A little over a year ago, I made a personal appeal to my community of readers to donate to a cause that was particularly close to my heart. It was a promise to the most important person in my life that my blog could be used for bigger things than arguing over compensation plans and recruiting strategy.
Here’s what I know: I asked for $1,500, I got over $1,700. Was it the biggest campaign in the world? No, but it helped. It was a step forward.
The Haiti disaster has thrown this idea back at me and it is time to take action. I love Portland based Mercy Corps and I want to try to support them. They are mobilizing teams of people (everyone from engineers to public health advisers to disaster specialists) to the area as we speak. Organizations like Mercy Corps are also critical for helping to direct any governmental based aid and making recommendations for actions. I’ve personally made a donation to them and I am hoping the HR and Recruiting community can rally around this cause.
Donate To Mercy Corps’ Haiti Response
If you’ve made a donation to another charity or are unable to make a donation, please don’t feel the need to respond. In fact, Laurie at Punk Rock HR has some tips on how to help if you are unemployed or otherwise unable to give.
I know if you are anything like me though, you may feel trapped by tragedies like this and even a generous monetary response won’t fix that. I don’t have any great advice for that. Tragedies on this scale can be overwhelming.
What you should know is that your donation can still make an impact no matter how you feel. $10 is $10. It goes somewhere. And that’s a start.
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