Everyone is eager to help to with the relief effort in Haiti. Check out our list of charities and benefits to make sure your support is reaching the right people.
 
Whether you choose to send money, food or supplies you can offer support to Haiti a couple of different ways. But with so many charities springing up in the wake of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, it can be hard to figure out which charities and benefits are legit. Since S2S has your back like that, we’ve listed a number of trusted charities and events where you can make donations.
 
First up, WEEN is hosting WEEN for Haiti on Tuesday, January 19, at the Katra Lounge at 217 Bowery Street in New York. The cover charge is a donation, so you can decide how much you would like to give. Doors open at 5 p.m. (just in time for Happy Hour) and it and ends at 11. Katra will give 10 percent of all bar profits to WEEN for Haiti. WEEN, in turn, will give all donations to Doctors Without Borders and to Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti Foundation.
 
If you can’t make it out to WEEN for Haiti, you can make donations directly to Yele. A $5 donation can be made by texting “YELE” to 501501, or you can make a larger donation online. And Yele is giving people another way to show their support by wearing it across their chest. The Web site has a shop where you can buy buttons, T-shirts and bags emblazoned with Yele’s logo. Proceeds will go to the relief efforts.



 
Wyclef will also be one of the featured hosts for the Hope for "Haiti Telethon" airing Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. EST/PST. The show will be simulcast commercial-free on ABC, BET, CBS, CMT, CNN, the CW, FOX, MTV, NBC, HBO and VH1. The global event will be hosted in New York, Los Angeles and Haiti. Interestingly, Wyclef won’t be stationed in his home country; CNN’s Anderson Cooper got that assignment. Money raised from the telethon will be donated to UNICEF, Yele, Red Cross and Partners in Health, just to name a few organizations.



 
At this point The Salvation Army is only accepting monetary donations, and they have a few different ways to receive. You can text “Haiti” to 52000 to make a $10 donation, but if you’d like to offer a little more help, you can make a donation on the Salvation Army’s Web site.


 
The American Red Cross is also taking $10 donations via your mobile device. Just text 90999.  And, of course, donations can be made to the organization online.

-- Sonya Eskridge

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