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Hope for Haiti Yields at Least $5,000 for Haiti
Cold night. Warm hearts. Charity concert shows Colgate's and Hamilton's capacity for compassion.
When asked to help, Colgate and the greater Hamilton area simply said, "How?" and "How much?"
Saturday night's Hope for Haiti Concert on the stage of the Colgate Chapel yielded what organizers believe will exceed $5,000. All of this goes to three releif organizations working in the country: Doctors Without Borders, Partners in Health and the American Red Cross.
Mark Shiner, Colgate's Catholic chaplain, was one of the hands on the tiller of this event, which came together in a scant 18 days after the 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti and killed some 200,000 people. When asked what he thoguht about Saturday's concert, he said:
"I think that if you give people an opportunity to be generous, they respond in amazing ways. Our overall budget was $0 and because of individual and departmental donations we are able to send 100% of the money we raised to our chosen organizations.
"The concert held together beautifully and the performances were all excellent. I was completely knocked out by some of the things we got to hear. Joanne Shenandoah was a real treat. Attendance was very strong with a consistent flow of people in and out throughout most of the night.
"Every time I started getting tired I thought of all the doctors and aid workers in Haiti working around the clock, realized how good we all had it, and pressed on.
"The whole thing was really a lot of fun from start to finish. I met some truly inspiring people and saw new and wonderful sides of people I thought I already knew."
And, when asked who he wanted to thank, Shiner said:
"I have so many people I'd like to thank that it's hard to know where to begin.
"All the musicians and performers-- a truly HUGE, amazing and diverse group of people.
"The core team of students, community members, and Colgate staff who really made this possible.
"The leaders of the religious communities who got together and baked and sold an enormous quantity of delicious treats.
"SA Sound, the generous and supremely helpful folks who were there last night even longer than I was!
"The (Colgate) custodial department for their donation of staff time. Campus Safety, ditto. Media Services, ditto. The print shop for covering the costs of promotional materials.
"Hamilton Central School, particularly Vicki Migonis and the kids who helped raise funds through sell flags they'd made.
"SAAC, the benefit party hosts on Friday night, and all the groups that pitched in with their own complementary fundraising efforts.
"The Post Standard, Mid-York, and every other media outlet that covered the event and for all the people and our media folks at Colgate for getting the word out.
"For the spontaneous acts of generosity by so many people who gave FAR beyond the ticket price and made sizable, often anonymous donations to the cause."
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