Donations to FEDERATION CJA's Haiti Relief Fund have reached over $380,000 to date. Every dollar donated to the fund is being disbursed through three organizations currently on the ground in Haiti: Canadian Red Cross (www.redcross.ca), ONEXONE Foundation (www.ONEXONE.org) and the Heart to Heart Foundation (www.hearttoheart.org) through the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC at www.jdc.org). FEDERATION CJA takes no administrative fees from the donations.

• A community donation of $50,000 was announced during the Ensemble pour Haïti benefit concert and telethon, which aired simultaneously on French-language Quebec television stations on January 22.

• Federation has partnered with Aldo Groupe, which implemented a matching program for all donations made by head office employees to the fund and also implemented a program for all their store employees. .

• Jewish day schools have initiated their own fundraising efforts, with money going to Federation's relief fund. Participating schools include Akiva School, École Maïmonide, Hebrew Academy, Jewish People's and Peretz Schools, Bialik High School, United Talmud Torahs and Herzliah High Schools, Hebrew Foundation School and Solomon Schechter Academy.

• Profits from the Segal Centre for Performing Arts' CBC Routes Montreal concert with folk singer Connie Kaldor, on January 26, were given to the Canadian Red Cross for Haiti.

• FederatioNext, an outreach initiative for young adults aged 18 to 25, hosted a Bowling for Haiti event on January 27. One hundred CEGEP and university students from across the island participated and all proceeds were given to the Federation's Haiti Relief Fund.

• The Human Promise, a grassroots organization run by secondary school students and supported by the Quebec Jewish Congress, is planning a benefit concert tentatively scheduled for February 11.

• The Bronfman Israel Experience Centre is organizing a celebrity basketball game at Bialik High on February 14, featuring members of the Montreal Alouettes. Proceeds from all ticket sales are destined for Haiti.

• On February 25, Aleph, le Centre d'études juives contemporaines, established by the Communauté sépharade unifiée du Québec, is hosting a Café littéraire in memory of Haitian-born Quebecois author Georges Anglade, who lost his life in the earthquake. 

• On March 10, an art exhibit entitled "Mémoires haïtiennes de la Shoah" will launch at Cummings House, a tribute to the Haitian population on behalf of the Jewish community.

• Answering an appeal by Sun Youth, numerous members of the Jewish community have donated new winter clothing, which will continue to be distributed to Canadian nationals arriving from Haiti in the coming weeks.

All of these initiatives sprang up quickly and spontaneously because people were moved to help; to put their Jewish values in action.

FEDERATION CJA is still accepting donations to its Haiti Relief Fund, through our website at www.federationcja.org/haiti or by telephone at 514 345-2600.