aid to tsunami survivors

[bluegreen17]

if anyone is looking for a simple way to send aid,amazon is collecting donations for the red cross through their amazon honor system.they state that 100% of donations will go to the red cross. i don't like to use a credit card on many sites on the net but have confidence in amazon's system from past experience,so i was glad to have this option.
if i am reading my figures correctly,people have donated over 12 million dollars this way so far.

http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PX3BEL97U9A4I/104-2867334-2853546

Comments

[solarfields.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cool of Amazon. All over the web I see links to give money for the disaster. In fact, I gave money directly through my ING account at the ING website (which is super-secure, or I wouldn't use it).

[bluegreen17]

what's ING?

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

They're a bank.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Well, specifically, they're a "new-style" bank. They don't have any brick-and-mortar locations in the traditional sense, with tellers and such, as far as I know. I could be wrong. They operate via teller machines, phone banking and web banking.

[solarfields.livejournal.com]

Oh.

ING Direct is an online bank that offers higher interest rates than my brick-and-mortar bank. It's totally safe, totally legit, and totally associated with an orange ball. :D If you go to their website you'll know what I mean!

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

I dunno about the U.S., but in Canada, the Red Cross has a direct link to donate using a credit card right on their site. (I chose that route, myself.)