Support Haiti – $500 Goes to Danitas Children and IRC

BY 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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  • tony ramirez

    Awesome!

  • Marianne

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

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks, I am very glad that you participated in this :)

  • David | MyLifeEngineered.com

    Great work Ben!

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks so much David for donating!

  • http://www.run4haiti.com/ Clint Johnston

    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.
    .-= Clint Johnston´s last blog post: Thank You =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks Clint for sharing with me information about Danita’s Children, its greatly appreciated.

  • http://www.famousbloggers.net Hesham @ FamousBloggers

    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!
    .-= Hesham @ FamousBloggers´s last blog post: Good Guys at Google Offer Grants for Non-Profits =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks Hesham! It really did come to show the power that bloggers have and what good they can do in this world.

  • http://www.smartbloggerz.com Typhoon

    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.
    .-= Typhoon´s last blog post: Faster Web Sites For Happier Visitors And Better Conversion Rates =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Great, I’m so glad that you participated. Thanks again :)

  • Shonika Proctor

    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
    .-= Shonika Proctor´s last blog post: Girls Going Places Nationwide Competition to Award $30,000 in Prizes for Teen Girl Entrepreneurs =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Hi Shonika,

      Thanks so much, I’m so glad to hear that you are also going to be donating to Danita’s Children. You are awesome :)

  • http://donpower.me Don Power

    Congratulations Ben!

    Well done!

    - Don
    .-= Don Power´s last blog post: How to use Facebook to Conduct a Blogger Interview =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks Don,

      I’m so happy that you were able to participate, and donate :)

  • http://shirleyszone.com/ Shirley

    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 :) .
    .-= Shirley´s last blog post: Review: The Lateral Action Guide To Becoming A Creative Entrepreneur =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks Shirley,

      I’m trying to put it to the best use possible. :)

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  • http://www.guidegoods.blogspot.com Ed

    Awesome man
    .-= Ed´s last blog post: Watch Star Wars Episode 4 On Your Command Prompt =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks man ;)

  • Ruben@AutoShipping

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

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

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Great job! :)

  • Lee Ka Hoong

    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

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks so much Lee for participating, the money really will help especially now when the media has stopped focusing on Haiti…

  • http://www.run4haiti.com/ Clint Johnston

    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.
    .-= Clint Johnston´s last blog post: Making Your Donations Count =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      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.

  • Serge@CarTransporters

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

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      That’s great to hear, it’s so impressive how much they raised through that text messaging campaign.