"L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE"(STRENGTH THROUGH UNITY): CELEBS, GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS IN
ATLANTA, MIAMI & NY COORDINATE MASS EFFORT TO RELIEVE VICTIMS OF HAITI EARTHQUAKE
(ATLANTA) - January 14, 2010 - Several celebrities and grassroots
organizations in Atlanta, Miami and New York have joined forces in a mass effort to provide aid to the victims of the 7.0 earthquake in
Haiti.
Singer/songwriter Melky Jean's Carma
Foundation, Atlanta-based The Haitian Alliance, New York's Haitian Memorial
Foundation, the City of Miami and WEEN (Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network) are offering
local communities ways in which they assist in the Haiti relief effort.
Celebrities and executives such as Melky Jean, Jamie
Hector, Daphnee Duplaix, Sha Money, Tony Yayo, Mona Scott-Young, Raekwon, Claudine Joseph, Patty Laurent, and La La
Vazquez have all signed on to help spread the word about this grassroots
movement.
YOUR CALL
TO ACTION:
FOR NATIONAL DONATIONS TO HAITI
The Port-au-Prince offices of the Carma Foundation -
whose mission is to improve the health of poor and vulnerable women and children in Haiti - were seriously affected by the Haiti
earthquake.Make a monetary donation at http://www.carmafoundation.org/ to
help Carma send missionaries to Haiti to aid in the relief effort.
MIAMI:
·
The City of Miami, District 5 is accepting donations of emergency supplies such as clothing, water, first aid and canned food
to send immediately to Haiti. Contact Tracy Lozama in the District 5 office at 305-253-5390 for more information.
ATLANTA:
·
Make a monetary donation to The Haitian Alliance to help send missionaries and emergency supplies to Haiti
at www.transformhaiti.org.
·
The Haitian Alliance is also collecting relief materials such as drinking water, first aid items, toiletries, non-perishable food rations, baby
formula, linens and more.
The Haitian Alliance Drop-off Locations:
* WRFG Radio -Mon - Fri; 11:00AM - 6:00PM; Sat (1/16) - 2PM-4PM; 1083 Austin Avenue NE, Atlanta, GA 30307-1940
* Northside Women's Specialists-Mon - Fri; 8:30AM - 5:00PM; 980 Johnson Ferry Rd,
Suite 620,Atlanta, GA 30342-1608
*
Northside Women's Specialists - Mon - Fri; 8:00AM - 3:30PM; 1015 Mansell Road, Roswell, GA
30076-1507
* Club Intrigue - Mon-Sun; 4PM -
until; 5471 Memorial
Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083
ADDITIONAL FUNDRAISING
EVENT:
Rebuild Haiti: A Benefit Concert for Haitian Relief
- Tues, Jan. 19; Lenny's Bar - 486 Decatur Street Atlanta, 30312
- 7pm to 12am; Tickets: $8 at the
door. (100% Profits will be Donated to The Haitian Alliance for the Haitian Relief efforts); For more information, visit www.unitedforjamaica.org.
Six bands participate in A Night of live Reggae and feel-good
music. Monetary and in kind donation boxes will be accepted. Please see: http://www.TransformHaiti.org for list of needed
items.
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