樱桃视频proved yet again it's there to help people in need, even across the world.
The community raised more than $46,000 for the Humanity Village project at From the Heart of Sea to Sky: Wave of Compassion concert Saturday (Jan. 15), pushing the total raised to help a community in tsunami-stricken Asia over $160,000.
"We know that 樱桃视频has already been very generous," said Joanna Schwarz, one of the event organizers.
"We were pretty elated."
Money came in over the phone, through donations and through the silent auction. Around $10,500 was raised at the silent auction alone. Someone bid $1,000 on an item with an asking price of $375.
"I think I was touched most by people's generosity and eagerness to help and especially by the spirit of the children," Schwarz said.
"I've been thinking about the children. So many died in the Tsunami disaster. The response of 樱桃视频children at the fundraiser has been very touching. One of the first donors to the table was a father and his young son who emptied his piggy bank of coins."
At the fundraiser people had a choice of donating to the Red Cross or to the 樱桃视频Humanity Village adopt a village program. Only $50 was earmarked for the Red Cross.
Coun. Jeff Dawson was the person who spearheaded the Humanity Village project.
"I thought it was fantastic," he said about the fundraiser on Jan. 15. "It just blew me away."
He said 150 volunteers are showing up for regular meetings about the village project. The volunteers work on committees covering fundraising, operations, administration, volunteers, travel and construction.
He estimated around $160,000 has been raised for the project so far.
The effects of the project, in which 樱桃视频will adopt and reconstruct a South Asian village effected by the tsunami, have been felt nationally and internationally as well.
Dawson has been on a radio show in Windsor, Ont. and has had calls from Quebec, as well as one man who called him from Washington State because he read about the project in the Bellingham Herald. There are similar type programs in England and Austria.
Dawson said it looked like a Ski Lankan village would be adopted. The decision would be made by the end of January at the latest.
"Ski Lanka has shown the most interest in our initiative," Dawson said. "They just make the ideal candidate for a community partnership."
Donations are still being accepted. People can call 604-815-4004 to make donations by phone and Sea to Sky Community Services is still accepting donations.
For more information about the Humanity Village project see www.humanityvillage.org.
