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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>UMCOR (United Methodist
Committee on Relief) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor">http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Working with partners, Action by Churches Together, Church
World Service, Global Medic and the Methodist Church, UMCOR is channeling its
resources to respond effectively to the people most in need.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Gifts to support UMCOR's Haiti Relief efforts can be made
to Haiti Emergency, UMCOR Advance #418325 at<b> </b><a
href="http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations/umcor/donate.cfm?code=418325&id=3018760">http://secure.gbgm-umc.org/donations/umcor/donate.cfm?code=418325&id=3018760</a>.
Checks can be made to <b>UMCOR with Advance #418325 Haiti Emergency</b> in the
memo line. Checks can be put in the church's offering plate or mailed to UMCOR,
PO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>100% of gifts made to this advance will go to help the
people of Haiti.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>UMCOR Sager Brown is coordinating a shipment of health
kits to provide individuals with basic necessities. Instructions for assembling
and shipping health kits are available at <a
href="http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/getconnected/supplies/health-kit/"
target="_self" title="">http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/getconnected/supplies/health-kit/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Please pray for all of the people affected by the
earthquake in Haiti. Thank you for your faithful support for all of God’s
children.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>There will be a great need for volunteers to help rebuild
once the initial crisis has settled. At this time, it is not safe or possible
for volunteers to go to Haiti. In order to frame a response that is consistent
with the churches’ needs, people wishing to volunteer should contact their
jurisdictional Volunteer in Mission coordinator to determine when and how to
appropriately respond.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Sawyer Products<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Sawyer is offering to match donations of water filters
through specific organizations. <a
href="http://campaign.constantcontact.com/render?v=001rZH4ueSUQhgyDV0R_ec3D1iJsrwN61P6GzffqfeRCPUYAJ2lTdJTvcnozixw7eOfBpanTqJzcXZxaZ38L2q-_YCQ8PzhpeTIWN8tZjSPRyc7j_-B_qFl9G9QrviRJNrjaxWkFbB_eL5aM1C9IYfNQA%3D%3D"
target="_blank">Click here </a>for information on how to do this. To add
organizations to the list, contact Amy Reid at <a href="mailto:amy@sawyer.com">amy@sawyer.com</a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>For more information about Sawyer water filters visit <a
href="http://www.pointonefilter.com">www.pointonefilter.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)/United Church of Christ<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://globalministries.org/news/lac/haiti-earthquake-what-we.html">http://globalministries.org/news/lac/haiti-earthquake-what-we.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
font-style:normal'>Gifts for emergency relief can be made through One Great
Hour of Sharing, Week of Compassion or directly through Global Ministries with
the designation "Haiti Emergency." You can follow the links below:</span></em><strong><i><span
style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> </span></i></strong><i><o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>UCC</span></strong><br>
<img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="Picture_x0020_2"
src="cid:image001.gif@01CA9537.11DEE280"
alt="http://globalministries.org/images/m_images/arrow.png"><a
href="https://secure3.convio.net/ucc/site/Donation2?df_id=1234&1234.donation=form1"
target="_blank">OGHS Haiti Earthquake Appeal</a><br>
<img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="Picture_x0020_3"
src="cid:image001.gif@01CA9537.11DEE280"
alt="http://globalministries.org/images/m_images/arrow.png"><a
href="http://www.ucc.org/disaster/major-earthquake-strikes.html" target="_blank">OGHS
Haiti Earthquake Updates</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing style='margin-left:.5in'><strong><span style='font-family:
"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Disciples</span></strong><br>
<img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="Picture_x0020_4"
src="cid:image001.gif@01CA9537.11DEE280"
alt="http://globalministries.org/images/m_images/arrow.png"><a
href="https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=6566" target="_blank">WoC
Haiti Earthquake Appeal</a><br>
<img border=0 width=9 height=9 id="Picture_x0020_5"
src="cid:image001.gif@01CA9537.11DEE280"
alt="http://globalministries.org/images/m_images/arrow.png"><a
href="http://www.weekofcompassion.org/updates/" target="_blank">WoC Haiti
Earthquake Updates</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>New Life International<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://waterfortheworld.com">http://waterfortheworld.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>New Life International has 55
disaster purifier systems ($2,500.00 ea) boxed up and waiting to be sponsored
and sent out to Haiti either with the sponsoring agency or with disaster relief
teams that have contacted us looking for sponsored purifiers to take water
purifiers to Haiti. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>They also have 35 regular
systems boxed ($1,000.00 ea) and ready to be sponsored and shipped. We
have the capability to assembling another 100 if the need and sponsorship is
there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Anyone interested in
sponsoring a water system or donating to New Life can visit the website at <a
href="http://waterfortheworld.com/haiti">http://waterfortheworld.com/haiti</a>
or you can call the New Life office at 812-752-7474. If you have trouble
getting through, please feel free to contact Terry Bivens-Fry on her cell phone
at 812-989-2820.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Catholic Medical
Mission Board<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.cmmb.org">http://www.cmmb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Catholic Medical Mission Board is receiving donations to
help victims of the Haiti earthquake. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Monetary contributions can be made by sending checks,
payable to CMMB-Haiti, to CMMB, 10 West 17<sup>th</sup> Street, New York City,
New York 10011, or by calling 1 800 678 5659. Pledges can also be made via the
CMMB website, where an ad appears, cmmb.org, or by a direct web link: <span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://support.cmmb.org/Haiti" title="http://support.cmmb.org/Haiti">http://support.cmmb.org/Haiti</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Donated medicines and medical supplies are also being
accepted by CMMB. To make these donations, please contact Kathy Tebbett, at 1
212 242 7757.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Available spokespeople:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Dr. Dianne Jean-Francois, CMMB Country Director, Email
availability in Haiti – <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="mailto:djfrancois11@yahoo.com">djfrancois11@yahoo.com</a>;
no telephone availability<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Jeff Jordan, CMMB Senior Vice President for Programs,
Telephone: 011 260 976744016 or Email: <a href="mailto:jjordan@cmmb.org">jjordan@cmmb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Barbara Wright, CMMB Director of Communications,
Telephone: 1 212 609 2593, 1 917 734 5317 (mobile) or Email: <a
href="mailto:bwright@cmmb.org">bwright@cmmb.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Presbyterian Church
(USA)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.pcusa.org">http://www.pcusa.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is responding to this
earthquake through Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and its partners.
