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Donate to the Red Cross Haiti relief effort via iTunes

The people of Haiti are enduring the devastating catastrophe brought about by this week's earthquake. Relief is finally beginning to arrive but there is an overwhelming amount of work to do.

You can support the American Red Cross by making a donation through the iTunes Store. it's quite easy: Just navigate to the donation page [iTunes link] and select the amount you'd like to send. Donation options range from $5US to $200. The Store confirms that 100% of your donation will go to The American Red Cross.

Your iTunes Store account will be charged as necessary. Please do what you can to support the emergency relief efforts.

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The people of Haiti are enduring the devastating catastrophe brought about by this week's earthquake. Relief is finally beginning to arrive...
 

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meganshuang

please contribute to the relief effort in Haiti

go visit this site.. http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org

check this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fPjDcDGuGk&hd=1

January 30 2010 at 2:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
meganshuang

please contribute to the relief effort in Haiti

go visit this site.. http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org

check this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fPjDcDGuGk&hd=1

January 29 2010 at 2:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Lee

I've been donating at Wawa (a regional convenience store in the NJ, PA, DE area) each time I stop in. If it weren't for that, I would donate through iTunes, though. Good idea.

January 17 2010 at 1:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
kona2010

Big thanks to all the people that donated money. I was born there and I can tell you that there is nothing left. You can and should feel good about donating $5 in this case. Bill Clinton's organisation is also a good way to go. He's been on the ground and I trust him to do the right thing.

Thanks again and God bless America.

January 17 2010 at 11:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
james Churchman

amazingly effective use of technology… most people don’t donate because they feel that wasting 20 mins it often takes is not worth the $/£10 they are trying to donate not because they don’t want to donate… this makes it so easy… fantastic...

January 16 2010 at 7:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mike

yeah the way of tech and charity has amazed me i heard the text to yelle i think thats one of the donators for txt messages has receved about 10 million or close to it just from text messages. im puting down 5 as well

January 16 2010 at 11:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alexander Acker

Joanna,

I've seen your flames here and there on this blog. Even in a time of real tragedy, you still find a way to speak your agenda.

Get a life. Get a conscious. Go away.

January 16 2010 at 6:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Martin

Then why did you bring up trust if it's a tax issue?

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If you have some money sitting around in PayPal you can also donate via this link (the only PayPal one I can find, and the one I used):

http://www.savethechildren.org/get-involved/fundraising-challenges/alt-ways-to-give-earthquake-wpg-haiti-0110.html

January 16 2010 at 6:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Justin

So because YOU don't live in the US means that the Red Cross isn't trustworthy? Seems to be a failed bit of logic. Should I also stop watching BBC World News because they aren't a trustwothy news source for me as an American?

January 16 2010 at 5:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alexander Acker

I did and was easy thanks to iTunes. Everyone reading this blog who has a conscious should too... terrible disaster! Buy $10 less apps this year and give $10.

January 16 2010 at 5:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike Puchol

Er...I have tried, and unless you have a payment method (credit card etc.) you CANNOT donate. If your credit comes from gift cards, for example, you are NOT able to donate. I'll just have to send the money a different way, but one gets the feeling that red tape and bureaucrats always throw spanners in the works, even when people are dying...

January 16 2010 at 5:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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milkmage

you can send a text to some number - look it up on whitehouse.gov or cnn - don't trust me :) text haiti to 90999

it's 10 bucks a pop, you get the chance to confirm. it goes to the red cross.

the donation shows up on your cell bill but i'm pretty sure you have to pay that bill before the red cross sees a penny

January 17 2010 at 10:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alexander Acker

Errr.. don't you think credit card transactions account for the majority of revenue on iTunes? Gift card transactions aren't the same as credit or debit transactions. They're classified as "prepaid" (or gift) and processed differently with merchant's, merchant's banks, and with your bank.

It's great that iTunes is doing this. It makes it easy for people to donate and gives its user a sense of trust (versus going to a charity site directly).

January 17 2010 at 12:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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