How to Respond to Haiti Earthquake
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the island country of Haiti on Tuesday, January 12. ELCA Disaster Response partners have survived the quake and are already working to serve the people of Haiti.
Your help is needed today to bring immediate relief and continued hope for our brothers and sisters in Haiti. About 3 million people, one-third of Haiti’s population, were affected by this earthquake.
One hundred percent of your gifts designated to Haiti
will be used in this vital response effort.
Donations may be sent directly to the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America at:
https://community.elca.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=538
Other ways to give:
Check or money orders may be sent to:
ELCA Disaster Response
39330 Treasury Center
Chicago, IL 60694-9300
write "Haiti Earthquake Relief" on your check's memo line.
Credit card by phone: 800-638-3522
Credit card contributions may also be made via mail.
OR
Donations may be sent through:
Lower Susquehanna Synod, ELCA
900 S. Arlington Avenue, Suite 20B
Harrisburg, PA 17109
(717) 652-1852, ext. 108
Information for Thrivent members
to receive matching funds
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans has announced that it will match members' gifts to Haiti relief efforts, giving $1 for every $2 donated. If you are a Thrivent member:
- Make check payable to one of four organizations:
- Lutheran World Relief
- ELCA Disaster Response
- LCMS World Relief/Human Care or
- WELS Committee on Relief
- Write in the Memo line of the check: “Helping Haiti”
- Mail the check to:
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
- ATTN: Fraternal Service Center
- 4321 N. Ballard Road
- Appleton, WI 54919
If further questions, call 800-236-3736 , say “Directory” when prompted and then enter ext. 83003.
No matching fund money can come through
the synod office.
If we receive checks made out to Thrivent with the intention of receiving matching funds, we will mail the checks back to the individual donors.
For up-to-date information on the ELCA’s response efforts, go to:
http://www.elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action/Responding-to-the-World/Disaster-Response/Ongoing-Responses/Haiti-Earthquake.aspx
For worship resources including a bulletin insert, go to:
http://www.elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action/Responding-to-the-World/Disaster-Response/Ongoing-Responses/Haiti-Earthquake.aspx
LOWER SUSQUEHANNA
SYNOD
900
South Arlington Avenue, Suite 220B Harrisburg,
PA 17109
(717) 652-1852 (800) 692-7282 (PA Only) Fax:
(717) 652-2504
