With the help of several hundred Stanford students, FACE AIDS has reached its $50,000 fundraising goal for Haiti relief efforts, the group said yesterday.<\/p>\n
The Stanford-founded group hit $50,000 late Friday night. Sterling Stamos, a Menlo Park-based investment firm, matched the goal, resulting in a total donation of $100,000 to Partners in Health, an international organization that provides medical care in Haiti, Rwanda and other nations.<\/p>\n
The partnership between FACE AIDS and Partners in Health was formalized with the launch of an ASSU fundraising Web site last week.<\/p>\n
FACE AIDS launched the Haiti fundraising initiative on Jan. 16 in response to the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated the country four days earlier. The $50,000 goal was reached in fewer than seven days, with a total of 970 people donating $51,099.82 to the FACE AIDS account on the ASSU Haiti Web page.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was ecstatic,\u201d said FACE AIDS Executive Director Julie Veroff \u201907. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe we met the goal so quickly. I really like that it was such a community-wide effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
Patricia Arty \u201910, FACE AIDS development director, believes that the success of the fundraising goal can be attributed to students\u2019 attitudes and the participation of the ASSU.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ASSU efforts were extraordinary, especially in matching FACE AIDS with a beneficiary,\u201d Arty said. \u201cDoubling the money and having a deadline was a great way to get people to donate now, and not put it off and forget about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ASSU fundraising effort has raised more than $2,600 since the $50,000 goal was reached last Friday. Stanford affiliates continue to donate on the ASSU site.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe response from the Stanford community has been tremendous,\u201d said ASSU President David Gobaud, a coterminal student in computer science. \u201cThe money keeps coming in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandon Jackson \u201812, one student who donated to the FACE AIDS effort, remembers watching news coverage of the Haiti quake in a hotel room when he was traveling with the Stanford men\u2019s basketball team two weeks ago. An interview with a survivor left an impression on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHearing a survivor speak made me think about how blessed we are at Stanford,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cWe need to remember that even a little bit makes a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
The nationwide college fundraising challenge Stanford joined has raised more than $250,000, including FACE AIDS matching funds, with 25 colleges pitching in since the site was launched last Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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