Helping Haiti from our Home

Today was a pretty inspiring day for me, most especially around the noon hour. I received an email that went out to many student organizations, most especially those dedicated to volunteering. The email was brief, saying only that there would be a brainstorming meeting Thursday at the lunch hour to discuss efforts to help Haiti. I figured that a handful of people would show up, not because I didn’t have faith in the student body that they were willing to help, but because college inboxes are flooded everyday with emails about meetings to go and they all manage to be at the exact same time. But the turn out was more than I could have hoped for.

We gathered in one of our only few lectures halls on campus and students from all different organizations, not even just volunteer ones, met and brainstormed ideas about how we could help those in Haiti from afar. There were talks of benefit concerts, collaborations with other colleges, t-shirt drives, wristband sales, and the list went on and on. Honestly, I sat there in awe at how willing everyone was to lend a hand. What I think hit home for a lot of people was the few speakers we had at the beginning of the meeting. They were a few members from our own CSA, the Caribbean Students Association. Haiti is a place close to their hearts, especially one whose family actually lives in Haiti, and they were eager to get people involved. Although, it felt like the energy to make a difference overseas was already there.

The question remains just what exactly our student body will do to raise funds to send over to Haiti. But with the energy and enthusiasm I saw today, it is evident that we will for sure go above and beyond what is expected. Isn’t that an IC student anyway?

Posted February 5, 2010 at 12:25 am by Rebecca Webster | Share on Facebook
Categories: Ithaca College

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