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Partners in Health (PIH) informed us late Wednesday that so far, the University’s collective Haiti fundraising efforts have raised $7,378! That is just about one-third of our $25,000 goal.

Our fundraising so far has come from some outstanding student organization iniatives, such as Carnival, Harmonies for Haiti, and donation baskets at various events.

You can see our regularly updated “fund-raising thermometer” here. If this motivates you to help us meet our goal, please use the orange fundraising button to the right of this post to donate.

Learn more about why the Charles River Campus has chosen to support Partners in Health here, and of course, read more about our fund-raising pièce de résistance, the Boston Stands for Haiti event this Sunday, February 28th.

During Sunday’s event, representatives of the United States Army stationed in Haiti will video conference into the Metcalf Ballroom to give an idea of the situation as it currently stands in the country. The representatives will be available for a limited question and answer session following.

This opportunity to hear what help is needed live from the ground in Haiti will take place at 4pm on Sunday. Special thanks to the Army ROTC for helping make these arrangements! Watch the site for more announcements regarding this live Haiti check-in.

Hey All,

I want to inform everyone of a great event that Comm Ave is holding on Sunday the 28th. We will be ganging up with BU and Partners in Health to raise a good amount of money to send over to Haiti. Really exciting stuff. BU will be kicking off the day with an event at their George Sherman Union with live bands, good eats, and some Haiti culture awareness. At 7:00pm we will be hosting the after-party at the beloved Comm Ave location. Here’s what is going on:

$10 cover all proceeding Haiti
$2 pbr drafts (maybe some other beer specials depending on availability)
Pizza on the house
DJs of Flavor Heard!
Raffles and Give Aways
Announcing final fundraising amounts for the entire day
All around a great time!

Carla Pantuosco

Manager

Upper Crust Pizzeria

888 Comm. Ave

Many talented painters, singers, stage designers, and musicians from CFA are now donating their time and creativity to help us make history with this event.  As of now, there will be a performance by All-Campus Choir and CFA’s student choir who are working together to make this a musical and memorable occasion.  Also, CFA students who are Visual Arts majors will be painting portraits at the fashion show, and sharing their pieces in the silent auction, along with helping to set up the stage to make a real impact by helping us display’s Haiti’s culture in a colorful and beautiful way.

Heyyy Guys!!!
Just wanted to remind you to stop by the GSU Link to buy your quilt square for BU ♥ Haiti quilt! We will be in the link:
TODAY 10-4
Feb. 24-26 10-4

or you can buy them at:
Kampe Ave’m
Boston Stands with Haiti
Sunday, February 28th
1-6 pm
Metcalf Ballroom

Buy them with your Student group, your roommates, your CORE team, your broomball team!! We have Funds Transfer requests so you can transfer funds right from your student group account!

If you can’t make it to the Link, stop by the CSC on the 4th floor of the GSU anytime between now and Feb. 28 to get your square to decorate! Questions?? email eventscsc@gmail.com!

Hope to see you soon!!

Click the Facebook Event page for more details.

At last night’s performance at B.U. central, the Bostones and Dear Abbeys raised 650.09 for Partners in Health!!!!

Kampe Ave’M. Stand with me.
Boston University is coming together to stand with Haiti. Make your mark and show how much you care with a quilt square. Small quilt squares 4×4 are $5 and large quilt squares 8×8 are $30. Additional donations are greatly appreciated! All proceeds will go to Partners in Health. Small squares are ideal for individuals or groups of friends to buy! Got a lot of friends? Buy a large quilt square. Ideal for student groups, floors and academic departments to buy together to show they care! Quilt squares will be on sale in the GSU Link Feb.
10-16 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Feb. 24-26 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

The quilt will be presented at Kampe Ave’M Boston Stands with Haiti Sunday, February 28, 2010 1-6 p.m.

As of yesterday, there are exactly 4 weeks until the big event!

Partners is Health is very excited to be on board as the charity we’ll be supporting and they’ve made it easy for us to track our fundraising efforts on their community building site. Join the group we’ve created to see a visual record of our donations and watch the thermometer fill up as we work to reach our goal of $25,000.

As for the quilt project, individuals can buy a square to decorate for $5 and student organizations and clubs can buy a square for $30 at the link tables in the G.S.U. during the week of February 10-16. We will then stitch together the squares into one beautiful piece of art that will show the people of Haiti how B.U. is standing with them during the disaster and supporting them throughout their recovery.

Keep reaching out to businesses and any celebrities you can get in touch with to collect items for the silent auction that you think people would like to bid on.

Also, if you have any artifacts, photos, documents, or art that you’d like to contribute to the museum exhibit, please turn them in by Monday, February 22.

The next meeting will be this Thursday at 8:30p.m.

Though the exact date has not been finalized, the HCA has scoped out a venue and booked a spot for the big event, which will take place in February, within one month of the earthquake, in Metcalf Hall. Following Friday’s meeting, we’re excited to present some of the decisions we’ve reached so far about the event, which will bring together B.U. students and the larger community of Boston for a unified cultural experience.

Attendees can expect to immerse themselves in Haitian culture from the second they walk in.
Haiti Kanaval 2009

There will be traditional Haitian cuisine catered by local Haitian restaurants, along with performances, guest speakers, and a chance to learn a Haitian dance. The event will be a celebration of and introduction to a country that might seem mysterious to us. Guests can see what Haiti was like before the earthquake, and learn from guest speakers, and professors what the earthquake means for the future of Haiti.

Also, for anyone interested in a more in-depth understanding of Haiti’s economy, politics, and culture both before and after the earthquake, there will be a forum concurrently taking place in a separate room adjacent to Metcalf Hall intended to educate and enlighten.

Just to show you how much of an occasion this is going to be, an anonymous donor has already agreed to match our donation to Partners in Health, with a donation of up to $25,000 and 200 volunteers have already signed up to help!