Share Some Love With Haiti! NOLA Benefits 2/20, 2/21

Dear Friends,

With some newfound strength & energy from the Saints win & Mardi Gras we are sure to find some more love to share with Haiti!

On Saturday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m., Dillard University will host To Haiti With Love, a benefit concert and silent auction. All proceeds will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Featured performers will include Ellis Marsalis, Franklin Davis IV, Dillard student groups, and more, while featured artists will include Ron Bechet, John Barnes, and Victoria Ryan, among others. Silent auction begins at 6 p.m., followed by the concert at 7 p.m. Presented by the Division of Humanities. Dillard University would like to encourage the school community to come out and enjoy this evening of art and music and support an important cause.

Benefit Concert & Silent Auction

Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 6 p.m.

Lawless Chapel on the Dillard Campus

Call (504) 816-4689 for More Information

All Proceeds Go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

http://www.dillard.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=780:to-haiti-with-love&catid=65:press-releases&Itemid=353

Haitian Folkloric Dance Class with Riva Precil. Come Spread Love & Positivity through Haitian Dance! Fun, Comfortable attire, No experience required, Open to men & women. This Sunday, February 21, 2-3 pm, Audubon Room, Danna Center, Loyola University, New Orleans. Free! Donations are welcome! Part of Loyola University's ...Hope for Haiti fundraising efforts benefit St. Trinity Music School in Haiti

Folks looking for a place to send clothing & stuffie toys! If you know of particular sites, please post to our group wall!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=253708679654&ref=ts

New Orleans To Haiti With Love

People of the ‘City that Care Forgot’ called New Orleans are shipping 100,000 cubic tons of donated medical supplies, tents, household goods, and food to what could be their sister locale, Haiti, on March 1 and are seeking more donations and volunteers to help pack items. There is an urgency to reach Haitians before their rainy season makes survival more difficult. "This is not charity. This is justice. This is reparations." CONT'D

http://www.examiner.com/x-10438-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2010m2d18-New-Orleans-to-Haiti-with-love

Financial contributions to the Louisiana/Haiti Sustainable Village Project can be made online through the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation.

http://www.louisianahelp.org/

E-mail louisianahelpshaiti@gmail.com or call 800.971.6640.

Check Out Louisiana Disaster Recovery Facebook Page!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baton-Rouge-LA/Louisiana-Disaster-Recovery-Foundation/73657578377

Louisiana Justice Institute

Louisiana/Haiti Sustainable Village Project Launches Barge To Haiti http://louisianajusticeinstitute.blogspot.com/2010/02/louisianahaiti-sustainable-village.html

New Orleans at the ready to help Haiti rebuild

Five years after Katrina Devastated Their City, New Orleanians Are Putting Their Knowledge And Experience To Use In Haiti.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2010/0208/New-Orleans-at-the-ready-to-help-Haiti-rebuild

Saints For Haiti Update

http://www.k5nola.com/saints-4-haiti-update/

What a fantastic win for the New Orleans Saints at this weekend’s Super Bowl! MVP Quarterback Drew Brees led the team to victory over The Colts in their first Super Bowl game and win in franchise history. Thanks to all who attended our Saints 4 Haiti fundraiser at Lea Lounge. This is the first of many planned K5NOLA events to aide the recovery effort in Haiti. The event was a huge success and your generous donations and money raised through our Super Bowl pool will be donated to Doctors without Borders or The Red Cross. Stay tuned for information on our next event scheduled for March 25th, which promises to be fun and continue our efforts to raise money for a great cause!

In thanks & solidarity,

Jennifer

http://nolahaitisolidarity.blogspot.com

#Whodat Say Gonna Help Haiti! Superbowl N☮LA-H⚜iti Lo♥e...

Dear Friends,

From Katrina to the Superbowl!
NOLA keeps livin' & lovin'!
Let's send some more love to Haiti...
And take the Fleur De Lis to victory, today!!!

⚜ W ⚜ H ⚜ O ⚜ D ⚜ A ⚜ T ⚜ ! ⚜

In solidarity,
~Jennifer

http://nolahaitisolidarity.blogpsot.com

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ONLY, AVAILABLE THRU 2/11:
It's The Shoes: New Orleans Reggie Bush and adidas have teamed up to create a custom designed shoe to help deliver relief to the citizens of Haiti. The shoe is personally customized by Bush and includes a "Help Haiti" inscription on the heel to generate awareness for the ongoing need of assistance. "The devastation in Haiti is stunning, " Bush said. "Partnering with adidas and Mercy Corps to design this shoe is just one way to raise awareness, raise money and do my part to help the people of Haiti." The shoe was designed on miadidas.com, and the Help Haiti shoe can be purchased -- at a price of $105 -- by visiting that site or facebook.com/adidasfootballus, with a portion of the proceeds going directly to Haiti via Mercy Corps. The shoe will be available for a limited time, from today through Thursday.
John DeShazier can be reached at jdeshazier@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3410.
http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/02/new_orleans_saints_super_bowl_10.html

