Is the Red Cross accepting volunteers or goods for Haiti?
• While we appreciate these heartfelt offers, we are not recruiting volunteers or accepting household items for Haiti relief. • We are only deploying Red Cross volunteers specially trained to manage international emergency operations. • Please consider supporting your community’s needs by volunteering with your local Red Cross; some chapters are in need of local volunteers to staff call centers and other activities in support of this response. • At this time, what we need the most are financial contributions – whether by check, online or by phone. The Red Cross and other the organizations leading the efforts in Haiti most need financial gifts in order to best serve the victims. Things like clothes are not helpful right now because there is nowhere to store them, no one to sort them, and it would be difficult to transport the items to Haiti. One good way to turn clothes into cash is to have a garage sale and then donate the money to the relief efforts. • If you would like to offer suppl
