Dear Members of PTBAS,
In response to the devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti on January 12, as Rabbi Herzfeld mentioned on Shabbat we would like to share with you the contact information for several organizations that have established relief funds for the earthquake victims.
In addition to the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health, the Clinton-Bush Haiti Relief Foundation established at the request of President Obama, , and many other organizations, the URJ, AJWS, and UJA (which lists a telephone number for donations as well) are accepting monetary contributions toward rescue, relief, and/or rebuilding in Haiti:
1) Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) Haiti Relief Fund:
Online:
www.urj.org/socialaction/issues/relief/Haiti/ By check: Check should be payable to URJ, with “Haiti Relief” written on the “memo” line.
Mail to: URJ
Attention: Development
633 Third Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10017
2) American Jewish World Service (AJWS) Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund:
Online:
www.ajws.org/haitiearthquake By check: Check should be payable to AJWS, with “Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund” written on the “memo” line.
Mail to: AJWS
45 West 36th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10018-7904
3) United Jewish Appeal (UJA)– Federation Haiti Relief Fund provides a telephone number for donations as well as a website and a mailing address:
By telephone: (212) 836-1486
Online:
www.ujafedny.org By check: Check should be payable to UJA- Federation of NY, with “Haiti Relief Fund” written on the “memo” line.
Mail to: UJA-Federation of NY
Haiti Relief Fund
PO Box 4227
New York, NY 10261-4227
Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti and their relatives and friends in the wake of this devastating event.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Joyce Kantrowitz and Janet Haynes
For PTBAS Social Action
