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The Honolulu Advertiser

Posted on: Saturday, January 15, 2005

EDITORIAL
Those nickel refunds can help tsunami aid

The outpouring of charity for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami that has killed at least 157,000 is overwhelming.

BOTTLE DROP-OFF

WHEN: Today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Woodlawn Drive entrance of Manoa Marketplace; Kapi'olani Community College lot at the corner of 18th and Kilauea avenues. Ward Centre at the corner of Ward Avenue and Auahi Street.

OTHER FUND-RAISERS: Look to The Advertiser's Hawai'i section and Web site, www.honoluluadvertiser.com, for ongoing coverage of fund-raisers for tsunami victims.

Also, from noon to 4 p.m tomorrow, the American Red Cross and Castle Medical Center are hosting a rummage sale and silent auction to benefit tsunami victims. Call 263-5400 to learn more.

Leading private relief agencies alone have collected more than $400 million, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

And creative donors are contributing everything from frequent-flier miles and stock certificates to cash raised by auctioning off household appliances and other goods.

Indeed, private contributions of cash and products in the United States have surpassed the $350 million pledge from the U.S. government.

All this and more is needed to fight disease and malnutrition and to help rebuild the shattered lives of hundreds of thousands of survivors.

Here in Honolulu this weekend, there's another creative way to contribute. Instead of trading your bottles and cans for cash at state redemption centers, bring your recyclables to the locations listed above and donate your nickel-per-container refunds to UNICEF for tsunami relief efforts.

And there are lots of similar opportunities.

Also, remember, cash donations made to Indian Ocean tsunami relief efforts can be deducted on your 2004 tax returns as long as the money is donated by Jan. 31 and is donated to a tax-exempt U.S. organization.