DONATE: City Comes Together With Columbus Hope For Haiti
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NBC 4 partners with the City of Columbus and Central Ohio media for Columbus Hope For Haiti - benefiting American Red Cross Haiti Relief.
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For inquiries about relatives living and who have citizenship in Haiti, be patient and call repeatedly until the lines clear or contact other family members who live nearby. Telephone, Internet and other communication lines are often disrupted in times of disaster. People trying to locate U.S. citizens living or traveling in Haiti should contact the U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Citizens Services, at 888-407-4747 or 202-647-5225.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—After three extremely successful CALL 4’s, NBC 4 is partnering with the city, Columbus media and the American Red Cross for Columbus Hope for Haiti Thursday.
Join NBC 4 and Central Ohio with Columbus Hope For Haiti, Thursday, Jan 21 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Ohio Historical Society at Interstate 71 and 17th Avenue.
Columbus Hope For Haiti is a drive-through fund-raising effort, benefiting the American Red Cross Haiti Relief. Donations will be used to assist communities affected by the earthquake in Haiti.
The violent earthquake in Haiti has affected three million people and left thousands homeless. With the support of Columbus and Central Ohio residents, the Red Cross will make a difference. Local TV, Radio, and Print personalities, along with government officials and the American Red Cross, will be on hand to accept cash and check donations all day. Attendees will stay warm and dry in their cars to donate at the drive-through event. Checks should be made payable to American Red Cross Haiti Relief.
The events are free and open to the public. Residents are encouraged to stop by any time on January 21 to meet personalities from these TV, radio and print companies: WBNS 10TV, NBC 4, ABC 6, FOX 28, WOSU, CD101, Clear Channel Columbus, Clear Channel Outdoor, Columbus Radio Group, 97.1 The Fan, Radio One, The Columbus Dispatch, alive!, Fronteras, Wilks Broadcasting and ThisWeek Newspapers.
Donations also can be made to the American Red Cross at anytime by calling 800-HELP-NOW or online at http://www.redcross.org.
You also can help by texting “Haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross through an effort backed by the U.S. State Department.
NBC 4 partnered with the American Red Cross and activated 4’s ARMY: Helping Haiti Recover Wednesday through Friday last week, raising more than $44,000.
TO DONATE TO THE RELIEF EFFORTS
Lifeline Christian Mission of Westerville:
http://www.lifeline.org or 614-794-0108.
Hand to Hand Foundation of New Albany:
http://www.handtohandhaiti.com
Catholic Relief Services:
https://secure.crs.org/site/Donation2?df_id=3181&3181.donation=form1, 800-736-3467 or mail a check donation to Catholic Relief Services, P.O. Box 17090, Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
Salvation Army:
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org or 800-SAL-ARMY
Columbus Jewish Federation/American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC):
http://www.jdc.org, 212-687-6200 or mail a check donation to JDC-Haiti Earthquake Relief, P.O. Box 530, 132 East 43rd St., New York, NY, 10017
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