Story posted Thursday, January 28, 2010
Leo Club Pitches In, Raises $171 For Haiti Relief At Trivia Night
Elk Grove Village residents are coming together to open their hearts and wallets to victims of the recent earthquake that devastated the already impoverished island nation of Haiti.
The new Elk Grove Leo Club, a junior organization affiliated with the Elk Grove Lions Club, raised $171 for Haiti relief at the Lions Club Trivia Night earlier this month running the 50/50 raffle and taking individual donations.
The money will go to Haitian relief efforts through the Lions Club International Foundation. Elk Grove Trustee Christine Prochno held a fundraiser at her family's True Value Hardware store on Saturday, Jan. 23 in which 5% of sales were donated to the Red Cross Haiti relief fund. The store raised $200 that was matched by True Value corporate for a total donation of $400.
Also raising funds is the Elk Grove Rotary Club. Rotarians are working collectively across the Northwest suburbs through their District 6440 Chapter.
District 6440 has sent 150 "shelter boxes" to Haiti. A shelter box contains a tent, food for a week and other supplies. District 6440 donated $3,000 through individual clubs and individual Rotarian donated $2,000 more. Rotary International then matched that money. Shelter boxes are being used to house doctors, relief workers, and being used as hospital rooms. Many of Haiti's hospitals are structurally unsafe because of the quake and doctors are treating the injured in the open air outside their buildings.
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