Give: Financial gifts best provide immediate assistance when and where it's most needed. Send checks (write Haiti Earthquake Relief on the memo line) to ELCA Disaster Response, 39330 Treasury Center, Chicago, IL 60694-9300. Give via credit card online or call 800-638-3522. On 2009 federal tax returns, individuals can deduct donations for Haiti given through Feb. 28, 2010.
Volunteer: Call Kevin A. Massey, director, Lutheran Disaster Response, at 800-638-3522, ext. 2822, or visit www.elca.org/disaster.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti Jan. 12 had global reverberations as relief agencies scrambled to respond. But the Lutheran response was grounded in a long-term presence in Haiti.
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| Women line up to receive food and emergency supplies from the Lutheran World Federation and Church World Service in Gressier, outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. ELCA International Disaster Response, working through the LWF, CWS, Action by Churches Together Alliance and Lutheran World Relief, committed $1.6 million for immediate aid. |
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