Donate to Haiti Relief Through Rogers or FIDO Text Messaging

A lot of relief money is being raised for Haiti through social media. The campaign, made viral on networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, had raised $8 million by Friday, in the United States according to a Twitter message from the White House that was reposted on the Red Cross account.

Here in Canada people with Rogers or FIDO phones can also donate directly through a mobile giving campaign which enable customers to donate funds to help the relief efforts in Haiti in the wake of a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010, which has left many parts of the country devastated.

Rogers Wireless and Fido customers are encouraged to help those in Haiti by donating to Partners In Health: Haiti and other Haitian relief organizations. By sending the text message "HELP" to shortcode 1291. Customers can donate $5.00 CDN to the Haitian relief efforts. Rogers is working with The ONEXONE Foundation to facilitate 100 per cent of donations in funds and goods to Partners In Health: Haiti and other Haitian relief organizations.

In conjunction with the text-to-donate campaign and on behalf of its more than 10 million customers across the country, Rogers Communications and The Rogers family together will donate $250,000 in funds and goods to Partners In Health: Haiti and other relief organizations in Haiti.