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Anderson and Negash will donate all of the proceeds to Partners in
an organization that has been established in Haiti for more than 20 years. They chose the organization because it had low administrative costs and 95 percent of donations would go directly to the aid of victims.
"I don't know how many communities could respond in less than two week's time in the manner that the community here did."
about it," Anderson said. "And the danger there is it becomes a flash in the pan and then we all forget about it."
Anderson said he wanted to maintain a presence on the Internet for continuing support of the victims.
about it."
"With Haiti, everybody knows
JOSH ANDERSON Benefit organizer
Anderson said one difficulty with continuing support for a cause like this is loss of interest. He said it's still important to keep the cause on people's minds.
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"This is a situation where, very simply, people need help," Anderson said.
You can follow Anderson's efforts on Twitter at HelpHaitiShow.
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Locals bring out plaid, haggis to raise money at Scottish Festival
Lawrencians with a little highlander in their blood
donned family tartans and followed bagpipe calls to a Haiti relief effort of their own. The Lawrence Arts Center hosted the 14th annual Scottish Festival Saturday night to raise money for earthquake victims.
The night began with a festival featuring Scottish foods and was followed by a 3-hour concert.
The Rev. Douglas Phenix, a Glasgow native, kicked off the event with a reminder of the contributions that Scottish people — other than William Wallace — have made on society.
The concert then featured performances by Uncle Dirtytoes, Highland Dancers and Forest Green before an intermission and ceremonial cutting of the haggis. Kansas City band Kelly finished things off with some contemporary Celtic Folk.
A DVD of last year's festival was released and is available along with more information at lawrencescots. org.
Kelly Dougherty of the celtic band Kelly performs at the Scottish Festival at the Lawrence Arts Center Saturday night. Musicians gathered to celebrate Scottish culture and the majority of the proceeds went to relief funds for the victims of the recent Haitian earthquake.
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Scholarship hall events raise money for Haiti
Stephenson President Ben Tilman, a senior from Eudora, said the event started out as a small idea to use extra money from the hall's social fund to aid Haiti. But word spread quickly among the scholarship halls and Tilman said he now expects between 100 and 200 students to attend each night.
Stephenson Scholarship Hall will be filled with video game, board game and card game tournaments every night this week in an effort to help victims of the January Haiti earthquake.
The tournaments are part of a week-long "Hope for Haiti" event hosted by Stephenson to raise money for Haiti relief efforts. The week will include four tournaments, each with a $3 entry fee and a Kansas basketball watch party
"We were really just expecting mostly friends from the hall and maybe a few different people from the other halls," he said. "But it seems like the entire scholarship hall community is really embracing the idea."
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"Definitely around the scholarship hall community, there's a very strong sense of community and people like to get together for these kinds of things," he said. "And everyone wants to do something for the Haiti efforts."
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Although raising money is the main focus of the week, Tilman said the tournaments would help build community relations between scholarship hall residents.
how it's growing so fast from one little thing into, hopefully, a huge event," he said.
Tournaments start each night at 7 p.m., beginning with a Wii bowling tournament tonight.
The idea for the event originated when James White, a junior from Kansas City, Kan., suggested the hall's extra social funds be donated to Haiti relief. Because they weren't allowed to donate the money directly, the hall government decided to use it for a fundraiser instead.
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The event is geared toward the scholarship hall community, but Tilman said anyone is welcome to attend. He hopes to raise between $1,500 and $2,000 and find an organization that will match the donation.
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More information can be found on the Facebook event "Stephenson Hall presents Hope for Haiti."
Dustin True, a sophomore from Eudora and member of the "Hope for Haiti" planning committee, said he was impressed by the response from the scholarship hall community.
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Haitian government suspends adoptions
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ten U.S. Baptists arrested trying to take 33 children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti say they were just trying to do the right thing, applying Christian principles to save Haitian children.
Prime Minister Max Bellerive told The Associated Press Sunday he was outraged by the group's "illegal trafficking of children" in a country long afflicted by the scourge and by foreign meddling.
But the hard reality on the ground in this desperately poor country — especially after the catastrophic Jan. 12 quake — is that some parents openly attest to their willingness to part with their children if it will mean a better life.
It was a sentiment expressed by all but one of some 20 Haitian parents interviewed at a tent
camp Sunday that teemed with children whose toys were hewn from garbage.
"Some parents I know have already given their children to foreigners," said Adonis Helman, 44. "I've been thinking how I will choose which one I may give — probably my youngest."
Haiti's overwhelmed government has halted all adoptions unless they were in motion before the quake amid fears that parentless or lost children are more vulnerable than ever to being seized and sold.
Without proper documents and concerted efforts to track down their parents, they could be forever separated from family members able and willing to care for them. Bellerive's personal authorization is now required for the departure of any child.
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