{"id":156,"date":"2011-03-12T03:12:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T11:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinginenthusiasm.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2011-03-12T03:12:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-12T11:12:19","slug":"japancharity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/japancharity\/","title":{"rendered":"Send Prayers and Help: Links to Japan Disaster Relief Charities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There  are few words to express my concern over the people living in Japan  during this difficult and frightening time.\u00a0 They are a strong and  resourceful people however between the earthquake, tsunami and now the  exploding nuclear power plant it is most important that they know the  rest of the world is willing to step up and be of aid, as well as send  our prayers.<\/p>\n<p>Below  you will find a list of links to reputable agencies who are gathering  funds and supplies for the relief and rebuilding effort.\u00a0 Please share  the link to this post or create your own. Let&#8217;s collectively make an  effort to be of service to our fellow men, women and children as they  recover from this devastating event.<\/p>\n<p>Donate today and if you can light a candle and send some positive energy to them in your own way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Red Cross<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">In response to the quake, the Red Cross has already launched efforts in Japan.\u00a0 Visit this link on <a href=\"https:\/\/american.redcross.org\/site\/SPageServer?s_subsrc=RCO_ResponseStateSection&amp;pagename=ntld_main&amp;s_src=RSG000000000\" target=\"_blank\">Redcross.org<\/a> or text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 from your cell phone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Save the Children<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">The organization is currently organizing efforts and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/secure.savethechildren.org\/site\/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E\/b.6239465\/k.544E\/Childrens_Emergency_Fund\/apps\/ka\/sd\/donor.asp?msource=wenlpaqk0311\">donations to its Children&#8217;s Emergency Fund<\/a> will  support outreach.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>International Medical Corps<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\">To donate or learn about other ways you can contribute to its medical  response, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalmedicalcorps.org\/Page.aspx?pid=332\">Internationalmedicalcorps.org<\/a>. Also, text MED to  80888 from any mobile phone to give $10.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Doctors Without Borders<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px;\"><strong>Doctors Without Borders\/M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF)<\/strong> is <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorswithoutborders.org\/news\/article.cfm?id=5092&amp;cat=field-news&amp;ref=news-index\">sending two three-person teams to the Iwate and Miyagi  prefectures in Japan<\/a>. To learn more about the organization&#8217;s  efforts or make a donation, visit <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.doctorswithoutborders.org\/\">Doctorswithoutborders.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is also a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/woonsocket.patch.com\/articles\/how-to-help-japan-earthquake-relief-options-2\">link to an article on the Huffington Post<\/a> link to an article on the Huffington Post that outlines some additional agencies and from which I copied this content.<\/p>\n<p>For  those of you tweeting about this situation please note that an  iReporter on @CNN mentioned that though the phone lines are down they  are staying in communication on Twitter.\u00a0 She specifically mentioned how  reading all the tweets from us around the world is helping them to have  the strength to stay calm.\u00a0 This is the true value of social media!\u00a0  Keep tweeting.<\/p>\n<p>Many  people have mentioned how unsettling these recent series of events are.\u00a0  We&#8217;ve had spontaneous animal deaths (birds &amp; fish), serious  earthquakes in multiple locations, and extensive unrest in the Middle  East.<\/p>\n<p>I  encourage all of you to remember one thing: Though we may be living  through tumultuous change <strong>this is a time of awakenings <\/strong>not annihilation.\u00a0  Old systems of thought and behavior are coming to an end but our world,  lives and loves continue.\u00a0 That is made true by our choices every day to  be the compassionate, wise and well balanced humans that we have the  capability to be.<\/p>\n<p>I have always thought it was a blessing to be in a position to provide assistance.\u00a0 Lets make sure to do our part on the material and spiritual plane!<\/p>\n<p>Karuana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are few words to express my concern over the people living in Japan during this difficult and frightening time.\u00a0 They are a strong and resourceful people however between the earthquake, tsunami and now the exploding nuclear power plant it is most important that they know the rest of the world is willing to step<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/japancharity\/\" class=\"more-link themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[7],"tags":[15,16,17,24],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pZx8-2w","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/endlessmagic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}