$2,120.99 for Haitian relief from Chloe Clark

Teacher Mr. Mike Slater and students Grace Lemmon and Matthew Slater presented the American Red Cross Mount Rainier Chapter with their contributions to help the families and children devastated by the Haiti earthquake.

Students from Mr. Mike Slater's Second Grade Class at Chloe Clark Elementary School in DuPont helped organize a fundraiser to support Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. Chloe Clark Elementary School raised an amazing $2,120.99 thanks to the generous contributions by students, teachers, staff members, and parents. After hearing the news of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the students of Chloe Clark Elementary rallied together to help the families and especially the children left homeless by the disaster. Kudos goes out to the group for the global citizenship and compassion for helping others.

The American Red Cross has spent or committed more than $78 million to meet the most urgent needs of earthquake survivors. The American Red Cross and its partners are producing almost 1 million liters of water per day, enough for 185,000 people to receive 5.4 liters per person per day. The global Red Cross network has distributed nearly 4.2 million liters of water in 115 sites. Red Cross distributions of food and relief items such as blankets, kitchen sets, hygiene kits, buckets, water containers, laundry soap/detergent, and mosquito nets have reached nearly 20,000 families (or 100,000 people) to date with plans to increase this number.
The Red Cross is working to help survivors with needed health care to address community health needs and the emerging threat of the spread of infectious disease. A major vaccination program will begin this Friday to vaccinate 150,000 children, ages 0 – 7, against measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. Local and international Red Cross teams will join UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) to visit settlements throughout the city to vaccinate children. Along with vaccinations, the Red Cross will be teaching basic health skills, such as proper hand washing, waste disposal and safe food and water storage. Red Cross emotional support teams will also be on hand to help children with their emotional trauma caused by the earthquake. At the combined six Red Cross health facilities, an average of 1,200 patients are being treated per day.

The American Red Cross is in Haiti as a part of the broader and coordinated Red Cross and Red Crescent network. More than 64 flights carrying Red Cross aid from around the world have arrived in Haiti. More than 500 Red Cross and Red Crescent workers from at least 22 countries are in Haiti supporting thousands of local volunteers. Over 100 are representing the American Red Cross.

How You Can Help Red Cross Relief Efforts

• $5 = Water container to store clean drinking water
• $10 = Blanket appropriate for the climate and culture of the disaster-affected area
• $25 = Kitchen set (cooking pots, frying pan, bowls, plates, cups, and utensils) for a family of 5
• $30 = Essential hygiene items and toiletries to 5 people for one month
• $60 = Temporary shelter (tarps, rope, wood and tools) for a family of five
• $100 = Cooking set, hygiene pack, blankets, and water containers for one family of five
• $500 = Tent for 5 family members

Text “HAITI” to 90999 to donate $10 via cell phone to the Red Cross.

A $10 donation would provide a first aid kit equipped with enough ointment and bandages for a Red Cross responder to treat 15-20 injured earthquake survivors. A $10 donation also can provide a family with two water cans to store clean drinking water, basic first aid supplies or a blanket appropriate to the climate.

You can help the victims of countless crises around the world each year by making a financial gift to the American Red Cross International Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief and long-term support through supplies, technical assistance and other support to help those in need. The American Red Cross honors donor intent. If you wish to designate your donation to a specific disaster, please do so at the time of your donation by mailing your donation with the designation to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013 or to your local American Red Cross chapter.

Local American Red Cross Mount Rainier Chapter
www.rainier-redcross.org

Pierce County
American Red Cross Mount Rainier Chapter
Attn: International Response Fund
1235 South Tacoma Way
Tacoma, WA 98409
(253) 474-0400

Thurston-Mason Counties
American Red Cross Mount Rainier Chapter
Attn: International Response Fund
2618 12th Court SW
Olympia, WA 98502
(360) 352-8575

Donations to the American Red Cross International Response Fund can be made by phone at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or online at www.redcross.org.

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