The Red Cross under stress
Hurricane Ike is fixing to beat the crap out of coastal Texas.
For the fourth time in a month, the American Red Cross is having to respond to a hurricane. As a result of Fay, Gustav, and Hanna, the Red Cross has already incurred significant debt; as of five days ago, they'd only raised $5 million toward their $70 million Gustav relief effort (they're still sheltering and feeding 1,500 evacuees from that storm).
With Hurricane Ike barreling toward the Gulf Coast of Texas, the Red Cross needs all the help they can get.
Of course, you can donate directly to the American Red Cross here, but there's an even easier way to give. If you have mobile phone service through Alltel, AT&T, Sprint-Nextel, T-Mobile, or Verizon, you can donate $5 right now to the American Red Cross by sending a text message to 24357 (which spells "2HELP"). The body of the message should consist merely of the word GIVE.
Five dollars isn't much, but if a few million people do it, the contributions add up quickly. If enough of us do this, it could make a world of difference.
Click here to read about the Text 2Help Initiative, then pick up your mobile phone and send that text message.