Regarding the Releif Efforts in Haiti: many employers offer company match on funds that individuals employees donate to a charitable cause. When you consider giving, check first with your employer: you may be able to double your contribution by simply following a link they provide.

CNN reports: "The American Red Cross's efforts to get donations via text messages has raised $5 million for Haiti as of 5 p.m., CNNMoney.com reports. That exceeds the nearly $4 million that was donated to all charities by mobile texts in all of 2009, a Red Cross spokeswoman says."

Additionally, "American Express, MasterCard and Visa say they will waive transaction fees when people use credit cards to donate to charities helping in Haiti, according to CNN's Jessica Yellin. Any transaction fees already collected in those transactions will be given to the charities, the credit card companies say." (CNN)

It is more crucial than ever to help, as survivors are in desperate need of the most basic provisions: first aid, water, food.