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Urgent Need For Help In Haiti

Hello Alter Bridge Nation,

As some of you may know, Dan Catullo of DC3 has teamed up with a bunch of artists to deliver aid, doctors and supplies on a plane bound for Haiti. We supported this effort along with other artists such as Godsmack and Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) and New Kids On The Block, to name a few. We were not going to publicize our involvement as we choose to do our charity work in private, but a letter we just received changed our minds.

Dan’s assistant sent us an email with the title “Please Help” that reads as follows…

Hey guys, I am SO sorry to keep bugging you all. But Dan is reporting back how truly HORRIBLE things are there. He said its like the Apocalypse. It is SO important to get people texting to donate. Can you guys impress upon your fans that the faster we raise $ for more trips, the faster we can send more aid. They saw over 600 patients today in a make-shift hospital with only 2 doctors and 2 nurses. But they are running out of supplies. They were in an area closest to the epicenter that hadn’t gotten ANY aid until they showed up. It is beyond urgent to spread the word and get more supplies there as soon as possible. Thanks so much for your help and patience, the situation is dire and these people need help ASAP

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We have seen pictures sent back from the DC3 Team and this is no joke. Just because Haiti is not dominating the headlines does not mean the need for aid has lessened. We are asking all our fans to spread the word and to give whatever you can to this aid effort.

You can read all about the charity and donate at this link… http://www.planetohaiti.org/

Or, for quick results,  you can text SUPPORT MOBILITY to  20222 to give a $5 donation or text GIVETENMOBILITY to 20222 to give a $10 donation. All donations are handled by The Wheelchair Foundation.

We know many of you have already given to the Red Cross or another charity, as have we, but this is a situation with people we know on the ground in Haiti and they are reaching out to victims who, until the DC3 plane arrived, had received NO aid. We CAN make a difference here and as long as the donations keep coming in, the plane can keep dropping off needed aid.

Thank you for your support in this horrifying situation in Haiti. We can not even imagine the suffering that nation is going through.

Respectfully,

Alter Bridge

SOURCE: Alter Bridge

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Rotary Club of Freeport presents twelve wheelchairs to the Rand Memorial Hospital

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama — On Friday January 21st 2010, the Rotary Club of Freeport presented twelve new wheelchairs to the Rand Memorial Hospital.  This presentation is made possible through fund-raising efforts by the Rotary Club of Freeport and the Wheelchair Foundation.

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Photo L-R: Harlene Saunders; Dr. Lea Percentie; Harold ‘Sonny’ Waugh; Steve Gunn; Wilbur Major, Patsy Johnson (in chair); Sharon Williams (in chair); Mike Stafford and Richard Bates (Photo by Prescott Knowles)

The club’s wheelchair project has been ongoing for about twelve years and approximately 160 wheelchairs have been presented to deserving recipients on Grand Bahama and throughout the Abaco Cays.  In Grand Bahama, wheelchair recipients are generally provided with their chairs through the Northern Bahamas Council for the Disabled.

SOURCE: Bahama Islands Info

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New Fundraiser starting for planetohaiti.org

David Archuleta is listed as a Key Donor with the Charity Relief “Plane To Haiti”. David truly has a heart for helping others in need!

ANGELS FOR A CAUSE IS STARTING A SPECIAL FUNDRAISER,
DONATIONS THAT ARE MADE DIRECTLY TO PLANETOHAITI.ORG VIA THEIR WEBSITE FOR $10.00 DURING THE TIME FRAME 02/01/10 TO 02/28/10 WILL RECEIVE A SPECIAL GIFT FROM US.

Angels for a Cause will be hosting a ‘One month’ fundraiser to help bring much needed donations to this cause.
Many fans have already donated to this worthy cause, and we THANK YOU for any and all donations each of you have made to date.

Donations must be made directly at http://www.planetohaiti.org/ and you MUST email the confirmation receipt to an***********@ya***.com. We will mail your bracelet to the address listed on the receipt. Donations from 02/01/10 through 02/28/10 will receive an AFAC sky-blue awareness bracelet that reads David Archuleta/Prayer of the Children.

Mission Statement
This urgent humanitarian mission will serve the devastated people of Haiti to provide over three tons of medical supplies, doctors, and medical staff. The plane is being loaded and ready to be fueled. Government clearance has been granted to land, but the necessary funding has not yet been satisfied. Your donations will help this plane fly as soon as possible, with excess funds used for additional wheelchairs and relief supplies. No donation is too big or too small. Please help today! All donations will be handled by The Wheelchair Foundation.

SOURCE: Angels For a Cause

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2nd "Plane To Haiti" update from Charli Butterfield

Well, another very busy day for us on the ground in Ft. Lauderdale.  We are preparing for our 2nd flight to Port-au-Prince tomorrow.  I have been on the phone all day confirming the names and required paperwork for all the new doctors and nurses we are taking to Haiti tomorrow along with some people working for “Clean water for Haiti” and two missionaries.

Every seat on the plane is full, with people both going to Haiti and returning back home to resupply. We have filled our cargo compartments with more much needed medical supplies, donated by Medshare and SEIU.

Jeff Behring also called me today and said they have desperate needs for basics, such as children’s vitamins, aspirin, eye drops, etc., so the crew of the aircraft, Captain Phil VanderWilt, Carol VanderWilt, Tim Hablitzel and myself all went out and bought all that we could fit into the trunk of our car to bring down with us tomorrow.

We are also bringing the military personnel on the ground at the airport 20 more pizzas, soda and ice!  Wish us luck and we will be home tomorrow night!  The photo’s are of the crew loading the plane with medical supplies at the Ft. Lauderdale airport.

Charli Butterfield

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Text Message From Chris Rudd in Haiti

Chris Rudd, an attorney and Board member, sends us a text message of his impressions from within Haiti.

“We arrived to Port-au-Prince late Wednesday with doctors, nurses, a former 82nd airborne medic, and about 3 tons of supplies.  The US troops made us feel right at home at a campsite for the few hours until dawn.  By early AM, we split into 2 groups.  One joined Scott Stapp of Creed, who came days earlier and volunteered himself into setting up an ad hoc hospital some distance from Port-au-Prince.  Jeff and Glen joined Scott.

The other group, myself included, got in touch with the 82nd airborne which escorted us in delivering supplies and medical personnel at three sites around Port-au-Prince.  I cannot describe the devastation we saw adequately with just words, but footage taken by the DC3 crew who helped organize the trip will do a better job.  Both groups worked almost 20 hours after landing, then met to drive together to a small hotel still standing about an hour from the airport. 

Today, some doctors worked at the makeshift University of Miami hospital at Port-au-Prince airport.  However, word had spread that we were here with chairs, doctors, and supplies at Port-au-Prince airport.  So we set up a makeshift aid station inside the airport and brought patients to it, as well as going out to aid stations and clinics where we learned wheelchairs, doctors, or supplies were needed.

Downtown Port-au-Prince is surreal.  Some buildings seem okay while one next door was flattened.  The smell of sewage and rotting bodies is overpowering in some areas.

Thank you to the doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals who dropped everything to come here where needed most.  Thanks to the US Military men and women here keeping order.  Thanks to Scott Stapp of Creed who saw a need and raced to fill it.  Thanks to Ben Drew of John Muir and Dr. Barry Latner of Concord Hospital who like Scott, raced to go where the need was by getting us supplies.”

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