Haiti

I've been blogging into the future lately and loading a bunch of posts and letting them post themselves because I knew I was going to be busy during the beginning of the year. This is the first chance I've had to sit a write about the unbelievable human tragedy that occured in Haiti last week.

I am afraid there will be people taking advantage of the situation to set up false charities to funnel money into their own pockets so when you donate, and you should donate, please do it wisely.

I do happen to know that texting the word HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 is legitimate, as is The Red Cross. There is also THIS PROJECT that I found over on Patty's Blog if you want to put a more personal spin on your donation.

UPDATE:
Texting in your donation may not be the best way to help afterall... at least not in the short term. You see... the folks who desperately need the money NOW won't be getting it until April or so... basicly when people pay their phone bills. Full story HERE.