Haiti Fundraiser Weekend
Start: Jan 15 2011
End: Jan 16 2011
On January 12, 2010, the country of Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake, with aftershocks lasting for weeks and massive amounts of damage and casualties. Brooklyn is home to many people with ties to Haiti, and both the grief and the urge to help were strong.
In response, Greenlight Bookstore announced that it would donate 10% of all sales on January 23 and 24, 2010, to the Red Cross for Haiti relief, and issued a matching challenge for those interested in giving a bit more. The response from customers was wonderful, and Greenlight was able to donate around $4,000 to Haiti relief.
One year later, Haiti has begun to rebuild; but hit yet again with a hurricane and a cholera outbreak, the country is still in great need of help. Greenlight Bookstore hopes to help once again in a small way with a new version of last year's fundraiser.
On January 15 and 16, 2011, Greenlight Bookstore will donate 10% of all sales to Haiti relief. This will include both purchases made in the store and purchases made through the store’s website, greenlightbookstore.com, at any time on Saturday or Sunday. Funds this year will go to Partners in Health, another organization with a great reputation for doing good work to help the people of Haiti.
The fundraiser weekend will kick off with a Story Time event at 11:00 AM on Saturday, January 15, with Alix Delinois, the Haitian-born illustrator of Eight Days: A Story of Haiti. Written by acclaimed Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat, this picture book tells the story of Junior, a seven-year-old boy trapped beneath his house after the Port-au-Prince earthquake in January 2010, whose sparkling imagination and resilience help him find the strength to survive until he is rescued.
Books by Haitian authors will be prominently featured this weekend, including the anthology Haiti Noir (edited by Edwidge Danticat; signed copies available), the classic Haitian trilogy Love, Anger, Madness by Marie Vieux-Chauvet, the new picture book Hope for Haiti by Jesse Joshua Watson, Hope Is an Open Heart by local author Lauren Thompson, and others.
Greenlight Bookstore
686 Fulton Street (@ South Portland)
Brooklyn, New York 11217
718-246-0200
Open 10am-10pm everyday
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