Campus groups launch Haiti relief effort

By Don Clyde
The Guardsman

Both the City College Associated Student Council and the City College French Club are launching fundraising and awareness campaigns to raise money for disaster relief in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

The magnitude 7.0 quake on Jan. 12 centered near Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, flattened huge swathes of the city, killing up to 200,000 people and leaving up to 1.5 million homeless. According to Dominican Today, 110,000 confirmed dead were counted as of Jan. 23.

The French Club has set up a table to accept donations at the Ocean campus cafeteria up to Jan. 29 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The money raised will go to either a yet-to-be determined Haitian orphanage or Lutheran World Relief. Thomas Blair, department chair of the foreign languages department, said Lutheran World Relief was very efficient at delivering monies to where it is most needed. After Jan. 29, the French Club will accept donations in the Creative Arts Building, room 202.

The Associated Student Council is holding a meeting today, Jan. 27, at 2:00 p.m. to determine the best path forward for Haiti fundraising. Zen Trenholm, vice president of finance for AS, said the group would try to coordinate with various clubs on campus and hold a benefit event in February.

The council will donate raised funds to the Red Cross.