UPDATED 1/21/2010 - Disaster in Haiti
Teams from The Salvation Army are on the ground in Port au Prince, Haiti. Nearly 7,000 people were given a five-day supply of food Monday by The Salvation Army in Port-au-Prince. Hundreds of others, including infants at an orphanage, received medical care from Salvation Army doctors who are responding to the earthquake.
Major Julie Louden will lead a Community Prayer Service for the people of Haiti and the relief workers on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 7pm in the chapel at The Salvation Army Worship Center located at 100 SW 9th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312. Everyone is invited!
For more information on how you can help, please call our office at (954)524-6991 and choose the option for Disaster Relief. Currently, The Salvation Army is collecting monetary donations for the relief effort in the following ways:
- Via the internet at www.salvationarmyusa.org
- Via phone at 1-800-SAL-ARMY - Designate your gift to "Haiti Earthquake"
- Via check at The Salvation Army World Service Office, International Disaster Relief Fund, P.O. Box 630728, Baltimore, MD, 21263-0728 - Write "Haiti Earthquake" in the memo line on your check
- Via text by texting the word "HAITI" to 52000, to automatically give $10 to The Salvation Army's relief efforts
Medical teams, other specially trained volunteers, officers and staff from across the country and Canada, are being flown via donated corporate jet aircraft from airports in South Florida as flights are available. Special thanks to Gulfstream International Airlines for their help with the flights into and out of Haiti. We literally couldn't do this without them!
We have received several calls about the possibility of UPS offering free shipping of donated goods. Unfortunately, this is a hoax.
To learn more about what The Salvation Army is doing here in Broward County... view our video "Faces Behind The Red Shield"