Dharma School pancake breakfast will raise funds for Haiti earthquake victim

The Tacoma Buddhist Temple Dharma School invites you to a Pancake Breakfast to raise funds to help the people, especially the children, of Haiti after the massive January 12 earthquake .

Breakfast will be served on Sunday morning, Feb. 7th, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the social hall. There will be no charge for the breakfast but the Dharma School children ask that you give generously to the American Red Cross. If you will be writing a check, please make payable to "American Red Cross" and earmark it for the Haiti Relief Fund. Look for the donation basket and please help us raise funds for a very worthwhile cause.

In an operation that has involved more emergency response teams than any other single-country disaster in global Red Cross history, the American Red Cross has so far spent or committed more than $67 million to meet the most urgent needs of earthquake survivors in Haiti.

The American Red Cross is currently focusing on three areas through its emergency responders and partners: 1. Sending food to those in need, including 3 million pre-packaged meals and funding for World Food Program efforts that will enable them to feed up to 1 million people for a month. 2. Providing clean drinking water, including 3.5 million liters distributed to date in 68 settlements. Each day, the Red Cross is distributing enough water for 100,000 people. 3. Distributing shelter items, such as blankets, tarps, sleeping mats and tents, to families who have been left homeless.The Red Cross is also meeting the health needs of Haitian survivors and providing support to Haitian families in Haiti and the US.

Let’s support our Dharma School kids in their generous efforts to help the victims of the earthquake devastation in Haiti.



Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times/January 26, 2010)

These children at Horizon of Hope in Port-au-Prince have been at the private center, which functions as an adoption agency, since before the earthquake.
Thousands more orphans have joined their ranks since the Jan. 12 quake.