January 14th, 2010: "Its what you don't see...."

As we learn more devastating news from the earthquake in Haiti, many of us are charging at the chance to help. Most of us, living in the United States, are more likely to help financially seeing as how there is no way for civilians to travel there to help a relief effort. Financial help is a tremendous offering that helps more than you know. When tragedy hits people uncover a compassionate, giving, and loving side that our busy lives tend to hide. Its easy to uncover those things when we see heartbreaking images and hear tales of sorrow coming from a tragedy. What if we didn't see or hear anything, but a tragedy was going on outside our door?

As we look for ways to help the many beautiful people in Haiti, I ask that we look right outside our door and find way to help our beautiful people in our community as well. There are many people in our community that need our help everyday. We shouldn't just uncover our giving side when a tragedy strikes because many tragedies are going on everyday in our community. As a blogger, in my own blog I feel I should speak about this. I will have links at the bottom of this page for ways you can not only help in Haiti but in your own community as well.

My thoughts in prayers go out to the many people in Haiti and in my community as well. GOD Bless.

MR

* TEXT "YELE" to "501501" and a donation of $5 will be made to the YELE Org. Wyclef Jean's Haiti relief.

* TEXT "HAITI" to "90999" and a donation of $10 will be given to the RED CROSS in support of their Haiti relief org.

* Visit your local Red Cross office to find out how you can help in your community.

* Visit local shelters to find out how your donation could help in your community.

*Contact local school officials for ways you can help improve your community schools.

*Visit your city's web site to find out how you can donation to a local family in need.