Haiti Relief Events
The popular Shenango choral group with Friends, will present a concert with proceeds benefiting Pure Water for the World and their Haiti recovery efforts. The concert will be held at the United Church in Nelson, BC, on Feb. 28, at 7:30pm. Tickets are $10 at Eddy music.
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The Selkirk Camerata chamber concert, being held on February 27, 2010, will benefit Pure Water for the World and their Haiti recovery efforts. The concert is at the Anglican Cathedral in Nelson, BC, and will begin at 7:30pm. The acoustics are wonderful! By donation.
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Press Release from Beltrami’s-
Beltrami’s is happy to announce that we are helping Pure Water for the World, an international aid organization (that just happens to be run by Rutland’s own Carolyn Meub) to raise $$ for Haitian relief.
Here’s the scoop:
**Have your family’s portrait created by Beltrami’s in the months of February or March.
**Donate as much as you want for your session fee (we usually charge $150 for a Family Portrait Session)…we’re asking for a $25 minimum, but please consider as much as you can because of the size of the need.
**100% of your session fee goes to Pure Water for the World!
Plus, you can get discounts when you order prints and even frames.
Call 802-773-8480 to schedule your family’s appointment!
This donation effort and program expires on World Water Day, March 22.
**$1200 gets a water purification set-up to 200 children in Haiti. How many kids do you think we can help?!
Here’s Beltrami’s Facebook…become a fan!
Here’s Beltrami’s website.
One more thing: Another kind of ‘aftershock’ of the Haiti earthquake is disease, and disease spreads easiest through bad sanitation and dirty drinking water. Many more people in Haiti will die without the help that Pure Water is and will provide. Please tell your friends about this so we can raise as much $$ as possible to send relief to our Haitian neighbors!!
Thanks so much!! - Beltrami’s Studio
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BAI AND VJC HAVE TO HELP HAITI
Have To Help Haiti, a collaboration between Brattleboro Arts Initiative and the Vermont Jazz Center, is a benefit concert to raise desperately needed funds to support Haiti in the aftermath of the recent devastating earthquake. The event will take place on Thursday February 4, 2010 at the Latchis Theatre in downtown Brattleboro, and is being produced on a volunteer basis with 100% of the proceeds going to Pure Water for the World (PWW).
Pure Water for the World started its campaign in Haiti in early 2008. This national non-profit, which started right here in Brattleboro with groundbreaking effort by the Brattleboro Rotary Club, brings hygiene, education, and clean water to schools, clinics and orphanages. As of early 2010, PWW has provided clean water and hygiene education to 205,000 children in over 725 schools in Haiti. Pure Water for the World Executive Director Carolyn Meub says “The best way you can help today is to provide a donation…. All funds collected will be used to provide clean water in Haiti.”
Have To Help Haiti will feature local and regional musicians and talent as well as guest speaker(s) from Pure Water for the World. The event is currently scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. and run for about 2 hours. Tickets will be a suggested donation of $20.00. . Local restaurants are also supporting this community wide effort by donating a portion of sales that night to the Pure Water for the World Haitian Relief Fund. Participating restaurants (so far) include The Tap Room, Peter Havens, and Three Stones. Ticket outlets and performer line-up will be announced soon, but save the date. For more information, call 802-380-2537.
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Musicains for Haiti Benefit Concert
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 / 7:30pm
Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Avenue
Admission by donation
Performers Include:
Nancy Argenta – soprano
Ingrid Attrot - soprano
Laura Backstrom – cello
Kelly Charlton - piano
Kenji Fuse – viola
Marcus Hissen – trombone
Robert Holliston – piano
Mary Rannie – bass
Jamie Syer – piano
Terence Tam – violin
Winifred Wood – piano
Victoria Children’s Choir
VCM Student Ensembles and Soloists
download PDF of concert poster
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Change the World Kids, Three Tomatoes Trattoria, and Dartmouth Medical School partner to raise money for Haiti.
The Change the World Kids’ belief is simple: No one can do everything, but everyone can do something. A week after the earthquake in Haiti, kids our own age and their families are in crisis, homeless, critically ill or injured, and without the basic needs of life. Our relief effort Teens Connecting Continents – Haiti is rapidly responding to the people of Haiti and creating events that will continue to help support them during the early stages of this disaster.
