Donations made to this button will be contributed to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund, which is funding the relief for the Haiti Earthquake
The last week has been a very difficult one for the people
of Haiti,
and the American Red Cross has been working very hard to raise and deliver the
resources necessary to assist the recovery.
In all, the American people and the American Red Cross have
contributed more than $103 million to the effort. The Tri-County Red Cross has raised more than $300,000 of that response
thanks to the generosity of local businesses, churches, schools and
families.
Among those are the Wakefern Food Corporation (ShopRite stores), which has donated
$250,000 to the effort. Also many
schools -- including Bayberry Elementary School, Roselle High School, Elizabeth
High School, Rahway High School, Plainfield's public schools, and far more than
I can mention - have been very generous in raising funds. Add on to that the many individuals who
donated online at http://www.tricountyredcross.org
and this has been an amazing response from our local communities.
If your business or organization would like to help raise
funds for the American Red Cross, you can call Nathan Rudy or Corinna Krauskopf at (908) 756-6414, or e-mail us at info@tricountyredcross.org. We have a number of ways to work with your customer base to raise funds.
The chapter has also been supporting the repatriation of
American citizens flown back to McGuire Air Force Base. The Burlington County Red Cross has taken the lead and done an amazing job, and other state chapters volunteers and staff and donors have been assisting.
The funds raised above have supported the following American
Red Cross actions in Haiti:
- A Red
Cross field hospital has been set up at Hopital Universitaire d'Haiti in
downtown Port-au-Prince,
and surgeries began last night on people injured in the earthquake. Three Red Cross Basic Healthcare
Emergency Response Units (ERU) will be on the ground to provide care and
triage in Port-au-Prince,
and an additional ERU is being deployed.
Combined the Red Cross will
be able to care for a half million people.
- Three
Water and Sanitation ERUs are now on the ground setting up equipment and
initial water distributions have begun.
Once at full capacity, these ERUs will provide clean water for up
to 50,000 people each day.
- The
American Red Cross released all of its sheltering and feeding supplies
from its Panama
storage supply to support 10,000 families.
- The
American Red Cross provided blood and blood products to the U.S. Naval Air
Station in Jacksonville,
Florida. Requested by the U.S. Navy, the blood
was shipped to their facilities at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba in support of
medical evacuees from Haiti.
In addition, the American Red Cross has sent a shipment of blood products
to the UN Mission in Haiti.
We will continue to update our website at http://www.tricountyredcross.org
with more information as it becomes available.
You may also call us at (908) 756-6414 if you have questions.
