Support Haiti – $500 Goes to Danitas Children and IRC

BY Ben Lang Jan. 26, 2010 28 Comments

After much thought I’ve decided to send the money to two different organizations, half to Danita’s Children and the other half to the International Rescue Committee.

Although I would have preferred to have donated the money to a more creative cause such as phonecards, or a performing arts event, I was told that the logistics and costs would be too complicated.

I would like to thank all of you again that participated whether by submitting ideas, pledging money or promoting. We showed how generous the blogging world could be for disasters such as the one in Haiti.

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28 Responses to “Support Haiti – $500 Goes to Danitas Children and IRC”

  1. Marianne Reply Jan. 26, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Good job, Ben! I am sure everyone will support what you have chosen to do.

  2. tony ramirez Reply Jan. 26, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    Awesome!

  3. David | MyLifeEngineered.com Reply Jan. 26, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    Great work Ben!

  4. Hesham @ FamousBloggers Reply Jan. 26, 2010 at 6:21 pm

    Well done Ben, decided what to do with money or where to send it is not easy job! thank you for your effort to organize this beautiful work in behalf of all bloggers in our community! you have proven something good about bloggers!
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  5. Clint Johnston Reply Jan. 26, 2010 at 7:12 pm

    Awesome Choices, Ben and great Work with this idea. Keep up the good work.

    Thanks for choosing Danita’s Children, it will be greatly appreciated by those kids.
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  6. Typhoon Reply Jan. 27, 2010 at 3:17 am

    Nice to know that you have decided where the donation money will go. Will just reply to your mail in couple of minutes.

    Thanks for conducting this donation program.
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  7. Shonika Proctor Reply Jan. 27, 2010 at 9:47 pm

    Hi Ben,

    Both are great choices! In sharing my idea I was trying to think of a way you could multiply the money….in true entrepreneur fashion. But the community helped to do that part for you with a lot lower risk.

    In honor of you and Renegade Teens for Global Change, I am going to also make a donation to Danita’s Children. I lost my company bank card today…so that was my sign from the universe that I need to donate some money to someone this month :)

    Appreciate you so much. You are truly inspirational.

    XO

    @teenbizcoach
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  8. Don Power Reply Jan. 28, 2010 at 3:47 pm

    Congratulations Ben!

    Well done!

    - Don
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  9. Shirley Reply Jan. 28, 2010 at 6:35 pm

    Great job, Ben. It’s great to see that the money is being put to good use and the Haitians are being helped, that’s all that matters :) .
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  10. Ed Reply Jan. 31, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    Awesome man
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  11. Ruben@AutoShipping Reply Feb. 01, 2010 at 1:49 am

    I send 10 bucks using txt to wyclef’s charity for Haiti.

    Its good to see people donating to current causes such as Haiti

  12. Lee Ka Hoong Reply Feb. 02, 2010 at 5:54 pm

    Great to hear that Ben! Thanks for giving us a chance to help Haiti too, I hope the money helps Haiti and hope everything is going smooth.

    Cheers,
    Lee

  13. Clint Johnston Reply Feb. 02, 2010 at 6:46 pm

    Hey Ben, I met with Danita’s US office in Orlando last week and presented the money Run4Haiti.com raised and told her about your site as well. They were very happy to hear about you and very much in need since they took in many more orphans since the quake. I also heard from Danita herself, and she is in Port-Au-Prince right now helping and looking for more children in need. So its a very worthy cause and thanks again for choosing them. It was greatly appreciated. Check my site for updates if you’re curious.

    Great work.
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    • Ben Lang Reply Feb. 02, 2010 at 7:30 pm

      Hey Clint,

      Thanks for the update, it definitely seems like a worthy cause. I will for sure continue to check your site for updates.

      Thanks again for introducing me to Danita’s Children.

  14. Serge@CarTransporters Reply Feb. 05, 2010 at 11:59 am

    I sent 20 bucks to text to wyclef’s charity for Haiti. Hope people doing the right thing too.

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