Dear Faculty and Staff,

UChicago for Haiti is a consolidated effort from a variety of organizations around campus who want to provide long-term support for victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Below this email is a letter containing more information about this collaborative effort, which has been a remarkable success. In only three days of tabling at the Reynolds Club, we have collected $2,500.00. Students have also said that in their entire time at the University this has been the largest, most efficient, and quickly established joint effort among student organizations on campus.

We would be even more successful if other members of our community would lend their support. If staff and faculty members would be willing to make a donation of $50.00 or more we could reach our goal of sending at least $5000.00 to Haiti. The money will be sent as a University of Chicago certified check, sanctioned by our advisor, Wallace Goode. This check will be sent directly to Partners in Health, an NGO that has worked in Haiti for a number of years. We welcome further collaboration with any other interested party and support from University faculty and staff members. Please support us by forwarding this message to your colleagues.

For further information, please feel free to contact Adama Wiltshire (adama@uchicago.edu / 773-318-0416) or Judith Kituku ( kituku@uchicago.edu). Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

UCHICAGO FOR HAITI

In an attempt to consolidate the efforts of student organizations concerned with supporting relief efforts in Haiti, UChicago for Haiti was formed. This group incorporates the efforts of Beats & Pieces, ACSA, PRSA, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc, F.I.E.R.C.E, OBS, PAECE and a number of independent students from both graduate and undergraduate divisions. The primary objective of UChicago for Haiti is to provide opportunities for the campus community to support long-term relief efforts to the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. We believe that through collaboration, we can effectively share resources, manpower and conduct joint advertising campaigns for all events on campus. We hope that through these events our organization will promote awareness of Haitians' plight and the need to support members of our UChicago community who are most affected by this tragedy.

We hope to use a series of events, fund raising drives and arts programs to collect monetary donations, clothing, medical supplies, food and water. UChicago for Haiti will co-ordinate a massive campus wide network of collection sites to provide opportunities for all members of the University community and the surrounding neighborhoods to donate items to support relief efforts. We hope to begin this project on Friday January 22, 2010. Groups have already agreed to man collection posts and be responsible for the timely transportation and storage of items. There will also be collection posts during many cultural events on campus.

We welcome further collaboration with any other interested party and support from the University administration. For further information, please feel free to contact Adama Wiltshire (adama@uchicago.edu / 773-318-0416) or Judith Kituku (kituku@uchicago.edu).

Thank you for your support!

Adama Wiltshire

Member of UChicago for Haiti