The Massachusetts Futsal Association is collecting donations to help relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti. Over the past two weeks nearly $1,000 has been raised, mostly in small bills and loose change. We will keep the drive going for one more weekend -- please help!

International Relief Teams, a global humanitarian and healthcare non-profit organization, is the destination of our fundraising. IRT works with local and international partners to send substantial aid as well as medicines and relief supplies to where it is needed. More than 98% of funds received goes directly to services and programs, a higher percentage than almost all other organizations, so donors can rest assured their contributions are helping those in need.

Credit card donations can be made online. Click here to go directly to the IRT Haiti Earthquake donation page. The final line of the form asks, "How did you hear about us?" ... please type or paste "MA Futsal Assoc" in the box so we can track our giving and potentially receive matching donations.

As President Obama stated Wednesday morning, "With just a few hundred miles of ocean between us and a long history that binds us together, Haitians are neighbors of the Americas and here at home. So we have to be there for them in their hour of need."

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