The CPUC Supports Relief Efforts For Haiti

April 7, 2010: Silent Auction

A message from the CPUC’s Executive Director about the Haiti Earthquake that occurred on Jan. 12, 2010:

Dear CPUC Colleagues,

The massive earthquake in Haiti and its capital, Port-au-Prince, is among the worst natural disasters to strike our hemisphere in living memory. This is a humanitarian crisis of extraordinary proportions, given the early news reports about the great numbers of those killed or missing.

The CPUC staff is known for their dedication and commitment to helping others and many have asked what we can do to support relief organizations already on the ground helping the millions of Haitian citizens who have been affected by this tragedy. To that end, we are providing below quick links to several organizations that are in need of your support.

Over the next few days, several CPUC employees will meet to discuss and plan our response to this catastrophe. In the meantime, we wanted you to have useful information and to know that the CPUC is anxious to help.

The CPUC joins the world community in our concern for the welfare of survivors and in grief for the untold thousands who have perished.

Sincerely,

Paul Clanon, Executive Director
CPUC


Text “Haiti” to 90999 from your personal cell phone to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross, through an effort backed by the U.S. State Department. Funds will go to support American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. The donation will be added to your cell phone bill or deducted from your prepaid account. Subscribers to participating wireless carriers can also donate $5 to the Red Cross by texting "GIVE" to 24357 Shelter Box USA Donate to the Red Cross. The Red Cross is also looking for volunteers who speak Creole and English to answer phones and be a translator. National Nurses United Center for International Disaster Information Donate to Doctors Without Borders Donate to UNICEF learn more about Haiti on the UNICEF Website International Rescue Committee - IRC has created this personalized link for the CPUC and our friends and families to donate. CARE Oxfam Partners in Health The Whitehouse Haiti Earthquake Relief Website United Way Sample pledge form for employees who would like to donate by salary deductions via the CSECC/United Way. Item G on the pledge form is where you can write in designations. In this box, simply write in “UW Worldwide Disaster/Haiti” and this will give to this specific disaster fund. You will not need to find or write in an address as your local United Way will have that information. Item H. allows you to make a one-time gift via check. Blank form To make a donation to the relief efforts checks are being accepted by the following people: 1st floor: Deniese Earley, Business Services: de2, 703-5886 2nd floor: Martha Ture, CPSD: tur, 703-1506 3rd Floor: Valerie Kao (vuk) IMSD, 703-1341 4th floor: Nika Rogers, DRA: nlr, 703-1529 5th Floor: Anne-Marie Madrigal (am3) 703-1636 Make checks payable to the International Rescue Committee. Read our flyer If you have questions, please contact Nika Rogers at (415) 703-1529 or NLR@cpuc.ca.gov. Special thanks to the CPUC's African-American Coalition for their work on this effort.

Text “Haiti” to 90999 from your personal cell phone to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross, through an effort backed by the U.S. State Department. Funds will go to support American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. The donation will be added to your cell phone bill or deducted from your prepaid account. Subscribers to participating wireless carriers can also donate $5 to the Red Cross by texting "GIVE" to 24357
Shelter Box USA
Donate to the Red Cross. The Red Cross is also looking for volunteers who speak Creole and English to answer phones and be a translator.
National Nurses United
Center for International Disaster Information
Donate to Doctors Without Borders
Donate to UNICEF
- learn more about Haiti on the UNICEF Website
International Rescue Committee - IRC has created this personalized link for the CPUC and our friends and families to donate.
CARE
Oxfam
Partners in Health
The Whitehouse Haiti Earthquake Relief Website
United Way
- Sample pledge form for employees who would like to donate by salary deductions via the CSECC/United Way. Item G on the pledge form is where you can write in designations. In this box, simply write in “UW Worldwide Disaster/Haiti” and this will give to this specific disaster fund. You will not need to find or write in an address as your local United Way will have that information. Item H. allows you to make a one-time gift via check.
- Blank form
To make a donation to the relief efforts checks are being accepted by the following people:
- 1st floor: Deniese Earley, Business Services: de2, 703-5886
- 2nd floor: Martha Ture, CPSD: tur, 703-1506
- 3rd Floor: Valerie Kao (vuk) IMSD, 703-1341
- 4th floor: Nika Rogers, DRA: nlr, 703-1529
- 5th Floor: Anne-Marie Madrigal (am3) 703-1636
- Make checks payable to the International Rescue Committee.
Read our flyer

If you have questions, please contact Nika Rogers at (415) 703-1529 or NLR@cpuc.ca.gov.

Special thanks to the CPUC's African-American Coalition for their work on this effort.

Last Modified: 6/22/2010

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