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In lieu of the emergency Club Creole General Body Meeting tonight, we ask that you join Club Creole in attending the Gators United for Haiti Candlelight Vigil tonight, Friday, January 15th at 7pm at the J. Wayne Reitz Union Amphitheatre. Gators United for Haiti is a student run philanthropic project supervised and aided by the University of Florida administration in motivating the Gator Nation to raise $50,000 for Haiti relief efforts.
On Tuesday, January 12th, the small country of Haiti was hit by a 7.0 earthquake. The powerful earthquake and its repeated aftershocks, have caused widespread damage to the capital city of Port au Prince as well as surrounding areas.
As a united body of student organizations, the group encourages everyone to take part in the effort by donating any form of aid possible. The entire campus community is welcome to attend the vigil, where donation stations will also be set up. Gators United for Haiti will accept donations in the form of cash or checks (checks must be made out to the University of Florida). If you wish to make a donation by credit card, the student group recommends making it to the Red Cross or Yele Haiti, a grassroots organization based in Haiti and founded by Grammy Award winning musician Wyclef Jean.
Note: Monetary donations and supplies will be collected all week on the UF Campus: Plaza of Americas, Turlington Plaza, Reitz Union Colonnade. Feel free to donate any of the following: Monetary donations, clothing, hygiene products, non-Perishable grocery items, and pain relief medication. There is never too much aid so please donate as much as you can. Any help is useful help. Sincerely,
THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
CLUB CREOLE EXECUTIVE BOARD & DIRECTORS 2009-2010
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