Don Hargis, CSBC Disaster Relief coordinator, is featured in a 2:25 video asking for prayer and donations for Haiti earthquake relief. The video is downloadable.

 To download the video, click the appropriate link below:

CSBC Disaster Relief Video for Haiti - avi file for pc users
CSBC Disaster Relief Video for Haiti - mpeg4 file for mac users

Special Disaster Relief training available for Haiti response
This special training session is in response to those who are untrained and are interested in serving with CSBC Disaster Relief teams in Haiti. The four-hour training session will provide the basics needed to qualify as a trained Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteer. 

Those attending will receive a Disaster Relief hat, pin, shirt, identification badge and manual. Those trained at this special event will not be on the first response teams to Haiti. Only experienced Disaster Relief volunteers will be allowed to go to Haiti during the first 30 days. After that time, less experienced or newly trained volunteers will be able to go. 

This training is tentatively scheduled at the CSBC Ministry Resource Center, 678 E. Shaw Ave., Fresno, CA 93710 on Saturday, January 30, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. To register for this event, please click here.  

Other scheduled DR training events
There are three Disaster Relief Training events scheduled during the first half of 2010. February and March events are scheduled in Southern California while a May event is slated for Northern California. 

February 18-20, 2010
New Mount Calvary Baptist Church
402 E. El Segundo Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90061

To register online click here.

March 25-27, 2010
Saddleback Valley Community Church
1 Saddleback Pkwy.
Lake Forest, CA 92630

To register online click here.

May 13-15, 2010
Fellowship Church at Granite Bay
5635 Douglas Blvd.
Granite Bay, CA 95746

To register online click here. 

Medical professionals needed for Haiti
This is the information from the State Department for medical professionals who would like to help in Haiti.  Please contact the people listed in this article for more information.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is requesting physicians of specific specialties to deploy with National Disaster Medical Assistance teams to Haiti. The need is for trauma surgeons, orthopedists, anesthesiologists, and others with experience in treating crush injuries. Volunteers must be able to serve for at least two weeks, and be willing to live and work in Spartan conditions. Preference will be given to physicians who are Creole or French speakers, and to those credentialed through the Medical Reserve Corps in their home state, or the ESAR-VHP program (Emergency Services Advanced Registration of Volunteer Health Personnel).

These volunteers will need to be credentialed as temporary federal employees and will need to be able to provide credentialing paperwork as soon as asked. Credentialing normally takes about a week. Volunteers with these clinical skills should contact Michala Koch. Not everyone who wishes to help will necessarily be deployed, and those without the requisite skills may not receive a direct response.

For medical professionals wishing to help in this way in future relief efforts, please take a few minutes to learn about the Medical Reserve Corps, identify your local unit, and register to become part of the corps. To do so, visit the Medical Reserve Corps online. This is the channel through which medical volunteers are deployed immediately following an event, and only those registered beforehand are likely to be deployed.