Published in the Courier News, Wednesday, May 31, 2006
WHAT YOU CAN DO
A host of organizations in Central Jersey are collecting donations for victims of Saturday's massive earthquake, which killed 5,700 and left roughly 200,000 homeless in Indonesia.
They include:
- Catholic Relief Services, an international relief and development program, online at www.crs.org. The Newark Archdiocese also will take a special collection in the next two weekends in local parishes to assist relief services. Donations can be sent to the Archdiocese of Newark -- Indonesia Earthquake Relief Fund, c/o Office of Finance, P.O. Box 9500, Newark, NJ 07104.
- Jewish Federation of Central Jersey, Wilf Jewish Community Campus, is accepting donations through its Web site, www.jewishjerseycentral.org. Checks also can be sent to the group at 1391 Martine Ave., Scotch Plains, NJ 07076. To ensure the entire donation goes to earthquake relief, donors should write "Indonesian Earthquake" in their check's memo area.
- Checks can be sent to The Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties at 775 Talamini Road, Bridgewater, NJ 08807; write "Java Earthquake Relief" in the memo area. To learn more about aiding the relief effort, call Executive Director Diane Naar at (908) 725-6994, Ext. 202.
- Episcopal Relief and Development, the international relief and development agency of the Episcopal Church of the United States, is taking donations through the "Ways to Give" section of its Web site, www.er-d.org. Donors also can call (800) 334-7626, Ext. 5129, or mail checks to Episcopal Relief and Development, designated for the "Emergency Relief Fund," P.O. Box 12043, Newark, NJ 07101.
- The Muslim Center of Somerset County, based in Somerville, is accepting donations. Checks should be sent to the group at P.O. Box 852, Somerville, NJ 08876-0852.
- Church World Service is also seeking contributions. Checks should be made payable to the group and sent to CWS, Indonesia Earthquake, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515. Credit card contributions can be made by calling (800) 297-1516 or at www.churchworldservice.org. The group also is appealing for donations of "Gift of the Heart" health, school and baby kits; for more information, visit www.churchworldservice. org/kits.
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