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1. OFFICE DEPOT FREE FAXING TO HAITI

2. ARTICLE  BELOW  IS FROM N.Y CARIBBEAN NEWS - WRITTEN: BY TONY BROWN

3. President Obama was on NY1 NEWS TV

 

 

OFFICE DEPOT FREE FAXING TO HAITI

Starting today, customers can stop by the Copy & Print Center in Office Depot stores in the United States and fax up to 25 pages per person free of charge to Haiti (area code 509). The free fax offer will continue through April 30, 2010.

“There are thousands of people throughout the United States that are in dire need of getting important documents back to their family members that are still in Haiti, and Office Depot is happy to play a small role in opening up the lines of communication,” said George Hill, Senior Vice President of Copy and Print for Office Depot. “Whether customers need to fax copies of important insurance papers, bank information or other materials that might have been destroyed in this tragedy, Office Depot locations around the country are standing by and ready to assist.”

The program is part of the Company’s multifaceted effort to help the people of the Caribbean nation. In the aftermath of the January 12 quake, the Office Depot Foundation donated $10,000 to Doctors Without Borders to provide medical supplies and $10,000 to Feed The Children, enabling it to send 40,000 pounds of rice to Haiti – enough for 160,000 individual meals. The Foundation will also give Feed The Children 2,500 backpacks to help children in Haiti who have nowhere to keep their possessions. Additionally, Office Depot is providing 20,000 square feet of space in Miami to serve as a staging location for donations being sent to Haiti.

The Foundation also announced the renewal of its sponsorship of the National Disaster Help Desk for Business, which is operated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center. Businesses that have interests in the region, or that simply wish to assist, can call the Help Desk at 1-888-MY-BIZ-HELP for access to resources and information.

  ARTICLE  BELOW  IS FROM N.Y CARIBBEAN NEWS - WRITTEN: BY TONY BROWN

Reaching Out To The Caribbean Diaspora To Support The Haitian Relief Effort, Campaign Stretches From The Halls Of Congress And The OAS Headquarters In Washington To The Streets Of New York

By Tony Best

“It is imperative that we keep families together during this time of crisis.”

U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke of the 11“ Congressional District in Brooklyn was outlining a key reason behind an important bit of proposed legislation which she introduced the other day in the House of Representatives in Washington. If approved by both the House and the Senate and signed into law by President Barack Obama, the Haitian Emergency Life Protection Act of 2010 would give 55,000 Haitians whose immigration petitions the green light to join their relatives in the United States.

According to Clarke, the HELP Act, as it would be called, was crafted to “temporarily expand the V non-immigrant visa category to include Haitians whose petitions for a family-sponsored immigrant visa were approved on or before January 12th this year, the day when the devastating earthquake struck the Caribbean country, killing an estimated 150,000 persons and leaving about 500,000 injured or homeless or both.

“As a representative of the second largest concentration of first and second generation Haitian immigrants, my office has been and continues to be inundated with families desperately trying to re-unite with their loved ones directly affected by the devastation in Haiti,” said Clarke. “My constituents are eager to reunite with their family members in Haiti, some of whom have been waiting for up to 11 years to enter the U.S. because of backlogs.”

A similar bill was introduced in the upper chamber by two Democratic senators, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Robert Menendez of New Jersey.

The House measure is being supported by Representatives Ed Towns of Brooklyn; Eliot Engel, the Bronx; California’s Barbara Lee; Dr. Donna Christensen of the U.S. Virgin Islands; Charles Rangel’s of Manhattan; Carolyn Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ohio’s Marcia Fudge; Kike Honda of California and John Lewis of Georgia.

“It is my hope that this bill will provide an expedited pathway to family re-unification, bringing peace of mind to Haitian families within our District,” said Clarke. “I am in the process of urging members of Congress to join me in this great opportunity to help Haiti and its people.”

The move in Congress by Clarke and other lawmakers was but a single piece of Tapestry, if you will, that stretches across the country in air of the Haitian relief effort. For example:

* The Institute of Caribbean Studies in Washington has made a general appeal to the Caribbean Diaspora urging immigrants to assist earthquake victims, reminded people that Haitians “need an immense outpouring of humanitarian relief --- food, water and medicine.” But beyond the immediate demands “we must begin to make plans for the crisis of tomorrow and the days and the months of rebuilding to come.”

