Earthquake help- send direct, do not text

[jobob]

Hi -

Rachel Maddow did a segment on her show last night discussing donations via text messaging and noting that to, combat concerns that donations via text are taking a long time to clear, "the cell phone companies are stepping up to shorten that period of time".

See the segment here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#34888357

Here's a bit more:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/0...ions-to-haiti/

Verizon is leading the pack by making the all the donated funds available immediately -- they're assuming that subscribers will pay their bills, fancy that! -- and other cell co's are following Verizon's lead to varying extents. For instance, Sprint is making 80% of donated funds available immediately.

I acknowledge that this donation method might not appeal to everyone, I'm simply passing this information on to those who might be interested.