Help for Haiti events calendar

In response to the crisis in Haiti, George Street United Church will have a ham, scallop potato and bean dinner Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 6 p.m. (Takeouts 5:30 p.m.) Tickets $15. Additional donations to the cause will be receipted upon request. Call the Church Office at 726-8775 to reserve tickets or for more information.

If you're planning an event, e-mail life@thetelegram.com and we'll add it to our on-line calendar.

Donation dollars at work

Salvation Army - Focus on food aid of more than one million units of emergency rations being distributed through mobile kitchens. More information can be seen at the Salvation Army website (www.salvationarmy.ca). The site now includes the story of a baby born in Haiti following the earthquake disaster.

Oxfam - Focus on water distribution. More information on relief efforts by Oxfam's staff of 200 in Haiti can be seen at the Oxfam Canada website (www.oxfam.ca). The site includes a Haiti Earthquake support Q&A and a day-by-day blog from the ground by aid worker Helen Hawkings. Oxfam is also joined with CARE and Save the Children in the Humanitarian Coalition (www.thehumanitariancoalition.ca) to better co-ordinate relief efforts.

Red Cross - Focus on medical aid. On Monday announced a field hospital had been established in Port au Prince with $800,000 in support from the Canadian government and a donation from the Norwegian government. More information on relief efforts of more than 400 Red Cross workers who have arrived in Haiti since the earthquake is available at the Red Cross website (www.redcross.ca).

Hands Across the Sea - A Christian ministry directed by Karen R. Huxter of Steady Brook who has been living and ministering in the country of Haiti since 1995.

To make a donation

Salvation Army - In addition to the Centre des Grands Vents benefit concert, donations to the Salvation Army's Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund can be made online, by phone (1-800-725-2769 or text "Haiti" to 45678) or by mail:

The Salvation Army

National Processing Centre

P.O. Box 8200

Winnipeg, Manitoba

R3C 4W5

Donors are asked to specify their gift to Haiti relief if desired.

Oxfam - In addition to the fundraisers at The Rock House and The Breezeway, donations to Oxfam's relief efforts can be made online, by phone (1-800-466-9326) or by mail:

Haiti Earthquake, Oxfam Canada, 210-410 Adelaide Street W, Toronto, ON, M5V 1S8

Oxfam is reminding donors to send financial contributions, but not actual goods, as they are costly to transport.

Red Cross - In addition to Saturday's benefit at Junctions, donations to the Red Cross for Haiti relief efforts can be made online, by phone (1-800-418-1111) or by visiting any Red Cross office in Newfoundland and Labrador:

St. John's, 17 Major's Path, A1A 4Z9, (709) 758-8400

Grand Falls-Windsor, 28 Cromer Avenue, A2A 1X2, (709) 489-5522

Corner Brook, 9 Main St., CIBC Building, A2H 1C2, (709) 634-4626

Wabush, Wabush Shopping Plaza, A0R 1B0, (709) 944-2570

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