On January 12th, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, collapsing buildings and affecting thousands. It was the strongest earthquake ever to hit the region.

Rogers Wireless and Fido customers are encouraged to help those in Haiti by donating to Partners In Health: Haiti and other Haitian relief organizations. By sending the text message “HELP” to shortcode 1291.  Customers can donate $5.00 CDN to the Haitian relief efforts.  Rogers is working with The ONEXONE Foundation to facilitate 100 per cent of donations in funds and goods to Partners In Health. For more information, please visit www.rogers.com. For details on Partners In Health, please visit http://www.pih.org.

Salvation Army Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund - If you’re a Rogers subscriber you can text ‘Haiti’ to 45678 from your mobile phone to donate 5 dollars to the Salvation Army Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund. Visit www.salvationarmy.ca for more details.

The Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Fund - www.redcross.ca or by calling toll-free 1-800-418-1111 or by contacting their local Red Cross office.

Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief-www.hopeforhaitinow.org and www.canadaforhaiti.com

HELP PEOPLE FIND LOVED ONES: Canadians with family in Haiti can call the Foreign Affairs Emergency Operations Centre in Ottawa at 800-387-3124, 613-943-1055, or email sos@international.gc.ca. Canadians in Haiti can get in touch with Canadian Embassy officials in Port-au-Prince by calling 613-996-8885.

You can also donate at any one of Gabriel Pizza's 23 Ottawa locations. Donation boxes are set up in stores.

To donate through World Vision click here.

Laurier Optical is a locally owned optical company taht is becoming involved in the relief effor for Haiti. They are committing 1 million dollars in eye wear and eye care for this project. You can help too - donate your old glasses at ay one of their 11 locations in Ottawa. These glasses will be refurbished and new prespriction lenses put in.

Canadians have been exceptionally generous but we are asking for a bit more.  God’s Littlest Angles, a non-denominational Christian charity that operates an orphanage does in Haiti, was one of the first organizations to provide material support and relief to the Haitian people after the earthquake.  We have built and maintain a relief distribution system supplying necessary materials to hard to reach rural communities.  What we need now are supplies to distribute. 

During the month of March we will be collecting enough material to fill a 40-foot long shipping container’s for distribution to those in the greatest need.  We need lots of stuff; we need medicines and medical supplies, baby supplies, non-perishable food, camping equipment, especially tents and/or tarps, towels, sheets, even soap and band-aids, but please no clothing.  (A full list is attached)

Volunteers will pick up material from collection points, consolidate it and with the help of Canpar get it into a shipping container bound for Haiti.  The container leaves Ottawa at the end of March so over the next 4 weeks please drop off a few items in our boxes.
Items can be dropped off at the following locations:
• Vantage Dental Centre, 373 Vantage Dr.
• Muboyayi Professional Building, 4275 Innes Rd
• Walmart, 3900 Innes Road, (at Mer Bleu)
• Payless Shoes in Carlingwood Mall
• Centretown Community Health Center, 420 Cooper.    
• Royal LePage Team Realty Offices at the following locations:
o 1335 Carling Ave.Ottawa, Ontario
o 158 Rathwell Shore Road Carleton Place, Ontario
o 1375 County Road 18 ROxford Mills, Ontario
o 1096 Bridge Street Manotick, Ontario
o Unit# 11 - 2900 Woodroffe Avenue Nepean, Ontario
o 3441 McBean St Richmond, Ontario
o Unit# 4 - 4188 Spratt Rd Gloucester, Ontario (RIVERSIDE SOUTH)
o Unit# 12B - 6081 Hazeldean Rd Stittsville, Ontario