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Relief agencies keep principal focus on Haiti 3/2/2010 : Baltimore Sun: Baltimore, MD Locally based relief agencies are weighing what they might do to help victims of the earthquake in Chile, but said Monday that they had no plans to shift their principal focus from long-term recovery efforts in Haiti. read more >>

Texting from Church 2/15/2010 : The NonProfit Times: Morris Plains, NJ When disaster struck in Haiti last month, Lutheran World Relief (LWR) in Baltimore, Md., asked parishioners to turn on their cell phones in church. While chatting on the phone in your pew might not be socially conventional, texting in church has been deemed acceptable at LWR -- as long as it’s for charity. read more >>

Nelson to head relief organization 1/29/2010 : Star-Tribune: Minneapolis, MN The Rev. Rick Nelson, senior pastor of Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis, has been elected chairman of Lutheran World Relief, an international organization with missions in 35 countries, not the least of which, right now, is Haiti. read more >>

Voices of Haiti relief: Minnesotans pitching in to help 1/29/2010 : Minnesota Public Radio: Minneapolis, MN There are numerous efforts underway in Minnesota to help deliver food supplies and medical help to earthquake survivors in Haiti. Local relief groups and citizens share describe how they are helping out with the relief effort. read more >>

With click of a mouse, Haiti aid grows 1/25/2010 : Baltimore Sun: Baltimore, MD Two weeks after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince, U.S. relief organizations in Baltimore and beyond have collected more than $380 million for Haiti, an outpouring of support unprecedented for a foreign disaster. read more >>

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