{"id":219048,"date":"2010-01-13T22:47:58","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T03:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.chicagonow.com,2010:\/blogs\/message-from-montie\/\/87.36136"},"modified":"2010-01-13T23:14:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T04:14:38","slug":"haitian-congress-to-fortify-haiti-and-soul-vegetarian-restaurant-accept-donations-to-help-haitian-earthquake-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/219048","title":{"rendered":"Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti and Soul Vegetarian restaurant accept donations to help Haitian earthquake victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/default.aspx?term=Haiti&amp;iid=7526241\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Major Earthquake Hits Haiti\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.picapp.com\/ftp\/Images\/a\/5\/4\/5\/Major_Earthquake_Hits_988e.jpg?adImageId=8972393&amp;imageId=7526241\" width=\"380\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.pis.picapp.com\/IamProd\/PicAppPIS\/JavaScript\/PisV4.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/font>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">Chicagoans and those in the <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:City w:st=\"on\">Evanston<\/st1:City>, <st1:State w:st=\"on\">IL<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> area can donate rescue items to Haitian victims&nbsp;from the 7.0 earthquake that happened around 5 p.m. on Tues., Jan. 12. Two donating locations in the Chicagoland area are <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagonow.com\/blogs\/message-from-montie\/2009\/12\/soul-vegetarian-restaurant-re-opens-three-days-after-passing-city-inspection.html\"><font color=\"#800080\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">Soul Vegetarian Restaurant<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/x-30433-Chicago-News--Events-Examiner~y2010m1d13-Soul-Vegetarian-Restaurant-and-Haitian-Congress-to-Fortify-Haiti-accepting-donations-to-help-Haiti\">Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font color=\"#000000\">Haitian people have been left homeless, and some have died from this fatal earthquake. CNN reported that there is &#8220;<\/font><span style=\"COLOR: black; mso-ansi-language: EN\" lang=\"EN\">heavy damage and bodies in the streets of the capital, <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Port-au-Prince<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, where concrete-block homes line steep hillsides.&#8221; No estimates on deaths were given on Tuesday. <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font size=\"3\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN\" lang=\"EN\"><font color=\"#000000\">Donations can be made to the <\/font><strong><span style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haitiancongress.com\/donate.htm\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><font color=\"#800080\">Haitian Congress<\/font><\/span><\/a><font color=\"#000000\"> to Fortify Haiti<\/font><\/span><\/strong><font color=\"#000000\"><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">,<\/b> a local non-profit, group <\/font><u><span style=\"COLOR: #333333\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haitiancongress.com\/donate.htm\"><font color=\"#800080\">online<\/font><\/a>,<\/span><\/u><font color=\"#000000\"> at Charter One Bank in Evanston or by mailing a donation to the Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti at 1227 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL 60202<\/font><\/span><font color=\"#000000\">.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagonow.com\/blogs\/message-from-montie\/2009\/12\/soul-vegetarian-restaurant-re-opens-three-days-after-passing-city-inspection.html\"><font color=\"#800080\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">Soul Vegetarian Restaurant<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"> is also a drop-off location for donations and humanitarian aid. Non-perishable vegan\/vegetarian <span class=\"yshortcuts\"><span style=\"CURSOR: hand\" id=\"lw_1263438600_2\">food items<\/span><\/span> like baby food, milk, cereal, rice, clothes, bottled water, clothes, bedding, sleeping bags, tents, medical supplies and other items will be accepted. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">Collections for <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagonow.com\/blogs\/message-from-montie\/2009\/12\/soul-vegetarian-restaurant-re-opens-three-days-after-passing-city-inspection.html\"><font color=\"#800080\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">Soul Vegetarian Restaurant<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"> will be on the International Side of the building, also known as the &#8220;C&#8221; side.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">For more information on the <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagonow.com\/blogs\/message-from-montie\/2009\/12\/soul-vegetarian-restaurant-re-opens-three-days-after-passing-city-inspection.html\"><font color=\"#800080\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">Soul Vegetarian Restaurant<\/font><\/a><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"> donations requests, e-mail Zarakyah Ahmadiel at <\/font><a href=\"mailto:zarakyah@gmail.com\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">zarakyah@gmail.com<\/font><\/a><font size=\"3\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Chicagoans and those in the Evanston, IL area can donate rescue items to Haitian victims&nbsp;from the 7.0 earthquake that happened around 5 p.m. on Tues., Jan. 12. Two donating locations in the Chicagoland area are Soul Vegetarian Restaurant and the Haitian Congress to Fortify Haiti. &nbsp; Haitian people have been left homeless, and some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4247,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}