Hope

Friends, we need some.

I tend to shy away from posting about current events, partly because I work in news and want some time away, but mostly because I'd like to keep this blog as "light" as possible. The devastating earthquake in Haiti, however, has me rethinking today's priorities. I can't begin to convey the overwhelming sadness I feel at the sight of each new image and story that comes out of this tragedy. There have been several moments when I truly feel myself disintegrating. As a dear friend put it so simply last night, "this world is so small, how can we not band together to help?"

People need food, they need water, they need hope. If you're interested in contributing, here are some small ways to do a lot of good:

• Text "Yele" to 501501 to donate $5 (the price of your morning coffee) to YELE HAITI
  
• Purchase the great print above for $20 and artist Claudia Pearson will donate 25% to Yele Haiti, an organization raising relief money.
• Red Cross
  
• Partners in Health
• Unicef
• Yele

P.S. Just discovered sf girl by bay's in-depth list of various artists, blogs and shops holding fundraisers and donating to the relief efforts. Love it.

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