50555 vs. 90999?

Author: Lori Hunter, January 22nd, 2010

We have had a few questions come in asking why the Hope For Haiti Now telethon is promoting text GIVE to 50555 to donate $10, rather than text HAITI to 90999. This particular telethon is through the Entertainment Industry Foundation and benefits several charities that are helping bring relief to Haiti, whereas the HAITI to 90999 campaign supports the Red Cross only.

Both campaigns are legitimate and donations will go to help the people of Haiti. So if you have already reached your donation cap on the 90999 campaign, please text GIVE to 50555 toÂ donate more. Every dollar helps. Let’s show the people of Haiti how much we care!

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25 Reader Comments

mekdes said on January 22, 2010, 7:39 pm:

thankyou so much.God bless haiti.

chris said on January 22, 2010, 7:39 pm:

Is this a one time charge or recurring?

Lori said on January 22, 2010, 7:41 pm:

Thank you, mekdes!

Lori said on January 22, 2010, 7:42 pm:

Chris, this is a one time donation. You can text more than one time though. Thanks!

mekdes said on January 22, 2010, 7:48 pm:

thankyou so much.

zerina said on January 22, 2010, 7:58 pm:

i texted GIVE to 50555, am I suppossed to get a text back like a confirmation just saying that it was succesful or something. I really hope everyone donates as much as they can! We are all brothers and sisters!!!

Lori said on January 22, 2010, 7:59 pm:

Zerina – Yes, you will get a text back asking you to reply with YES to confirm your donation. Things are a little backed up due to the volume of donations, so there will probably be a delay. Be patient and don’t forget to reply with YES! Thanks for your support.

zerina said on January 22, 2010, 8:03 pm:

Thanks Lori!
God Bless All

carolyn said on January 22, 2010, 8:17 pm:

I keep on getting txt from 90999 with a pin# so do i txt stop back to stop this txting

#10

Lori said on January 22, 2010, 8:19 pm:

Carolyn – What does the message say? The only time you should get a pin# is when you go to http://www.mgive.org/.receipt. Provide me more info please and I will be happy to help!

#11

Phil said on January 22, 2010, 8:28 pm:

We all just did this and rcvd NO confirmation like when we did to 90999. IS this legit?

#12

carolyn said on January 22, 2010, 8:35 pm:

they have been txting me saying this is your pin# AND THEY GIVE ME A # AND I HAVE BEEN GETTING THIS BOUT THREE TIME SO I TEXT BACK STOP IT SAY REPLY STOP-2 UNSUBSCRIBE

#13

carolyn said on January 22, 2010, 8:48 pm:

Lori thanks but i still did not get a confirmation# just a pin# and when i put the # n they do not have where i donated so i have to be patient

#14

Phil said on January 22, 2010, 8:52 pm:

we did this almost an hour ago and we still havent rcvd 1 pin or confirmation

#15

carolynb said on January 22, 2010, 8:57 pm:

Phil it have been bout 2 hour mississippi time

#16

Phil said on January 22, 2010, 9:06 pm:

@Carolyn. Ok! We are in Cleveland right now, so I guess will just wait. We all did the max on all of our cells. Most of us carry 2…

#17

Lori said on January 22, 2010, 9:11 pm:

All – Due to the volume of texts coming in, there is a delay in getting confirmation messages. Please be patient! The confirmations will ge there…please make sure you reply with YES, even if it is tomorrow! Thanks for your support.

#18

Lori said on January 22, 2010, 9:13 pm:

Carolyn – Please email me your cell phone number – lhunter@mgive.com. I can look up the history and see what has been sent. Thanks!

#19

Emma said on January 23, 2010, 8:50 am:

I tried donating to 50555 and it did not work. I rec’d a msg that said that the 50555 shortcut had expired. I even contacted my carrier who couldn’t tell me why it wouldn’t work.

#20

Lori said on January 23, 2010, 10:17 am:

Hi Emma,
This means that you have premium text messaging (anything that will cost you money) blocked on your phone. You need to ask your wireless carrier to enable premium text messaging and then it will work.

Thanks.

#21

Phil said on January 23, 2010, 10:36 am:

Ok! We all texted this lst night at 8pm est time & it is now 12:35p est time. None of us have a received any kind of of notification confirming that we donated. Something doesn’t sound right here. It cant be this backed up…

#22

Lori said on January 23, 2010, 10:38 am:

Phil – Please email me your cell phone number so I can check the history in our system. That will allow me to tell you more. My email is lhunter@mgive.com. Thanks!

#23

Kriss said on January 23, 2010, 3:41 pm:

Just so you guys know I did the GIVE to 50555, and received a confirmation reply. I did this right as the telethon started so that could be why I got my confirmation so fast. Be patient. This IS legit donation number! Thanks to all who’ve donated

#24

Philocles Desir said on January 23, 2010, 6:59 pm:

All the Children are Children has been serving Haiti for 8 years. It has successfully implemented 2 pilot schools including the provision of uniforms, teachersâ€™ salaries, supplies, and health care assistance. It now plans to build on this success by providing a full-spectrum of services to Haitiâ€™s poorest areas. ATCAC will be offering its educational, Vocational work skills training, health, womenâ€™s and socioeconomic programs to rural areas, such as Cap-Haitian, Limbe, Port Margot, Bayeux, Gonavies, CoCo Beach, and others. It is expecting to serve a minimum of 2,500 Earthquake survivors from Port-Au-Prince to our schools villages, with an emphasis on services for women and children.

If anyone is interested to be part of our mission is encourage to contact me asp.
my contact address as follow: PO Box 153012 Cape Coral FL 33915 Tel: 239-214-4922 Email:Kidsvoice@netzero.net http://www.atcac.org Tax ID # 41-2086582. Phil Desir, Founder

#25

carolyn said on January 23, 2010, 8:34 pm:

well i have not rec anything they stop texting me no comfirmation#

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