‘Press Releases’ Archives
Sanibel Rotary Club Prepares For 27th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair, Raising Funds For Haiti Relief Efforts
The Rotary Club of Sanibel-Captiva is gearing up for its Annual Arts and Crafts Fair being held on the grounds of The Community House on Sanibel Island, Florida. The event, coming this weekend (February 13th and 14th) marks the 27th year the club has conducted a juried fair of crafts persons and artisans on the island. The fair includes 104 vendors selected from a pool of applicants and includes a multitude of artistic disciplines such as painting, woodcarving, sculpture and photography. [...]
Haiti benefit concert Feb. 13 features two relief workers
A Hearts for Haiti Benefit Concert at California State University, Fresno on Saturday, Feb. 13, will include a presentation by relief workers Dr. Joaquin Arambula and Tim Miller, members of a Selma medical team who traveled to earthquake-devastated Haiti last month. Proceeds from the 7 p.m. concert at the Satellite Student Union will go to the Fresno-Madera chapter of the American Red Cross. Admission is a $3 donation for Fresno State students with valid ID and a $5 donation for the general [...]
Early Tax Deduction for Haiti Relief Passes Congress
Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Taxpayers will be able to deduct donations for Haiti earthquake relief on their 2009 returns instead of waiting until 2010, under a bill approved by Congress. “This legislation is an additional incentive for Americans to contribute,” Finance Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, said in a statement. The Haiti Assistance Income Tax Incentive Act passed unanimously in the Senate today. The House unanimously adopted a similar bill [...]
Around Danville: Team from East Bay helps Haiti
JEFF BEHRING, of Blackhawk, and a team of volunteers flew to Haiti on Jan. 27 on a humanitarian mission following the Caribbean nation's devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. "My father loaned his plane and flight crew to send doctors, nurses, wheelchairs and medical supplies donated by John Muir (Medical Center of Walnut Creek) and Medshare to Haiti," Jeff's brother, David Behring, the president of the Wheelchair Foundation, wrote in an e-mail to me. The plane, owned by Kenneth Behring, a [...]
Couple lands in Haiti to begin new life with humanitarian group
Peter and Sara Craig have finally started working in Haiti after finding transportation there aboard a private jet. The couple, along with their sons, Noah, 4, and Abram, almost 2, are moving to Haiti from Hillsboro, Ore., to begin work with Clean Water for Haiti, a humanitarian aid organization that works to provide clean, drinkable water for Haitian families. They arrived there Jan. 30. The Craigs were winging their way across the United States en route to Haiti when the killer [...]
Gifts lighten parents’ burden
KUALA TERENGGANU: Raising six school-going children is hard on any parent. But for roti canai seller Zulkifli Awang and his wife, Rotipah Chik, the task has been monumental. Two of their children have cerebral palsy. Ahmad Fahmi, 8, and Zul Ashraf, 10, cannot walk. Both of them are carried by their mother to attend a special class daily at SK Padang Hiliran in Bukit Besar near here. Now, thanks to the Kuala Terengganu Rotary Club which donated wheelchairs to the family yesterday, the [...]
Danville’s Wheelchair Foundation sends supplies, medical workers to Haiti
DANVILLE — Tim Miller didn't think about going to Haiti. It wasn't that he didn't want to, the thought just never crossed his mind, as there was no way the registered nurse from Fresno could get to the earthquake-stricken Caribbean island country more than 3,000 miles away. Then a family member — an attorney for Danville's Wheelchair Foundation — called. The nonprofit, which has sent more than 800,000 wheelchairs in almost 10 years to countries around the world, was sending a private [...]
“Say YESS to Helping Haiti’s Disabled” Wheelchair Campaign
Participants in Young adult Enrichment Support Services (YESS) Ask for Wheelchair Donations News Release: 2/1/2010 From: Zeigler Habilitation Homes, Inc. Contact: Geneva Chapman, Marketing Consultant Number: 419-902-5807 (cell), 419-535-5603 (YESS House) Fax#: 419-536-3835, Zeigler Administrative Office Say YESS to Helping Haiti’s DisabledReading about the plight of the Haitian people in The Toledo Blade during their daily morning “brews & news”© coffee and newspaper [...]
Plane To Haiti Founder Dan Catullo Thank You to David Archuleta Fans
Daniel Catullo in Haiti Thank you very much to every David Archuleta fan that has donated so far to the charity relief “Plane to Haiti” We have received an update from the Founder Dan Catullo. It is not easy to read, it is heartbreaking to say the least but it is reality. Many of us have already donated and are “tapped out” and we ask if a $10.00 donation can really make a difference. Please know that it does, every dollar counts! When we work together, we truly can help our neighbor [...]