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Haiti Earthquake Response

Thousands of health kits are on the way from the Kentucky Conference to UMCOR Sager Brown Depot. Read the story here.

Additional stories about Kentucky Conference Haiti Relief

(If you wish to download bulletin inserts or to read a letter from Bishop Davis, you may do so to the left or at the bottom of this page.)

• Letter Regarding Volunteers from Bishop Joel Martinez, Interim General Secretary of GBGM
• Haitian Methodist Leader Assesses Earthquake Damage

UMCOR Response to Haiti Earthquake – How You Can Help

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake has devastated Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Millions have been affected, and the death toll is expected to be in the thousands. It is unknown how many people are trapped in the city’s collapsed buildings.

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to this disaster. You can help with your prayers and your donations of health kits and money.

Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. You can learn what specific items to include in a health kit at http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/getconnected/supplies/. (Note: The GBGM and UMCOR sites are experiencing extremely high traffic. If you cannot access the site now, please try again later.) Approximately $12 worth of materials go into a health kit.
Please mail the kits directly to
UMCOR Sager Brown Depot
P.O Box 850 131 Sager Brown Road
Baldwin, LA 70514-0850.

UMCOR is also collecting money to help the people of Haiti. You may donate using Advance #418325. One hundred percent of your donations will go directly to relief in the wake of this earthquake. 

Please be in prayer for everyone impacted by the earthquake and for those responding to the disaster.

How to Give
You may make your donation to the Haiti earthquake response in three ways.

1. Make check payable to your local church, and write “Haiti Emergency” and “Advance #418325” on the check. Put your check in the offering plate or give it to your church treasurer.

2. Donate online at www.umcor.org. (Note: The GBGM and UMCOR sites are experiencing extremely high traffic. If you cannot access the site now, please try again later.)

3. Donate by phone using a credit card. The number is (888) 252-6174.

How to volunteer (in the future)
If you are interested in traveling to Haiti to help with relief efforts in the future, please complete this form. Please note that completion of this form will enter you into our database of potential volunteers.When the situation stabilizes and an invitation is issued by the Methodist church of Haiti for volunteers - we will use this and other venues to notify volunteers and field specialized teams.

Tom Hazelwood has issued a note to people who wish to Volunteer in Haiti in the future.

Read more about how UMCOR is responding to the earthquake.

Download bulletin inserts below.

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 Bulletin Insert (Haiti Relief)

8 1/2 x 11 Flyer (Haiti Relief)

Letter from Bishop Davis on Earthquake Response