Hamline plans Haiti relief events
Students and staff packed health kits to send abroad last week.
Ashley Wirth-Petrik
Issue date: 1/26/10 Section: News
Besides the specific restrictions, the collection of kit items will be similar to food, book and toy drives that have previously existed on campus, Jaffe said.
"The purpose is to prevent a public health catastrophe in Haiti," she said.
UMCOR provided Hamline with the list of items needed for the health kits, University Chaplain and Director of The Wesley Center Nancy Victorin-Vangerud said. UMCOR is an organization that provides disaster relief to multiple communities.
Students have worked with UMCOR in the past when Hamline and UMCOR joined to help with disaster relief and rebuilding projects in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. One of the Catalyst New Orleans groups will work with UMCOR this coming spring break, Jaffe said.
The first big event for Haiti will be a panel discussion on Feb. 9 at 11:30 a.m. A week later on Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. there will be an open meeting for those who want to help plan more responses.
The main fundraiser, called Hamline Empty Bowls after the nationwide Empty Bowls relief project, will be from 5-7 p.m. on Apr. 7. Half of the money raised will go toward helping Haiti and the other half will feed people [[all people? what people?]] in the Hamline Midway neighborhood.
An on-going project is Change for Dollars, a campaign that seeks to collect a dollar from everyone on campus. Donations will be collected in the Bush Student Center lobby or the Sorin lobby during meal times. The Hancock-Hamline Elementary School student government is researching and voting on which charity to support with the goal of raising $5,000.
"A dollar from you, from him, from her, and from me, will mean a lot," said sophomore Yingmei Liu, a Change for Dollars volunteer.
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"I feel that there are a lot of people who may not see the significance of helping the Haitians, simply because of how little we have heard about [Haiti] until now," first-year Coleton Hanson said.
Jaffe said she could foresee a service-learning or study abroad trip going to Haiti in much the same way students have traveled to New Orleans to offer aid after Hurricane Katrina. She said if students are attracted to the idea, they could voice that interest to faculty or the Off-Campus Study Program.
"Service means that we have to stretch our hearts, minds and resources, and it is a good thing that the heart is a muscle because we get many opportunities to exercise and strengthen our capacity to serve each other with integrity and respect," Jaffe said.
"The purpose is to prevent a public health catastrophe in Haiti," she said.
UMCOR provided Hamline with the list of items needed for the health kits, University Chaplain and Director of The Wesley Center Nancy Victorin-Vangerud said. UMCOR is an organization that provides disaster relief to multiple communities.
Students have worked with UMCOR in the past when Hamline and UMCOR joined to help with disaster relief and rebuilding projects in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. One of the Catalyst New Orleans groups will work with UMCOR this coming spring break, Jaffe said.
The first big event for Haiti will be a panel discussion on Feb. 9 at 11:30 a.m. A week later on Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. there will be an open meeting for those who want to help plan more responses.
The main fundraiser, called Hamline Empty Bowls after the nationwide Empty Bowls relief project, will be from 5-7 p.m. on Apr. 7. Half of the money raised will go toward helping Haiti and the other half will feed people [[all people? what people?]] in the Hamline Midway neighborhood.
An on-going project is Change for Dollars, a campaign that seeks to collect a dollar from everyone on campus. Donations will be collected in the Bush Student Center lobby or the Sorin lobby during meal times. The Hancock-Hamline Elementary School student government is researching and voting on which charity to support with the goal of raising $5,000.
"A dollar from you, from him, from her, and from me, will mean a lot," said sophomore Yingmei Liu, a Change for Dollars volunteer.
//transition sentence needed//
"I feel that there are a lot of people who may not see the significance of helping the Haitians, simply because of how little we have heard about [Haiti] until now," first-year Coleton Hanson said.
Jaffe said she could foresee a service-learning or study abroad trip going to Haiti in much the same way students have traveled to New Orleans to offer aid after Hurricane Katrina. She said if students are attracted to the idea, they could voice that interest to faculty or the Off-Campus Study Program.
"Service means that we have to stretch our hearts, minds and resources, and it is a good thing that the heart is a muscle because we get many opportunities to exercise and strengthen our capacity to serve each other with integrity and respect," Jaffe said.
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