Izenberg: In Miami's Little Haiti, Saints' Jonathan Vilma and Colts' Pierre Garcon Represent Hope In Horrible Times
http://www.nj.com/super-bowl/index.ssf/2010/02/izenberg_in_miamis_little_haiti_saints_jonathan_vilma_and_colts_pierre_garcon_represent_hope_in_horr.html

Gear For Haiti
http://stats.nola.com/fb/story.asp?i=20100206110139662520504&ref=rec&tm=18&src=NFL

Sunday Funday Super Bowl Charity Event
To all guests of Saints 4 Haiti - Super Bowl Charity Event, NYC
Feb 7, 2010 from 4pm at Lea Wine Bar & Lounge
Looking forward to seeing you at our Super Bowl Charity Event today at Lea Lounge. Watch The Saints make Superbowl history and help a good cause in the process. Lea Lounge will put up the big screen and offer great drink specials: $5 beers & house shots, $8 well drinks, delicious bar food available. We are expecting a photographer will attend from GQ, to capture the event in pictures. These pictures will be put onto our site, www.K5NOLA.com Will we get to see you?
Venue:
Lea Wine Bar & Lounge
230 Park Avenue, East (Not West) Helmsley Walkway, Between 45th & 46th Streets
www.leanyc.com

NOLA-HAITI SOLIDARITY GROUP

URGENT: Haitian Women's Groups Send Out Plea for Sanitary and Other Supplies for Women and Girls!

Dear Friends,

Let's make this happen!!

All necessary info.--supply list & address--included in article. Next time you run errands, just pick up a few, extra items, head to the post office & SEND!

It's that easy, inexpensive, and fast to change, support, uplift, and positively, impact the life of another human being.

Let's remind Haitian women & girls that we celebrate them in body & spirit!

In solidarity,
~Jennifer

**Please, keep this message circulating!!

http://creolewoman.blogspot.com

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Haitian Women's Groups Send Out Plea for Sanitary and Other Supplies for Women and Girls

By Jodi Jacobson, Editor, RH Reality Check
February 4, 2010 - 12:08pm

Haitian women's groups report that while contributions from the international community continue to pour in, "in many camps essentials such as food and clothing are not yet widely available, especially for women and children."

In a letter of appeal sent to colleagues in the international women's movement, Sergia Galvan and Mayra Tavarez of Colectiva Mujeres Y Salud/CAFRA in the Dominican Republic write:

As with most other natural disasters, the strongest and the fittest tend to dominate disaster supply chain and distribution. Women and young girls are the last to have access to the supplies chain and distribution points. So they do not receive the supplies that they most urgently need in addition to food and water. So it is in Haiti.

"Rape of young girls and women is also a growing problem as is common in the aftermath of most disasters" they write. Because of this, there is also an "urgent need for the morning after pill.

** Haitian women, young girls and youth are in need of: **

Feminine supplies.
Combs.
Feminine wipes.
Panties, bras and clothes and other support (especially for pregnant women and new mothers).
Personal/household supplies for birth delivery and after: (rubbing alcohol or disposable anti-germicidal substitutes; baby wipes, baby wraps, pampers, socks and caps and supplies for nursing. mothers/newborn; (It is cold at nights so there is need to cover the feet and heads of the newborns).
Clothing and under garments for women and young girls.
Bedding & blankets for babies and mothers.

Their plea: Send supplies or money to help purchase any of the above items. In general, say Galvan and Tavarez, "any supplies (such as toothpaste, tooth brushes etc) that can be used for daily living for men, women, boys and girls are welcome."
We need your support for these resources and any financial contribution towards shipment that you are able to make.

Donations can be sent directly to:
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
Sergia Galvan and Mayra Tavarez
Colectiva Mujeres Y Salud/CAFRA
Calle Socomo Sanchez
No 74, Gazcue, Santo Domingo DR

This is a specific drive for Emergency Supplies for Haitian women and girls* that is being sponsored by the Caribbean Association for Feminist Research and Action (CAFRA) and Colectiva Mujers Y Salud (Women’s Health Collective), Dominican Republic, and the CAFRA Youth League in Haiti. This assistance is being transferred primarily through the Myriam Merlet International Solidarity Camp* directly to women and women´s organizations.

Myriam Merlet was a National Representative of CAFRA who was killed during the earthquake.

