Civil Air Patrol's North Carolina Wing has completed its first day of disaster relief missions as Hurricane Irene moves slowly up the coast. Emergency supplies have been prepared for dispatch to storm-affected areas after the storm moves out.

Eastern Wake County residents are helping with Haiti relief.

If you want to help, you can donate blankets, sheets, towels, wash cloths, food and tarps and health kids consisting of one hand towel, one wash cloth and one comb -- not pocket-sized.

You can drop these items off at Cause for Paws, 538 West Gannon Street, Zebulon, the Zebulon Community Center at 301 South Arendelll Avenue and the office of Zebulon United Methodist Church, 121 West Gannon Street.

The Wendell United Methodist Church also is collecting items for medical kits. Kits contain: one hand towel, one wash cloth, a comb, a tube of toothpaste and six adhesive plastics strip sterile bandages. All items should be placed in a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.

You can even get a hair cut and help the cause. Hairdresser Anne DiPilato will set up a salon Saturday, Jan. 23 at her church St. Eugene's Catholic, 608 Lion's Club Road.

Haircuts cost $10 and all the money goes to help earthquake victims through Catholic Relief Services.

Carolina Realty is collecting food, medical supplies, blankets and the like for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. For more information, call Debbie Johnson at 919-868-2649 or Horne Memorial United Methodist Church at 553-6464.

The Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team, or AMURT for short, is on the ground in Haiti doing relief work after yesterday's earthquake. Johnston County residents who wish to support the work may send donations to Dr. Steven Landau, 707 Wilkins St., Smithfield, N.C. 27577. For more information on how to help, call Landau at 919-209-9930.