201001151449Events beyond our fantasy world continue to unfold, and no one vaguely human can fail to be horrified and moved by the images coming out of Haiti’s devastation. Artist Mike Cavallaro has organized a website, Heroes 4 Haiti with information on how concerned creators and readers can help:

Heroes 4 Haiti is a grassroots movement of artists seeking to raise money for organizations helping victims of the recent Haitian earthquake. Heroes 4 Haiti is not an organization, it’s a collective response to human tragedy. We’re asking everyone to donate a little bit of their talent, money or time towards helping those in need.

Please join us in helping our fellow human beings by creating art and auctioning it off for charity by listing it yourself using eBay’s Giving Works program, by bidding in these auctions, by donating to relief organizations, or by volunteering your time to helping rebuild Haiti in the wake of this catastrophe.

How You Can Help:
Heroes 4 Haiti seeks to raise money for victims of the Haitian earthquake. You can help in one of the following ways:

Donate Art — Using your own eBay account, please donate or create art to be listed on eBay with 100% of each auction’s proceeds being donated to the Haitian relief organization of your choice via eBay Giving Works. Right now when you log in at eBay, there’s a link to support Haitian relief that takes you to eBay Giving Works and that gives you the option to sell your art. Please choose the charity you prefer and let us know that you’re doing it so we can list you here as part of the cause. Posting an auction? Please let us know by posting a link to it in the comments section of this post!

Donate Collectibles or Services — Using your own eBay account, please donate collectibles or services to be listed on eBay with 100% of each auction’s proceeds being donated to the Haitian relief organization of your choice via eBay Giving Works. Right now when you log in at eBay, there’s a link to support Haitian relief that takes you to eBay Giving Works and that gives you the option to sell your art. Please choose the charity you prefer and let us know that you’re doing it so we can list you here as part of the cause. Posting an auction? Please let us know by posting a link to it in the comments section of this post!

Bid On These Auctions — Check the thank you section below for links to auctions for art, collectibles, and services connected to Heroes 4 Haiti. See something you like here? Please bid on these items! Check frequently in the days to come as we update with links to art offered for Haitian relief!

Spread The Word! — Feel free to copy this post and email it to your friends or contacts, or please link to this blog! Heroes 4 Haiti isn’t an organization, it’s people helping people. Everyone can help in their own way! Please help us spread the word about these easy ways to support the Haitian people!

Please tweet us too! Here are some sample tweets to spread the word:

Comics creators auctioning art for Haiti relief http://heroes4haiti.com / http://heroes4haiti-fb.com / Please RT!

Calling all artists! Donate work to auction for Haiti relief http://heroes4haiti.com / http://heroes4haiti-fb.com / Please RT

Donate art & collectibles to help Haiti relief http://heroes4haiti.com / http://heroes4haiti-fb.com / Please RT!

Comics community comes together to help Haiti http://heroes4haiti.com / http://heroes4haiti-fb.com / Please RT!

Check out http://heroes4haiti.com / – where artists (and non-artists with $$) can unite to help the the people of Haiti. (RT if you pleas

Donate Money — Charity Navigator has a list of organizations working to provide relief in Haiti, please support them with your direct donations.

Volunteer — If you have technical skills in health or engineering, or prior disaster relief experience, you may be able to volunteer your time to help rebuild in Haiti. Information about registering your skills to help in Haiti can be found at the Center for International Disaster Information website.

For the latest developments on Heroes 4 Haiti, please join our Facebook page at http://heroes4haiti-fb.com/

1 COMMENT

  1. I love this idea, so I’ve just listed 2 pieces of my original art on ebay, and plan to add a third in a short while. Here are some links:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110481895626

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110481892245

    These 2 pages are original art from my 2007 Tokyopop manga, “Battle of the Bands.” Later I will add a Catwoman drawing.
    Please check them out, and bid! 100% of the money will go to Doctors Without Borders. THANKS!

  2. Um, ouch. :(

    This is a fantastic idea & although giving to good causes like MErcy Corps or Doctors w/out Borders is also key, I am happiest to help out in a way that I feel does the most good, given access to resources. I’m gonna dig up a piece of art that we can auction for Heroes for Haiti by Monday. Then use the unfortunately high # of social networks I’m on to yap about it.

    Extra heads-up/thanks to Charles Brownstein of the CBLDF for pointing this out to be a coupla days ago! Loooove, you internets..