or make a check out to the SBC of Virginia with "DISASTER RELIEF FUND" in the memo section (mail to the SBC of Virginia, 4101 Cox Road, Suite 100, Glen Allen, VA 23060).
Thank you for giving to Disaster Relief over and above your tithes and Cooperative Program giving through your church.
Updates from the SBCV:
Haiti Earthquake January 28 Update
01/28/10
The SBDR assessment team, along with leaders from the Florida Baptist Convention, NAMB, IMB, and BGR spent almost all of Tuesday in intense debriefing/planning meetings. The current major hurdle to sending teams is the lack of transportation into Haiti. Today the best, most reliable option seems to be flights into Santo Domingo and then an overland trip through the Dominican Republic to Port-au-Prince. Commercial air flights are not yet going into Haiti, military flights are not taking civilians, and charters are extremely expensive. We continue to seek avenues directly into Port-au-Prince, while current plans use the longer route through the Dominican Republic.
The next hurdle we face is insuring that once teams are Haiti-bound, they have proper and adequate support, supplies, and housing. To go without planning is like sending a barge with the equivalent of 150 tractor-trailer-loads of food and medical supplies without thought to where to berth, how to unload and transport, and where to distribute the resources. Yes, this has actually happened. What a nightmare, when with proper planning and waiting for the right time, supplies like this could be effectively used.
Fritz Wilson, Florida Disaster Relief director, reminds us that "Other relief agencies in Haiti are running a 100-yard dash; we are running a marathon."
Thank you for your continued prayer and planning as together we seek the Lord's guidance in meeting both the physical and spiritual needs in Haiti.
The Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI) urges Americans to best aid Haiti through cash donations.
Download CIDI press release.
Buckets of Hope Project
In early 2010, Southern Baptists packed 5-gallon buckets with food to send to Haitian families in need. The SBCV goal of 2,000 buckets was quickly surpassed as SBCV churches gathered more than 4,000 buckets.