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/02/04/haitian-womens-groups-send-out-plea-sanitary-and-other-supplies-women-and-girls?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rhrealitycheck+%28RHRealityCheck.org%29

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This Week! Donate Feminine Supplies / Receive Free Acupuncture / Attend A Benefit Dinner!

Thanks to all for keeping me posted on events. Please, keep sharing.

This week:

Voluptuous Vixen (538 Madison at the corner of Chartres, one block from Jackson Square) is sending its third round of sanitary napkins to Haiti. Anyone who would like to contribute can drop off feminine pads at Voluptuous Vixen. 504.529.3588 http://www.thevoluptuousvixen.com/

From: Gia Hamilton / Greetings Everyone, Gris Gris Lab has two accupuncturists who want to serve as stress relief support to the Haitian community and advocates in New Orleans. They will be donating their services at Gris Gris Lab on Mondays starting at 5:30pm. In addition, we will be offering free reiki for the entire group, its supporters and any haitian people now in New Orleans. This is one way that Gris Gris Lab wishes to serve New Orleans Friends of Haiti in a holistic way. Please come and feel free to spread the word!
What: Community Ear Accupuncture & Reiki
Where: Gris Gris Lab 2245 Brainard Street and Jakcson Ave.
Day: Mondays at 5:30pm until 8pm
Who: Sandra Dixon, EMT, accupuncturist and EMT offering free ear accupucture sessions
Contact: Gia Hamilton gia@grisgrislab.com 347 517-0045 or 504 654-1927

From: Christopher Porche West / Haitian Benefit Dinner at Satsuma Cafe! 3218 Dauphine Street, New Orleans LA 70117, Time 7:30PM, Tuesday, February 2. We are hosting a four course dinner with wine pairings for $50 with 100% of the proceeds going to the AHDH (Association Haitienne de Development Humain), a New Orleans based medical-based non-profit who is on the ground in Haiti right now trying to help as many earthquake survivors as possible. All food has been generously donated by LOCAL farmers and fishermen! Please help us in our effort to do what we can for other natural disaster sufferers. Please call or email to reserve on of the 30 spots today! 504-304-5962 or satsumacafe@gmail.com. Thanks!! About AHDH: AHDH is a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in November 1986 by a group of Haitians in New Orleans who decided to pool their professional, intellectual, economical and cultural resources in order to promote the welfare of Haitians by contributing to and/or instituting humanitarian programs. For the past 23 years, AHDH has been leading medical expeditions to the rural county (Commune) of La Vallee de Jacmel in Haiti . Please visit our website for more information about our organization: http://haitiahdh.org/ For direct giving to the organization: http://firstgiving.com/christopherwest Additonally, photographic installations by artist, Christopher Porche West will be on display in the cafe.... he will be present and selling a few prints for the cause! http://www.porche-west.com/32/haiti/ Make your selections as 25% of any artworks sold that evening or from the studio will be forward to AHDH's humanitarian mission!

New Orleans Team Left Saturday For Haiti To Help With Rebuilding
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/01/new_orleans_team_leaves_saturd.html
If all goes as planned, the Haiti Emergency Village Project, a coalition of 40 New Orleans organizations, will work with Haitians to quickly build villages for survivors of the Jan. 12 earthquake, using skills learned after the 2005 flooding of New Orleans. Their efforts are facilitated by the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation and financed by private donors.When in Jacmel, Rene and his group and the newest team will operate out of a house secured by the Emergency Village Project, the local coalition led by Jacques Morial of the Louisiana Justice Institute and Charles Allen III of the Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development. Saturday's team of disaster and construction specialists planned to fly to Haiti on a commerical airline. But their luggage included 20 to 30 duffel bags carefully packed with critical medical supplies requested from Haiti by Dr. Charles Rene, a Haitian-born ob-gyn who left New Orleans last week bound for southeast Haiti. While the new team includes two medical professionals -- orthopedic trauma surgeon Dr. Fred Wilson and ER specialist Anthony Allen -- its main focus is assisting with the immediate infrastructure needs of medical facilities. Matt Duggan, who will help to inventory the site and plan infrastructure planning; Ritchie Katko, in charge of mobile mapping and communication; Holy Cross resident and retired military man Steven Ringo, who will organize the community and plan for construction; Liesel A. Ritchie, a disaster-recovery specialist from the University of Colorado at Boulder that has worked extensively with people in the Lower 9th Ward; Petrouchka Moise, a Haitian native and Baton Rouge resident who will serve as translator and coordinator; and James Goods, who will help with translation, construction and security. (FULL ARTICLE ON WEBSITE)

In solidarity,
~Jennifer

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