Dear Friends,

It’s been a week since the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. In that time you have showed your overwhelming support for the people of Haiti with cash donations and prayers.

Please know that LWR is putting your gifts to good use. We’ve been working with partners on the ground to ensure that the people of Haiti get access to food, water and shelter.

Many of you have asked what else you can do to help. I am writing today to alert you of an opportunity.

Today, along with partners at Church World Service, we sent a shipment of health kits and layettes to Haiti. That shipment depleted our stock of health kits in the Maryland warehouse. And we will need many more to fulfill needs in the coming weeks and months.

Will you help us fulfill the need for health kits, quilts and school kits? We want to bring relief and comfort to the people of Haiti, but we also need to continue to fulfill requests from around the world. To do this, we need your help. Here’s how:

• Continue to give generously.
  
  
• Make health kits, quilts and school kits. There are several ways to get them to our warehouses:
  
  
• Drop your items off at one of our warehouses, or one of the year-round collection sites:
  
  
• LWR Warehouse in South St. Paul, MN
• LWR Warehouse in New Windsor, MD
• Urban Servant Corps office in Denver, CO
• Church of the Brethren office in Elgin, IL
  
  
• Bring your items to one of the spring Ingathering collections – check here to find out if there’s one in your area.
  
  
• Mail your items to one of our warehouses.

Thanks for being God’s hands and heart to those in need in Haiti and across the world. I look forward to sending you more reports on how your love is helping to restore lives.

In Christ,

John A. Nunes
President and CEO
Lutheran World Relief