text 'HAITI' to '90999' and a donation of $10 will be made automatically to the Red Cross

[BurtWorm]

From Eschaton (I'm trying to verify):

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/bRuz/~3/6ickx2YJ9Yw/help.html

Thanks to Chicago Dyke for the h/t

"The U.S. State Department Operations Center set up the following number for Americans seeking information about relatives in Haiti: [phone]. The department cautioned that because of heavy volume, some callers may hear a recording. The State Department said those interested in helping immediately may text 'HAITI' to '90999' and a donation of $10 will be made automatically to the Red Cross for relief efforts. The donation will be charged to your cellphone bill. The department also suggested contacting agencies such as the Red Cross or Mercy Corps to help with relief efforts."


Update:

http://twitter.com/whitehouse/statuses/7697534181

Text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to @RedCross relief efforts in #Haiti. Learn more: http://bit.ly/6KiRtE @dipnote

about 12 hours ago from HootSuite

[BurtWorm]

1. From Whitehouse.gov

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/12/thoughts-and-prayers-haiti

The State Department has a post up as well, with remarks from Secretary Clinton and ways to help:

As Secretary Clinton said earlier, the U.S. government will offer assistance to Haiti and others in the region in the form of civilian and military disaster relief and humanitarian assistance.

For those interesting in helping immediately, simply 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.

[liberal N proud]

2. Just a note on that

I think it is a great way to quickly donate and they need it badly.

But one should be for-warned that that $10 is going one your phone bill or from your minutes allotment.

Just a friendly FYI

K&R

[BurtWorm]

3. Yes, you should consider it a donation.

This is not one of those magic e-mail your friends and Bill Gates will donate a $1 deals.

[BurtWorm]

4. kick

[Ignis]

K&R

:kick:

[cali]

5. thanks for posting this.

[BurtWorm]

6. check in if you donated

check

[johnnie]

7. Did it last night

Thanks for posting

[krispos42]

8. I just did it

You get an "are you sure?" message. Reply with "Yes" and a 2nd message thanking you for your donation pops up, and a third message totalling how much you've given so far.


It was really fast.

[Happyhippychick]

9. Kicked and donated

[BolivarianHero]

10. I'll see if it works in Canada...

I'll post it on Facebook if it does.

[BurtWorm]

11. Does it?

I don't see why not.

[BolivarianHero]

15. No...

And I can't figure out why between the Red Cross, Twitter, and our carriers, it's so goddamn hard to get it working...Incompetent racists.

[SidDithers]

17. Just tried it. Don't think it worked...

The message went through, but nothing else happened.

Sid (on Rogers)

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

12. Kick. n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

18. Kickety kick. n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

13. .

[Synnical]

14. Done. n/t

[Nikki Stone1]

16. K & R: And if you don't like donating to the RC, there are other options:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7455914&mesg_id=7455914

[dave29]

19. done this morning

thanks for posting!