For Those Less Fortunate

I would like to take a moment for those who have been devastated by yesterday's earthquake in Haiti. Latest reports this evening put the casualty toll near half a million, with hundreds of thousands of others missing homeless and separated from their loved ones and billions in damage in an already economically poor nation. The Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and other foundations including a group of local Beaverton Missionaries who were in Port au Prince when disaster struck, are set up to provide relief in every kind of troubled time and are accepting donations of many kinds, from money, to medicine, volunteers, food, clothing and much more. If you can find it in your heart to give any amount of aid to one of these organizations or find a way to give in your own community, things like this could go miles in the direction of people doing good to people for the right reasons.

As my personal knitting hero The Yarn Harlot lays it out here far more eloquently then I ever could, go give, get good karma!. She is also the founder of Knitters Without Borders, done so with the aid of a family member who works for MSF or Doctors Without Borders (link provided above) in response to the tsunami disaster on December 26th 2004. She asks (and I totally agree) that any donations made to MSF or DWB be made to their emergency funds of general relief funds so that it can be applied where it is most needed. More info can be had at the links I have provided above.

I know this seems like a rushed post slapped together with other peoples links but I am merely trying to spread the word as best I can. Pleasepleaseplease, I know that times are super tough and everyone is struggling but if all you can provide is a prayer for those people who are suffering, be it in Haiti or Darfur or Downtown it will go a long way.

Eventually I will think of a way to make this into a button link to the TSF/KWB FAQ page!