Haiti Earthquake - Find a Charity You Can Trust

There are dozens of organizations mobilizing to support Haiti.  Here are three organizations that have a good track record of making a much needed difference with your donations. To help, people should donate cash and not clothing or canned goods. Cash buys supplies without the delay and cost of shipping items that may not be needed.

• Charity Navigator, America's premier independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of over 5,400 of America's largest charities. http://www.charitynavigator.org/

Relief Organizations:

• American Red Cross<http://www.redcross.org/>
• Donating via text message: Text HAITI to 90999 American Red Cross
• The American Red Cross offers compassionate services in five areas: community services that help the needy; support and comfort for military members and their families; the collection, processing and distribution of lifesaving blood and blood products; educational programs that promote health and safety; and international relief and development programs.
• Mediwish International - http://www.medwish.org/  Local Cleveland based company.  Primary goal is to recover, recycle, and redistribute donated medical supplies and equipment as humanitarian aid.
• Action Against Hunger-USA http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/ is part of the ACF International Network. The mission of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, especially during and after emergency situations of conflict, war and natural disaster.