How to help

Organizations and charities helping out in the wake of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami:Ÿ The American Red Cross: Text a $10 donation to 90999, call (800) 733-2767, or go online at www.redcross.org.Ÿ UNICEF is positioning staff and emergency supplies throughout the region to help as needed. www.unicefusa.org.Ÿ The Japanese American Service Committee has set up a relief fund. For a donation form, log onto http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1104276052064-19/Japan_Earthquake_Relief_Fund_form_1page.pdf. Or call Jered Pruitt, (773) 275-0097x248.Ÿ Doctors Without Borders is working to send physicians to the worst-hit areas in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. Visit www.doctorswithoutborders.org for more information or to donate funds.Ÿ Lutheran Church Charities is working to help victims of the earthquake in Japan, where the church has missionaries. To donate, www.lutheranchurchcharities.org.Ÿ The U.S. Agency for International Development is dispatching a team, partnering with the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue Team and the Los Angeles County Search and Rescue Team, to help the Japanese government in rescue efforts. For information or to donate, visit www.usaid.gov.