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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Stacy Howard
Community Relations Director
Northwest Divisional Headquarters
(O) 206-217-1280 (C) 206-714-1469
Stacy.Howard@USW.Salvationarmy.org
Additional Salvation Army Relief Teams En Route to Haiti
Monetary Donations the Most Critical Need As Supplies and Personnel Are Mobilized
SEATTLE, WA (Jan. 14, 2010) – The Salvation Army is continuing to mobilize people and resources to assist with the international relief effort in Haiti following a severe earthquake Tuesday that damaged much of the country’s infrastructure.
Current response includes:
- 44,000 lbs. of emergency rations, packaged and ready to move from the Midwest
- 285,120 meals
- 20 pallets, each box is 33 lbs, 66 boxes per pallet
- Each box has rice, soy and vitamins, and is plastic wrapped for disaster
- The Salvation Army is working with other agencies to identify appropriate air transportation to move the already-packaged food as quickly as possible.
- The first Salvation Army assessment team is awaiting passage in the Turks and Caicos Islands as air space into Haiti is currently limited to military transport. This team will support personnel already on-the-ground in Haiti, where The Salvation Army has had a presence since the 1950s.
- As with all such relief efforts, The Salvation Army’s initial focus, in addition to the safety and security of officers, staff and volunteers in Haiti, will be to assess the immediate needs of the people affected by the earthquake, then utilize its resources to mobilize and ship food, water and other critical necessities to where they are most needed.
The Salvation Army has had a presence in Haiti since 1950 and its personnel were affected by the earthquake and are now working to assist people in need
- The Salvation operates schools, clinics, hospital, feeding programs, children's homes and church-related activities through some 60 Corps community centers across the country.
- One Salvation Army compound near Port Au Prince experienced severe damage, including collapsed buildings; No one was injured in the collapse.
- The Salvation Army in Haiti is currently assessing damage and need throughout the country.
- Once damage and needs are assessed – and supplies arrive – The Salvation Army hopes to begin distribution on a small scale of items including food, water and tents.
- Bob Poff, the Director of Disaster Services for The Salvation Army in Haiti, shares his story about the earthquake:
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For the latest information about The Salvation Army’s activity in Haiti, please visit http://www.salvationarmyhaiti.org/ or their Facebook pages at http://bit.ly/6T7KHa and http://bit.ly/6e9aUs.
All photos, video and other material on these pages are free for public and media distribution.
Monetary donations are the most critical need as supplies and personnel are mobilized
Donations can be made through:
www.salvationarmyusa.org
1-800-SAL-ARMY
Text the word "Haiti" to 52000 to make a $10 donation
The Salvation Army World Service Office
International Disaster Relief Fund
PO Box 630728
Baltimore, MD 21263-0728
*Please note that your donation is for Haiti Earthquake relief*
- The Salvation Army has committed more than $850,000 to support relief efforts in Haiti.
- As of Thursday morning, The Salvation Army had raised more than $762,000 in online donations and through 1800-SAL-ARMY.
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