Over $125,000 has been contributed through TCF to various organizations doing relief work in Haiti... Lenovo employees have donated more than $14,000, Golden Corral staff, over $32,000. These numbers sound good to us, but we know there's more to come.
Our internal Haiti team met today to continue to push ourselves and ensure that we're keeping up with the ongoing news coming from so many directions. Who's doing what. What the needs are.
Back in 2005, the Foundation embarked in Project Life Boat in response to the Tsunami in India. Over $209,000 was raised by local business leaders which translated into 52 fishing boats helping hundreds of families in India. I had just started at the Foundation then and remember being so very inspired by this philanthropy.
The Tsunami was devastating. And one should be careful in comparing disasters- how can one say which is one is 'better' or 'worse'? But Haiti? The numbers alone tell a completely different story. An entire nation has been affected, not a region, but a nation. I think everyone has been compelled to try to do something to respond.
And so we are hard at work here, glad to see corporate partners like Lenovo and Golden Corral who have set up Funds at TCF so that their employees can donate and we can get needed funds there quickly. Last week, we sent $54,000 plus down to Haiti and we'll do another round of grants this week.
But we also have to think long-term. Sustainability. That's what philanthropy's contribution to this can and should be. And so we are exploring a couple of options that we can embark on..
Give us your ideas if you have them. Otherwise, stay tuned.
And thank you to everyone who has donated already.
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