When Maine residents contact Governor Baldacci with questions about

Maine citizens helping the citizens of Haiti who are in desperate need,

a response is given from the office of the Department of Defense, Veterans,

and Emergency Management.

According to a letter from John W. Libby, Major General, Maine National

Guard Retired, The Adjutant General, “Currently we have been asked to

direct all companies and individual citizens wishing to donate goods or

services to do so through the following website:

http://www.aidmatrixnetwork.org/FEMA/publicportal/listofneeds.aspx?portalid=133

Source of the following information:   website of Aidmatrix:

The Aidmatrix Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA, with offices in Germany and India. More than 35,000 leading business, nonprofit and government partners leverage our solutions to mobilize more than $1.5 billion in aid annually, worldwide. The donated goods, money and services impact the lives of more than 65 million people.

Aidmatrix does not endorse any political candidates, parties or governments; nor do we receive financial gain from individual donations made through the Aidmatrix Network. We simply help connect those-who-have with those-in-need.

Welcome to the Aidmatrix Network™ - USAID

This portal is designed to make it as easy as possible to donate financial support, product donations or to volunteer your skills and time to the nonprofit organizations that most need it. Please select below if you would like to offer financial support, product donations or to volunteer your skills and time to these organizations. Please keep in mind that leading relief organizations typically seek sizable, bulk donations only when they meet the service delivery needs of a particular relief operation. Product donation offers that meet the following criteria are most likely to be considered for acceptance for a national relief operation. You certainly may make an offer if your donation does not meet these criteria. If your offer is not suitable for the relief effort, it may be found useful for other relief purposes.

http://www.aidmatrixnetwork.org/FEMA/publicportal/listofneeds.aspx?portalid=133