The issue of poverty in
Haiti has never been more pressing that it is now, following Tuesday's
devastating earthquake. We have so much by comparison, so share a
blessing. Give $100. Through Episcopal Relief &
Development, you may make a direct donation at
https://www.er-d.org/donate-select.php or on Sunday by placing
your donation in the basket in the narthex, or in the collection plate
during the offertory. (Please indicate "Haiti" in the memo line of
your check.) If every household at St. Aidan's gives $100, we'll
send support of over $25,000. Other agencies that are helping are
the Red Cross (www.redcross.org)
or Doctors Without Borders (http://doctorswithoutborders.org/).
“Even under “normal”
circumstances, Haiti struggles to care for her 9 million people. The
nation is the poorest in the western hemisphere, and this latest
disaster will set back many recent efforts at development. I urge your
prayers for those who have died, been injured, and are searching for
loved ones – and I urge your concrete and immediate prayers in the form
of contributions to Episcopal Relief & Development, who are already
working with the Diocese of Haiti to send aid where it is most needed."
~The Most Rev. Katharine
Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop
