Sheila A. Cork
Librarian
New Orleans Museum of Art
City Park
1 Collins Diboll Circle
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70179-0123
504-658-4117
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From: Ann Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Fwd: [alacro-l] ALA Sets Up 'Text' Donations to Help Rebuild Libraries in Haiti
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Date: Friday, June 11, 2010, 10:30 AM
ALA Sets Up *Text* Donations to Help Rebuild Libraries in Haiti
It now only takes two minutes for you to donate $10 to help rebuild
libraries in Haiti.
The American Library Association has set up an option to easily donate
through your mobile phone. To donate to the ALA Haiti Library Relief
Fund simply text *alahaiti* to 20222, and a $10 one-time
tax-deductible donation will be added to your mobile phone bill.
Only 6 months have past since the devastating January earthquake killed
over 200,000 in Port Au Prince, Haiti leaving 1.5 million homeless, and
destroying countless cultural institutions, including libraries.
*Unfortunately, libraries are not immune from natural disasters, yet
they are critical to the helping people recover,* said Keith Michael
Fiels, ALA Executive Director. Ten public and community libraries were
destroyed, and many others damaged. Major academic and research
libraries/archives housing the patrimony of Haiti also collapsed, or
suffered major structural damage.
ALA is raising funds to rebuild three libraries in Haiti destroyed
during the earthquake in January. They are the Petit Goave Public
Library, the Centre Culturel Pyepoudre Community Library, and the
Bibliothèque haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit which was founded in
1873 and holds resources documenting the history of Haiti, French
colonization, slavery and emancipation.
Thanks to a generous donation from Sirsi/Dynix and hundreds of library
supporters, $18,000 has been raised so far, but much more is needed.
ALA will be encouraging all attendees and exhibitors at the ALA Annual
Conference, June 24-29 to take two minutes to donate $10.
ALA is pleased to announce that our Haitian colleagues will be
attending the ALA Annual Conference, including leaders of the three
libraries ALA is adopting: Françoise Beaulieu-Thybulle, Director-General
of the BibliothequeNationaleD*haiti; Library Patrick Tardieu, Head
Archivist, Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Pères du Saint-Esprit; and
Elizabeth Pierre-Louise of the Fondation Connaissance Et Liberte
(FOKAL).
For more information on ALA*s Haiti Library Relief effort, including
how libraries can also *adopt* a library in Hati, visit
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/iro/iroactivities/haitirelieffund.cfm
( A one-time donation of $10 will be added to your mobile phone bill
or
deducted from your prepaid balance. All charges are billed by and
payable to
your mobile service provider. Service is available on most carriers.
Donations
are collected for the bene_t of the ALA by the Mobile Giving Foundation
and
subject to the terms found at www.hmgf.org/t. You can unsubscribe at
any
time by replying STOP to short code *20222*; Reply HELP to *20222
for help.)
Michael Dowling
Director
International and Chapter Relations Offices
American Library Association
50 E Huron St
Chicago, IL, USA
p +1 800-545-2433 ext 3200
f +1 312-280-4392
www.ala.org
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