Jackson Free Press

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Please support the people of Haiti through your generous medical supply donations. It is with great sadness and responsibility that we reach out to you. As you may well know by now, the earthquake that took place on January 12th of the present year has devastated the country of Haiti. The Latin American and Caribbean Community Center, Project South and the Georgia Hunger Coalition have joined efforts and are personally seeking your support in gathering the following donations in an effort to provide much needed relief supplies.

We are in need of the following supplies:

Blankets Cotton or Thermal Blankets (Aluminum)
Reading Glasses (Used if used, please indicate prescription)
Feminine Hygiene Products such as Tampons and Sanitary Napkins
Disposable Underwear for Adults (ei. Depends)
Gauze/ Wound Dressing
Eye Pads/ Patches
Bandages (all sizes and uses)
Blood Pressure Monitors
Slings (Arms)
Feeding Tube Attachment/ IV Bags and Medical Tubing
Skin Sanitizer
Diabetes Blood Sugar Indicators and Testing Strips
Urinary Drain Bags
Saline Solution
Calamine Lotion
Case, Pins, Scissors & Forceps
Cough Mixture
Crutches, Adjustable with rubber tips
Detergent, Emulsion
Drinking cups, wax (Lilly type)
Ear Drops (Mineral oil or olive oil)
Ligatures, with needles
Magnesium Sulphate
Milk of Magnesium
Medicine droppers
Mosquito Netting
Medicine glass, graduated
Pencil, indelible
Soap (Preferably Bar Not Liquid)
Tooth Brushes & Toothpaste
Batteries (Any size)
Anti-Biotic Ointment such Neosporin or Equivalent
Alcohol Wipes
Aspirin or Motrin
Cotton Balls
Q-tips
Medical/ First Aid Supplies
Latex Gloves
Ice Paks & Heat PaksPencil, Dermatographic (Skin marking)
Personal Insecticide (Lice)
Petrolatum, Liquid (heavy)
Pins, Safety (assorted)
Plaster of Paris (Rolls)
Salt tablets
Water Filters
Scissors
Sheets and pillow cases (all sizes, waterproof preferred)
Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)
Splints, wooden 18" x 3-1/2"
Thermometer, clinical
Tongue depressors, wood
Vitamins- multi caps, oral liquid, Injectable, infant, child and adult- these are a huge priority.
Infant Formula
Eye solutions and cleanser- antibacterial
Nebulizers, Inhalers
IV supplies- needles, bags of fluid, tubing
Anti-inflammatory

If you are coordinating large donations of the above, please contact Brett Cave at 678-349-4751 for more details and information. You can also drop off supplies or your large commercial contribution at Project South located at 9 Gammon Avenue Atlanta, GA 30315.

We will also need financial contributions to cover shipping costs to Haiti, please consider making a contribution at http://www.lacccenter.org and click Haiti Medical Relief Effort.

Thank you for your time and together we can do our part to help.

If you would like to make financial donation to organizations working on the ground in Haiti, LACCC suggests

Partners in Health.
Donate online at: http://www.pih.org/inforesources/news/Haiti_Earthquake.html or send your contribution to Partners In Health, P.O. Box 845578, Boston, MA 02284-5578

Doctors Without Borders.
Donate online at http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org, or toll-free at 1-888-392-0392. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. USA Headquarters 333 7th Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001-5004.

The mission of the Latin American and Caribbean Community Center (LACCC) is to empower the marginalized communities and people of Latin America and the Caribbean who reside in the United States so that they may assert their economic, political, environmental, cultural and social rights http://www.lacccenter.org. LACCC is based in the Atlanta Georgia and works regionally to educate and organize for human rights, democracy and racial justice in the Americas.

Project South is a grassroots organization based in the US South. For over 23 years , we have created critical spaces for movement building. We work with communities pushed forward by the struggle to strengthen leadership for long-term transformation. Our programs focus on communities of color affected by social control and economic degradation created by historic and current trends of privatization, exploitation, and structural racism in the US. We provide popular political education through our dynamic leadership development models, and we build relationships with organizations and networks across the US and global South. We believe in bottom-up movement building for social, racial, and economic justice on local, regional, national, and global levels.

The Georgia Citizens' Coalition On Hunger (Hunger Coalition) is a statewide network of grassroots organizations and about 700 active individuals, with a mailing list of 2,500 people. The Hunger Coalition works in urban and rural communities in Georgia working with low-income women, public assistance recipients and former recipients, low wage earners and the unemployed.

PS – Please give generously now. Let's take advantage of this unique moment.

Our postal address is
PO Box 89308
Atlanta, Georgia 30312
United States

Previous Commentsshow

Baquan, try the contact numbers in that release to find out how to donate.

