begin saving lives before conditions worsen. To donate to IRC’s Haitian earthquake relief efforts in the Name of the Meeting and Events Industry as we show our support of this cause, please go to the below link:

https://www.theirc.org/donate/diy-events

Please be sure to put HAITI006 in the box marked DIY Event Reg ID so that donations can be tracked from the Meeting and Events Industry's solicitation efforts.
Stuart Taylor January 21, 2010
Our event called Speak Out for Haiti is an amazing opportunity for professional and personal development and will raise money for the Red Cross. In 3 days, we have organized a full day of incredible speakers with all aspects of the event fully sponsored so every penny raised will go to the Red Cross. I will let you know how we fair on the fundraising side but it is humbling and impressive when everyone came together on a moment’s notice to make this possible. Be sure to check out the website www.speakoutforhaiti.com and if you have any contacts on the East Coast, we ask you to forward the information to them. Can you also distribute this to other MPI Chapter leaders and ask them to forward it to anyone in their contact list that might be interested? This was an incredible collaboration between MPI Atlantic Canada Chapter and CAPS.
Debt Rescue February 03, 2010
Catholic Relief Services is another legitimate charity, and is encouraging all catholic communities to take up a second collection this weekend for Haiti. Our Diocese (Houston/Galveston) is participating.

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