American compassion?

I am sick and tired of reading FB posts and editorials that suggest it is wrong to help Haiti because we have homeless people and hungry children here in America. When we start drawing boundaries around our compassion, we hurt more than those who are truly in need--we hurt ourselves by becoming less human. National boundaries are arbitrary, compassion should never be. That's it. Think about it. Read more!

Heartbreak in Haiti

A injured man carries his dead daughter after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010. A major earthquake rocked Haiti, killing possibly thousands of people as it toppled the presidential palace and hillside shanties alike and left the Caribbean nation appealing for international help. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

The Huffington Post has a full list of ways to donate with just a text message:

•Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross
•Text HAITI to 25383 to donate $5 to International Rescue Committee
•Text HAITI to 45678 to donate $5 to the Salvation Army in Canada
•Text YELE to 501501 to donate $5 to Yele
•Text HAITI to 20222 to donate $10 through the Clinton Foundation
•Text HAITI to 864833 to donate $5 to The United Way
•Text CERF to 90999 to donate $5 to The United Nations Foundation
•Text DISASTER to 90999 to donate $10 to Compassion International
•Text RELIEF to 30644 (this will connect you with Catholic Relief Services and instruct you to donate money with your credit card)

www.heifer.org is also very involved in restoring sustainable livelihoods to the devastated population.

Very difficult to stop looking at the pictures. And it's nothing, of course, compared to living it day in and day out.

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Help for Haiti

A woman stands in the rubble of her home the day after an earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010.
(AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

You can text "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill. Or you can go online to organizations like the Red Cross and Mercy Corps to make a contribution to the disaster relief efforts.

It worked very easily when I did it and definitely looked legit. Read more!