Time Out for Good News

by Melissa Garvey, ACNM Writer and EditorIt’s a busy week at ACNM. We’re getting ready to open registration for our Annual Meeting and staying on top of a flurry of midwifery advocacy. In the midst of the activity, it’s been especially gratifying to see a hefty amount of positive press about midwives pop up in my inbox each morning. It feels great to have a chance to pause and revel in interviews

How to Help Women and Children in Haiti

by Eileen Ehudin Beard, CNM, FNPACNM Senior Practice AdvisorThe tragic situation in Haiti continues to send shock waves around the world. When you look at a picture of a young mother holding her newborn in the midst of chaos, you can’t be depressed about the economy or your 401K anymore. Those things don’t matter.The knee-jerk reaction is to drop everything and hop a plane to Haiti, but, as we’ve

How to help Haiti

Normally I wouldn't post requests for donations, but under the circumstances this seems appropriate.  "International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization, founded by volunteer doctors and nurses and dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through relief and development programs. There are still thousands of patients seeking treatment of which approximately 80% are in need of surgery and are running out of time - especially with the tremendous aftershocks still devastating this country. The team is treating crush injuries, trauma, substantial wound care, shock and other critical cases with the few available supplies - And they're in it for the long haul. I would love your help spreading the word by blogging or tweeting about IMC's rescue efforts. We've put up a blogger friendly widget here on our site:
http://www.imcworldwide.org/haiti
With the widget it's really easy to let your readers know that donating $10 to help the people of Haiti is as simple as sending a text message of the word "haiti" to 85944. "

I also want to mention Doctors without Borders .
This article in the NY Daily News gives a comprehensive list of vetted donation organizations that have received high ratings from the American Institute of Philanthropy .

FYI-- I also came across this link from the American Psychological Association on "Managing your distress about the earthquake from afar"