Haiti

[heidi]

Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed. There are a lot of schools that have a lot of dead people in them.

That's what the president of Haiti said this morning. Among those trapped inside the Parliament building but still alive was the president of the Haitian Senate, Kely Bastien.

There's a page up on DailyKos this morning with ways to help the relief effort in Haiti.

Fandom always does amazing things when help is needed, and it obviously is now. Is anyone interested in creating for and/or bidding on fan/original creations/foods/jewelry/art where the money goes to one of a few aid groups, such as the Red Cross, UNICEF, OXFAM, Wyclef Jean's or Jimmy Jean-Louis's (the Haitian from Heroes) organizations.

I'm happy to help organize a comm and manage things (although I will be very AFK on Saturday) if others are interested. Feel free to direct people to this post if you think they're interested in helping.

And of course, please text/repost/RT this: Text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to @RedCross relief efforts in #Haiti Learn more: http://bit.ly/6KiRtE

ETA I've set up help_haiti - for now, I'm just putting up some info about ways to donate now, and a poll about auction time-frame and donation methods.