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Haiti update for March 2010

Posted 3/1/2010

Since launching the Dores for Haiti Disaster Relief Campaign last month, our community has responded with a generosity of spirit and a willingness to serve.

What we have done so far:

$4, 034.: Proceeds from lecture featuring Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes. Proceeds benefit Partners in Health.

$800: Donated to the Children of Nations International for Dominican and Haitian relief efforts by VU student organization Recue and Aid for the Dominican Republic

$1,500: Donated at the VU Community Chorus performance on Feb. 21. Donations support GHESKIO in Port-au-Prince.

$5,005: Raised during Hope for Haiti Education Benefit Feb. 16.

30 people participated in on-campus Red Cross shelter training session Feb. 6

$400: Raised from the Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health yoga & meditation fundraisers Feb. 3 & 6

$433: Raised during VUTs ReACT performances by Vanderbilt’s Original Cast and Vanderbilt Off Broadway on Feb. 3 & 4.

398: Pints of blood donated to the Red Cross during Blood Drive Feb. 2 & 3

$2,500: Annual Mannafit dinner on Jan. 26 donations of 25 percent of all ticket sales to benefit Partners in Health.

3,000: Pairs of shoes collected for Soles 4 Souls at Jan. 23 & 24 VU basketball games

What we are doing:

The Vanderbilt Carribbean Students Association will be on the wall every Thursday until March 18 collecting monetary donations for relief in Haiti through Theo’s Work, Inc.

Nashville-based Soles4Souls is collecting shoes and monetary donations. The Department of French and Italian is collecting shoes on campus. Shoes can be dropped off at 215 Furman.

The African-American and Diaspora Studies Department is sponsoring an Inaugural Undergraduate Essay Contest: Rethinking Haiti.

Members of the Vanderbilt community are participating in an online fundraising campaign to benefit Partners in Health. Click here to find out more.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

We hope to have another dinner and fundraiser event the week of March 22-26. We will post more information as it becomes available.

Rites of Spring, April 22-24

The first night of Rites will be a concert by student bands. The $5 admission fee will be donated to Haitian Relief.  We will also donate $5 of the ticket price for Friday night and $5 of the ticket price for Saturday night to Haitian relief.

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