DonnaLadd

Jan 14 2010

More ways to help: Contact number for Red Cross 1-800-435-7669 Haiti earthquake: How to help Oxfam has an emergency team in the capital, Port-au-Prince, responding with public health, water, and sanitation services. You can donate online through its Haiti Earthquake Response Fund or by calling 1-800-77-OXFAM. Partners In Health is taking contributions for relief efforts in Haiti, including medical supplies. The organization has had a presence in Haiti for more than 20 years, working to address the health care needs of the country's poor. You can donate to The Salvation Army's efforts in Haiti by calling 800-SAL-ARMY (725-2769) or visiting their Web site and designating that your donation is for the Haiti earthquake. The UN World Food Programme is accepting donations. Head of the WFP Josette Sheeran said the agency is deploying its resources in Haiti, including 86 metric tons of food. You can donate here. National Nurses United has issued a call for nurse volunteers to provide assistance to those affected by the earthquake in Haiti. To donate to specific relief efforts in Haiti: United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Mercy Corps Save the Children International Red Cross World Vision Catholic Relief Services (www.crs.org or donate directly at https://secure.crs.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3181&3181;.donation=form1 UNICEF International Medical Corps Network for Good CARE Operation USA Operation Blessing International Convoy of Hope The Global Syndicate GlobalGiving Beyond Borders Community Coalition for Haiti International Orthodox Christian Charities Baptist World Aid Doctors Without Borders Habitat for Humanity Action Against Hunger Direct Relief International B'nai B'rith International Bright Hope Hope for Haiti American Jewish World Service World Relief TractorShare American Friends Service Committee Food for the Poor CHF International The Lambi Fund of Haiti Islamic Relief USA United Way Worldwide International Organization for Migration Food for the Hungry Relief International The State Department has set up a hotline for Americans to inquire after family in Haiti: 888-407-4747. There are several ways to donate via mobile device: • Text the word "Yele" to 501501 to donate $5 on behalf of the Yele Haiti Foundation, founded by Haitian musician Wyclef Jean. • Text the word "Haiti" to 85944 to donate $5 on behalf of the Rescue Union Mission and MedCorp International. • Text the word "Haiti" to 25383 to donate $5 on behalf of the Internal Rescue Committee. • Text the word "Haiti" to 864833 to donate $5 to United Way Worldwide's disaster fund. • Text the word "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10 on behalf of the American Red Cross. • Text the word "Haiti" to 45678 (in Canada only) on behalf of the Salvation Army in Canada. You can also find updated information and general ways to help during disasters at ReliefWeb, USAID and InterAction. The FBI also warns donors to be alert to the potential for scams involving the earthquake. After a tsunami devastated Southeast Asia in 2004, many people lost money by donating to relief organizations that turned out to be fraudulent. Source: www.washingtonpost.com Source: http://blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/disaster_haiti

DonnaLadd

Jan 14 2010

Just in from governor's office re Haiti relief (guess he's not following Rush Limbaugh's advice not to help them; whew): DATE: Jan. 14, 2010 MISSISSIPPI RESPONDING TO HAITI RELIEF EFFORTS Jackson, Mississippi - Governor Haley Barbour is directing the response of Mississippi state agencies to help people in the beleaguered nation of Haiti, whose country was rocked by a devastating earthquake on January 12. “Many people have already called my office offering assistance and needing information; in time, that assistance will be sorely needed. We’ve been advised by federal authorities that, for now, only search and rescue personnel, equipment and supplies are being allowed into Haiti,” Governor Barbour said. To facilitate the flow of information regarding recovery efforts, the Governor has created a new link on his website. Some useful information is already posted regarding how Mississippians, charitable agencies, and private sources can contribute to recovery efforts. Go to www.governorbarbour.com, then click on the “Help for Haiti” button. "Knowing the kind of devastation caused by natural disasters, it's only appropriate that Mississippi join the federal government, other states, and private resources to help relieve the human suffering in Haiti,” Governor Barbour said. Already, the Mississippi Air National Guard has launched a C-17 Globemaster III and crew to pick up Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) personnel and equipment in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The flight will then proceed to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where the DHHS workers will provide aid in earthquake recovery efforts. “I’m very proud of our National Guard, especially when they are involved on so many fronts,” said Governor Haley Barbour, commander in chief. “They always step up to the plate when their services are needed, and their services are definitely needed right now in Haiti.” “When tragedy strikes our Soldiers and Airmen always come to the front, regardless of the situation,” said Maj. Gen. William L. Freeman, Jr., the adjutant general of Mississippi. “Our people and our assets will be standing by for any other recovery support that may be required. The C-17s and crews are part of the 172nd Airlift Wing based at Thompson Field in Flowood. They also continue their medical evacuations flights into Iraq and Afghanistan.

DonnaLadd

Jan 14 2010

"Knowing the kind of devastation caused by natural disasters, it's only appropriate that Mississippi join the federal government, other states, and private resources to help relieve the human suffering in Haiti,” Governor Barbour said. That does seem worded weird for someone who usually sends out prayers from him and Marsha. Is he concerned that some of his supporters won't approve? Weird.

DonnaLadd

Jan 14 2010

I'm definitely sending some money for this project. Revern Pat Robertson is the reason I choose so carefully what church I attend. He says the earthquake is God's punishment to Haitians for making a pack with the devil. I wonder what's God's punishment for using genocide to take a country, guns to enslave a race of people, and continued racism to maintain superiority despite supposed reconstrction and a claim to Christianity that is rarely practiced by the claimers? Surely, that conduct shouldn't be punished, Revern Robertson. No wonder people are claiming to be atheists and agnostics at alarming rates.

Walt

Jan 15 2010

I have been seeing lots of miraculous recoveries in Haiti and lots of praying before and afterward. They tell me 80% of the people are Roman Catholic. Where is the proof that they serve the devil? What manner of people to handle this kind of tragedy and act with the grace, faith and fortitude I see daily in face of so much suffering and apparent despair. Is anyone surprised to see some looting or chaos. I'm surprised we don't see more. I'm glad I serve a real God and not Reverend Robertson. Rusk Limpbaugh has surely gone all the way crazy.

Walt

Jan 18 2010