Text 90999 and then Haiti in the message from your cell phone to donate.

Hello_Kitty

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Wed Jan-13-10 12:01 AM
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Text 90999 and then Haiti in the message from your cell phone to donate.

Hope it's legit. I just did it and believe me I don't have much slack in my unemployment benefits.

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orion007

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Wed Jan-13-10 12:16 AM
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1. Wyclef Jean gave out a text number for donations

when he was on CNN with Anderson Cooper.
I don't have the number, google him

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tabatha

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Wed Jan-13-10 12:26 AM
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5. Wyclef Jean's grassroots org

Text Yele to 501 501 to donate $5 via your cellphone

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34834553/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel...

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KittyWampus

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Wed Jan-13-10 12:18 AM
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2. I believe that is through the Red Cross.

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highplainsdem

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Wed Jan-13-10 12:19 AM
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3. K&R

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BunkerHill24

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Wed Jan-13-10 12:22 AM
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4. US Department of State : To help, text "HAITI" to "90999

http://www.state.gov/

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orion007

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Wed Jan-13-10 12:27 AM
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6. Wyclef Jean asking for $5.00 donations by text

Yele to 510 510
It's posted on his website

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Parker CA

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Wed Jan-13-10 12:40 AM
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8. 501 501 not 510 510

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crispini

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Wed Jan-13-10 12:36 AM
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7. Done!

:kick: and R

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ChicagoSuz219

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Wed Jan-13-10 01:52 AM
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9. Rachel gave it out, as well. I donated, then...

..posted as my facebook comment, asking others to copy & paste to theirs.

You can use this:

For those interested in helping immediately, simply text "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. Please copy & paste to your facebook page. Thank you.

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ecstatic

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Wed Jan-13-10 11:09 AM
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10. It's on the State dept. website in a blurb, but NOT on Red Cross's site

Edited on Wed Jan-13-10 11:21 AM by ecstatic

You'd think that would be the first message to pop up when visiting their site. Could someone over at the State Dept have been hoaxed? A search of 90999 turns up all sorts of "causes" most of them having nothing to do with helping people. So be careful (I was going to tell everyone to text the number but I've changed my mind until the Red Cross at least acknowledges this as true).

This is what Red Cross says about text donations: http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_nolnav_text2help

I also came across this http://www.mgive.com/Partners.aspx and Red Cross's name isn't on the list (maybe because the issue is so new?).

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gharlane

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Wed Jan-13-10 03:38 PM
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11. It's on the Red Cross site now

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

12:30am (1/13/2010) You can text �HAITI� to 90999 to donate $10 to American Red Cross relief for Haiti.

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