Our Hearts Cry For You, Haiti

Although all of us Central Massachusetts GOP-ers feel a keen sense of urgency associated with the U.S. Senate campaign, it is important to step back for a moment and remember the people of Haiti who are enduring unimaginable agony. To be sure, words cannot adequately portray their suffering, that is, if one was fortunate enough to have even survived. Our hearts and prayers reach out to our Haitian brothers and sisters in this, their desperate hour, which will, by everything I have observed, stretch to weeks, months and years. As media attention fades, let us continue to remember Haiti's extreme adversity and help as we are able.

For those wishing to make a financial contribution, I suggest Church World Service. I have given to them in the past, and my daughter sent money to CWS that she and others raised for the tsunami victims of Thailand in 2004 -2005. Church World Service is religiously affiliated, however it is an organization that seems to make excellent use of dollars donated. Click on the second link to learn more about CWS' record of money in/money out.

Church World Service, home page
http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/PageServer

Church World Service, donation page. Scroll down for a quick and easy to read pie chart.
http://www.churchworldservice.org/site/PageServer?pagename=how_donate


Johnson, Carolyn Y., "Big Fault Known To Span Region." Boston Globe 14 Jan. 2010: A9.
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/01/14/major_fault_is_known_to_straddle_region_geologists_say/

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Katz, Jonathan M. (of Associated Press) "Ruin, Desperation In Haiti." Boston Globe 14 Jan. 2010: A1.