Presbyterian World Mission is gathering information on the safety and status of
our mission personnel and ecumenical partners in the area. For updates on the
earthquake and the church’s response, please continue to visit <a
href="http://www.pcusa.org/pda">http://www.pcusa.org/pda</a>. What are needed
most right now are funds for medical equipment, water, food, and shelter. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>Donations for Haiti: <a
href="http://www.pcusa.org/give/online/projectSelectAction.do?numberString=DR000064">http://www.pcusa.org/give/online/projectSelectAction.do?numberString=DR000064</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>International Medical
Relief<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.imrhq.org">http://www.imrhq.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>International Medical Relief is currently mobilizing medical
relief teams to go into Haiti to respond to the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>earthquake devastation. We need your help. We are a member
of the International Disaster Response Network currently setting up our
infrastructure in Haiti. If you would like to help our efforts here is how:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>TO APPLY AS A VOLUNTEER RESPONDER:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Are interested in joining in this effort? We will be
rotating medical and nonmedical relief volunteers into the area on an ongoing
basis. A limited number of participants will be able to be selected based on
our capabilities on the ground. To volunteer, contact us at <a
href="mailto:marylou@imrhq.org">marylou@imrhq.org</a> to request an
application. Here, you will get your name or your group added to our list of
potential volunteers. Please provide us with as much information as you can
about you or your group. After getting the application, complete it and email
us back your COMPLETED application. Applications will be accepted once all of
the required information is provided. All volunteers - medical and nonmedical
are required to complete the application. Volunteers will be required to
provide a donation of $100 for their participation to go toward ground
transportation and fees associated with the team on the ground. The donation
will vary depending on the number of days that a volunteer will be
participating. Your participation is not guaranteed until your application is
received, reviewed and you are accepted to participate.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>DONATING TO HAITI<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If you are able to donate to our Disaster Relief efforts
please fill out the attached form or contact <a href="mailto:marylou@imrhq.org">marylou@imrhq.org</a>;
we guarantee that 100 percent of your funds will go toward this cause. Thank
you for your consideration to help save lives in Haiti.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>ActionAid USA</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><a href="http://www.actionaidusa.org">http://www.actionaidusa.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>ActionAid responded <i>within hours </i>of the earthquake
hitting. Our international emergencies team mobilized immediately and
experienced members should reach our local staff in the next few hours. They
will support our Haiti staff in accessing and distributing emergency supplies
and performing short- and medium-term needs assessment with our partners and
the authorities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>When emergencies occur, ActionAid responds efficiently
and effectively in the short term through our Strategic Crisis Fund (<a
href="https://actionaidusa.org/do/donate/haitian_relief_alert_web">https://actionaidusa.org/do/donate/haitian_relief_alert_web</a>)
which allows immediate disbursement of funds for rapid or slow-onset
humanitarian response, such as providing medicines, food and shelter to people
in need.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing>ActionAid has been in Haiti since 1996, working with over
30,000 people. We urgently need your help to save lives in the short term,
while we also assist Haitians to rebuild their lives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:blue'>************************************</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";
color:red'>Sharon Franzén</span></i></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director
of Communications and Conferences</span></i></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Christian
Connections for International Health</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><ns0:Street><ns0:address>1817
Rupert St, </ns0:address></ns0:Street><ns0:place><ns0:City>McLean</ns0:City>,
<ns0:State>VA</ns0:State> <ns0:PostalCode>22101</ns0:PostalCode></ns0:place></span></i><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:sfranzen@ccih.org" title="mailto:sfranzen@ccih.org"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:blue'>sfranzen@ccih.org</span></a>;
<a href="http://www.ccih.org/" title="http://www.ccih.org"><span
style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:blue'>www.ccih.org</span></a></span></i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>410-857-6362
(home/office)</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>443-605-9861(cell)</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Skype:
sbfranzen<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>The
mission of Christian Connections for International Health is to promote
international health and wholeness from a Christian perspective. CCIH
provides field-oriented information resources and a forum for discussion,
networking, and fellowship to the spectrum of Christian organizations
and individuals working in international health.</span><i><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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