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NEW YORK — U.S. cellphone users have contributed more than $5 million in $10 increments to the Red Cross for Haiti disaster relief.
To donate to the Red Cross, mobile users are texting the word “Haiti” to the number 90999, at a rate of roughly $200,000 an hour. As of Thursday afternoon, people had donated $5.1 million.
Other charities, such as singer Wyclef Jean’s Yele, were also collecting mobile donations. To send $5, donors can text “Yele” to the number 501501. The William J. Clinton Foundation was accepting $10 per text from users sending the word “Haiti” to 20222.
