Local Haiti Donation Sites

This list of physical and virtual donation spots comes from the Westchester Legislators.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING NECESSITIES:

Yonkers

City Council Majority Leader Patricia McDow’s and Council Member Wilson Terrero’s office

Yonkers City Hall

40 South Broadway, Room 407

Contact: 914-377-6311

 

Assemblyman Mike Spano’s District Office

35 E. Grassy Sprain Road, #406B

Yonkers

Contact: 914-779-8805

 

 

RESIDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO LOCATE FAMILY IN HAITI:

For inquiries about loved ones, there is the hotline number — (888) 407-4747 — which can be used to find out information about U.S. Citizens.  To find out information about Haitian nationals, please call the Haitian Embassy in Washington, DC at 202-332-4090 or the New York Haitian Consulate at 212-697-9767.

 

Governor David Paterson has established an online registry of New York State citizens in Haiti at the time of Tuesday’s horrific earthquake. To access the online registry, go to the Governor’s website, www.ny.gov/governor/ and click on the New York State Registry of New York Citizens in Haiti. You will be asked to provide the name of the individuals you have not had contact with and provide some essential contact information. For those who do not have access to the web, the Governor has established a hotline – 1-888-769-7243 – staffed at the Department of Taxation and Finance. The information collected will not be used or shared for any purpose unrelated to locating and identifying family and friends in Haiti. 

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS AND SPECIAL FRENCH/CREOLE MASS:

 

Sunday, January 17 at 5:00pm

St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church

120 Division Street

New Rochelle

For more information: 914-632-0211

 

Sunday, January 17 at 6:30pm

St. John the Evangelist Parish

148 Hamilton Avenue

White Plains

For more information: 914-949-0439

 

 

TEXT MESSAGE CAMPAIGNS:

  1. Grammy Award-winning artist and producer and native-born Haitian activist Wyclef Jean’s foundation, Yele Haiti, has been accepting donations.  Text "Yele" to 501501 and $5 will be charged to your phone bill.
  2. At this point in time, the American Red Cross is accepting monetary donations. You can text “HAITI” to “90999″ to make a $10 donation to be charged to your phone bill.

 

 

REPUTABLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR MONETARY DONATIONS:

 

Visit www.CHARITYNAVIGATOR.ORG or the www.guidestar.org for a database of non-profits and ratings of the best charities online. Here is a short list of reputable non-profit organizations that are accepting financial donations:

 

UNICEF

Haiti Earthquake Fund

(800)4-UNICEF

www.unicef.org

 

OXFAM AMERICA

Haiti Earthquake Response Fund

(800) 77-OXFAM (776-9326) 

www.oxfamamerica.org

 

SAVE THE CHILDREN

Haiti Earthquake Children in Emergency Fund

(800) 728-3843 

http://www.savethechildren.org/countries/latin-america-caribbean/haiti

 

DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA

(888) 392-0392 

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org

1 Comment

  1. Thank you to all of you that made donations by phone, at our web site http://www.redcross.org and through the mail. The situation is getting more desperate by the moment. The Red Cross will accept gifts restricted to the Haiti earthquakes. Please give today.

    You can help the victims of countless crises, like the recent earthquake in Haiti, around
    the world each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross International
    Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through
    supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need. The American Red
    Cross honors donor intent.

    If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster,
    please do so at the time of your donation by mailing your donation with the designation
    to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 or to your local
    American Red Cross chapter. Donations to the International Response Fund can be made
    by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or online at http://www.redcross.org

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