First, the urgent need in Haiti is financial support. Change the World Kids are partnering with Three Tomatoes Trattoria and Dartmouth Medical School to raise money for Haiti. On the evenings of Tuesday January 26th, Wednesday January 27th, and Thursday January 28th, Three Tomatoes Trattoria will donate $5 per dinner entrée ordered at each of their four locations to the relief effort in Haiti. You can dine and donate on January 26th, 27th and 28th at Three Tomatoes Burlington, Williston, and Rutland, Vermont and Lebanon, New Hampshire.
The money raised these evenings will be distributed through Partners in Health (PIH) and Pure Water for the World.
These two non-profit organizations have deep roots, both in Haiti and in our community. PIH was co-founded by Dr. Jim Yong Kim, the current President of Dartmouth College, and Dr. Paul Farmer. PIH has provided health care in Haiti for almost 25 years and according to Dr. Kim, “Earthquake victims are streaming into PIH clinics in Haiti, which are located in rural areas that sustained less damage”. In support of PIH, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has sent 2 teams of medical personnel and 3,000 pounds of supplies. Change the World Kids, Three Tomatoes Trattoria, and Dartmouth Medical School hope that this fundraiser will be able to support current relief efforts and help begin the rebuilding process.
Pure Water for the World is a Vermont non-profit organization, which began its project in Haiti in 2008. Their goal is to reduce intestinal parasites and illness by preventing children from drinking contaminated water. This non-profit organization is even more critical to the children of Haiti than before. Today, Pure Water for the World sends the news that 205,000 children from 725 schools now have access to clean water in Port-au-Prince. Still far more children and adults remain dehydrated and threatened by waterborne diseases.
You can help change the story, the news, and the world for current and future generations. Join us at Three Tomatoes to enjoy a wonderful meal with family and friends, while raising money for the people of Haiti.
Visit changetheworldkids.org for information about additional events in the coming weeks.
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PRESS RELEASE
Rutland Helps Haiti Benefit Concert
Rutland Helps Haiti on February 5th, 2010 with a benefit concert at the Paramount Theatre in Downtown Rutland at 7 pm brought to you by Catamount Radio, with all of the donations going to Pure Water For The World’s Haitian clean water initiative. Their mission is more important than ever in light of the recent earthquakes. Many are not aware that right here in our town, Rutland, Carolyn Meub and Pure Water have been hard at work in Haiti for years producing water filters to provide clean, safe drinking water, giving Haitians health and hope that leads to opportunity. Now, more than ever, Pure Water needs your help and Rutland has a long, proud history of coming through when called on. Clean water equals health, hope and opportunity and on Friday, February 5th, you can make a real difference with your donation.
Caitlin Canty and Darlingside brought to you by Catamount Radio, Friday, February 5th at 7pm at The Paramount Theatre. Tickets are available at the door only, night of show, starting at 6pm for a suggested $10.00 minimum donation, cash or check only, checks for any amount can be made out to: Pure Water. Help us fill the water filter. Together we can achieve our $10,000 fundraising goal, enough to help bring clean water to at least 5 schools. 100% of the donations from the benefit concert go directly to Pure Water For The World in Rutland, VT. Carolyn Meub will also be on hand to share the message of what is going on in Haiti today with the relief initiative and how your donations are going to make a real difference in the lives of those in need.
Caitlin Canty, an indie singer/songwriter, crafts her songs with maple-sugared vocals, blues-touched tones, and a percussive guitar. A Proctor, Vermont native now based in New York City, Caitlin spent her early years working on the production side of live music and backing up more established artists while quietly cultivating her own music. After finally escaping the cubicle, Caitlin swung around to the other side of the microphone and now performs regularly at The Living Room, Rockwood Music Hall and listening rooms across New England. Her fans compare her voice and songs to the likes of Patti Griffin, Norah Jones , and Bonnie Raitt. Caitlin sings often with Rachel Loshak and David Poe and has opened for John Hammond and Duncan Sheik. She has independently produced several EP’s and one full-length album, Green (2007) with a new multiple-part album to be released in 2010.
Darlingside is a string-rock quintet recently settled in Northhampton, MA. The band formed at Williams College, where they share the stage with such acts as Guster, The Format and The Ken Oak Band. Darlingside’s sound is characterized by elegantly crafted cello-violin duets, soaring harmonies, catchy hooks and compelling beats. Musical influences range from Radiohead to Nickel Creek, Beethoven to Phoenix. In 2010, these five multi-instrumentalists and their bold new songs are poised to explode onto stages all across the Northeast.
For more information and for complete benefit detail, be sure to listen to your favorite Catamount Radio Station or check out their website at www.catamountradio.com
