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Volume 1, Issue 5
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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Haiti Earthquake Relief Concert raises $12,000
By Sheila McBrayne
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It was a full house on Friday, February 19 as six local bands and about 250 people gathered for a night of fun, food and fundraising. The Haiti Earthquake Relief Concert held at Colasanti’s raised exactly $12,083.83. Owner Joe Colasanti donated his venue for the benefit concert as well as his staff who donated their time. All the venders who supply to Colasanti’s also chipped in to donate food for the meal. The monies raised are being directed to the Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. Six bands provided an evening of entertainment from 5 p.m. to midnight, each playing for about an hour. Dale Butler and Friends, Early Cash, Local Honey, Nicole Barron and The Prospects, Same Latitude as Rome and Southwest Sound entertained throughout the evening, all for the cause. Some people have given the “shirt off their back”, well Joe Colasanti gave the “hat off his head” to help raise more money for the event. Joe’s knitted touque was auctioned off for $50, but that wasn’t enough… A passing of
The Haiti Earthquake Relief Concert held at Colasanti’s on Friday, February 19 raised more than $12,000 for the Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund. Organizers are pictured here proudly holding an over-sized cheque to show the huge support from the Leamington community. From left to right are Stuart Campbell, Tina Quiring, Joanne Gow and Joe Colasanti. (Sun Photo)
the hat to get Joe’s hat back raised another $500 for the cause! Committee members organizing the event – Joanne Gow, Joe Colasanti, Tina Quiring, Stuart Campbell and Pastor Tom Harmon – put the benefit concert together in about three weeks. “Everything came together
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rather quickly and worked out well,” said Gow. Campbell was in Haiti, in Labadie, 200 miles north of Port Au Prince, from November 23 to December 2, 2009 administering hygiene products and bibles with the Kingsville Community Church. “We got back just before Former Leamington resident Sarah Brophey was at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and had a chance to spend some time with her hometown friend Meghan Agosta. Meghan, who hails from Ruthven, scored a record-breaking nine goals during the Olympics and won her second gold medal for Team Canada in Women’s Hockey. (More photos on Page 18)
the earthquake. We were planning to do something when we got back, but the earthquake certainly inspired us to act so quickly,” said Campbell. This was Campbell’s first time in Haiti, but he intends to return to aid in the ongoing and long process of helping the hundreds of thou-
sands of Haitians who need assistance. In Proverbs, 22-9 it states: “He who is generous will be blessed. For he gives some of his food to the poor.” To all those who attended, sponsored, donated time, talent, food, consider this proverb a humble thank you from Haiti.