{"id":136,"date":"2011-03-16T06:52:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T06:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/2011\/03\/thank-you-for-helping-japan-today.html"},"modified":"2011-03-16T06:52:34","modified_gmt":"2011-03-16T06:52:34","slug":"thank-you-for-helping-japan-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/03\/thank-you-for-helping-japan-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Thank YOU for Helping Japan Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"kuGcJzhEEZJqLsN-111x83-cropped.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/209\/import\/kuGcJzhEEZJqLsN-111x83-cropped.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt\" height=\"83\" width=\"111\" \/><\/span>Yesterday, I <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/2011\/03\/help-stop-the-delay-of-text-donations-to-japan.html\">posted<\/a> information about the delay of donate-to-text gifts reaching those impacted in Japan&#8217;s earthquake and tsunami. I featured a petition from my friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/Change.org\/\">Change.org<\/a> to encourage mobile phone providers to speed up gifts to Japan.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of the post, about 2,500 people had signed the petition. <\/p>\n<p><b>As of this morning, over 40,000 of you have responded! <\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Thank you! <\/i><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll keep you posted as new information on this issue arises.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, if you haven&#8217;t signed the petition, here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/stop-the-delay-on-donations-to-japan-2\">link<\/a>. The same letter from the petition is below.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, below are a list of organizations receiving donations via text messaging. This is not a recommendation for any particular place, but is shared here for your convenience. Go change the world!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"grayBullets\">\n<li><strong>ADRA Relief<\/strong>: text SUPPORT to 85944<\/li>\n<li><strong>American <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/profiles\/company\/us\/oh\/cleveland\/red_cross_donor\/2307312\/\" class=\"ct saveLink\">Red Cross<\/a> Relief<\/strong>: text REDCROSS to 90999<\/li>\n<li><strong>Convoy of Hope<\/strong>: text TSUNAMI or SUNAMI to 50555<\/li>\n<li><strong>GlobalGiving<\/strong>: text JAPAN to 50555<\/li>\n<li><strong>International Medical Corps<\/strong>: text MED to 80888<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mercy Corps<\/strong>: text MERCY to 25383<\/li>\n<li><strong>Salvation Army<\/strong>: text JAPAN to 80888<\/li>\n<li><strong>Save the Children Federation Inc.<\/strong>: text JAPAN or TSUNAMI to 20222<\/li>\n<li><strong>World Relief Corp. of National Association of Evangelicals<\/strong>: text WAVE to 50555<\/li>\n<li><strong>World Vision Inc.<\/strong>: text 4JAPAN or 4TSUNAMI to 20222<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Text messages are free for customers donating to any of these organizations. (Note: May not work with some mobile providers. List courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dayton\/news\/2011\/03\/14\/att-verizon-set-text-donations-japan.html\">BizJournals<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<div>Read more:  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dayton\/news\/2011\/03\/14\/att-verizon-set-text-donations-japan.html#ixzz1GlrtIzbB\">AT&amp;T, Verizon set text donations for Japan | Dayton Business Journal<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>Letter text from Change.org:<\/p>\n<p class=\"subject\">Remove the wait time on donations to Japan<\/p>\n<p class=\"salutation\">Greetings,<\/p>\n<p>The twin disasters of the earthquake and tsunami that<br \/>\npummeled the eastern coast of Japan have been incomprehensible in their<br \/>\nscale, and deserve our best efforts to help the millions of people<br \/>\naffected recover.<\/p>\n<p>The scale of this tragedy will stretch international recovery<br \/>\nefforts to their limits, and any additional resources that are<br \/>\ncontributed should be put to use as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there is a wait time of up to 90 days for mobile<br \/>\ndonations to reach those in need in Japan. This is unacceptable.  Tens<br \/>\nof thousands of people still need to be rescued and even more require<br \/>\naid and support.  By signing on to this petition, you will be helping to<br \/>\nhave money remitted to those in need as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you,<\/p>\n<p>[your name]<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p>DILLON<br \/>\nBURROUGHS is an author, activist, and co-founder of Activist Faith.<br \/>\nDillon served in Haiti following the epic 2010 earthquake and has<br \/>\ninvestigated modern slavery in the US and internationally. His books<br \/>\ninclude Undefending Christianity, Not in My Town (with Charles J.<br \/>\nPowell), and Thirst No More (October). Discover more at <a href=\"http:\/\/activistfaith.org\/\">ActivistFaith.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"..\/..\/activistfaith\/#ixzz1Glpcyntr\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/#ixzz1Glpcyntr<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I posted information about the delay of donate-to-text gifts reaching those impacted in Japan&#8217;s earthquake and tsunami. I featured a petition from my friends at Change.org to encourage mobile phone providers to speed up gifts to Japan. At the time of the post, about 2,500 people had signed the petition. 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