That was why the Institute urged “all Caribbean American community leaders and the Caribbean Diaspora at large, to join forces with our brothers and sisters in the Haitian American community to lend a hand.”

For its part, ICS is aiding the National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians as it seeks to mount medical missions to Haiti.

* The Caribbean American Medical & Scientific Association, whose immediate past President, Dr Patricia Nicholas, rushed to Haiti to help treat victims of the earthquake is planning several medical missions to Haiti over the next year.

“There is an urgent need for health services that target smaller and vulnerable communities, especially children and pregnant mothers,” said Dr. Nicholas, a Haitian who was trained in podiatry at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine. “I am concerned that many of the smaller communities like Leogane, a town west of Port-au-Prince are not getting adequate attention. In addition to the general health concerns of the displaced victims of the earthquake, I am particularly worried that newborns will not get adequate nutrition and the necessary immunizations. I also concerned about pregnant mothers not getting pre-natal care.”

Dr. Nicholas went to Haiti a weeks after the earthquake struck the country. She spent a week there as part of a medical team treating patients.

[GO HERE TO FIND IMMEDIATE HELP >>>  The Haitian Family Resource Center at the Brooklyn Armory, 1579 Bedford & Atlantic Avenue's in Bed-Sty Brooklyn which was opened recently by New York Governor David Paterson.  in the presence of a wide cross section of federal, state and local government elected officials and others is providing a range of services to Haitian immigrants.

NYC MTA Directions - Take the A Train To Franklyn Avenue walk two blocks North and One block East you will see the armory when you arrive onto Atlantic Avenue.

SS- Franklyn Shuttle Train To Franklyn Avenue - Walk two blocks North and One block East you will see the armory when you arrive onto Atlantic Avenue.

By MTA Bus:

B-44 Bus to Atlantic & Nostrand Ave's -Walk two blocks West  on Atlantic Avenue.

It is offering Creole-speaking translation services, immigration assistance, advice on temporary Protected Status, child guardianship and custody, legal help, mental services and is to coordinate volunteer efforts and provide “accurate briefings on the status of the relief effort.

“Haiti needs our help,” said Yvonne Graham, Brooklyn’s Deputy Borough President, at the center’s opening. New York City Councilmembers, Jumaane Williams and Mathieu Eugene agreed.

“We are thankful that so many people and institutions are working together to assist Haiti at this crucial juncture,” said Eugene. Williams added: “This is a long-term effort that must be sustained.”

* Estelle Dubuisson, founder and driving force behind Children of Laschobas, an organization that has been working for at least two decades to assist youngsters in the Haitian village is doing what has become a crucial part of her life in the City, reaching out to people to help Haiti.

* Congressman Meeks and Cthe City University of New York are offering Haitians eligible for TPS free legal help in completing TPS forms.

The service is being offered on Thursdays in Meeks’ office, 153-01 Jamaica Avenue.

“An attorney will be in my office to complete the application form free of charge and to prevent people from being taken advantage of by unscrupulous scam artists,” said Meeks.

The initiative was launched on February 4 and is being offered every Thursday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

* A major “Application day” is being scheduled for Saturday, February 20th at York College of the City University of New York in Queens. Congressman Meeks is a driving force behind the event which will deal with a range of immigration issues, including TPS.

* Haitian-American United for Progress and New York City Councilmember Leroy Comrie of Queens have joined hands to collect relief supplies in Queens for Haitian victims of the earthquake.

* Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary- General of the Organization of American States in Washington to which Haiti, Guyana, Suriname and other Caribbean nations belong, presented a check for $30,000 to the Pan American Development Foundation to aid in the relief effort.

The money was raised at a special event in Washington last month and will be used to assist victims of the earthquake. The event was supported by contribution from the Haiti Group of Friends, the OAS leadership, Haitian diplomats, policymakers and representatives of international organizations.

“We are very pleased to see this enormous outpouring of support for Haiti, and the Pa American Foundation will be able to multiply this and leverage this with the private sector contributions and ultimately this will benefit the people of Haiti, said Ramdin, a diplomat from the Caribbean nation of Suriname who is now in his second term as the OAS Assistant Secretary-General.

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