<i>BEFORE you RT that RedCross donation message or donate any cash 
yourselves... please consider.</i><p>Red Cross is a giant beast of a company.  It is $600,000,000 in debt. It has ridiculous overhead.<p>As fellow hackers... We're all trying to build startups/ideas because we think big companies are missing something... that we have a better way to do things... that we can build a better product.<p>If you want to help Haiti.  Give directly.  I spent 2 years building a 
non-profit (a start-up if you will) that sets up volunteer centers in 
disaster areas.  We are a super lean organization with an executive director that takes a $0 per year salary.<p>Donations are being gathered to directly help the people in Haiti.<p>Donations Can Be Made Here: <a href="http://bit.ly/HODR_Haiti" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/HODR_Haiti</a><p>Sorry to rant... but the RedCross-fest on Twitter right now is killing 
me.<p>EDIT: I created a new post with more info here: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1051914" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1051914</a>