Build the Wall Cause Initiated

I created the "Build the Wall" cause today, powered by Facebook. Begin spreading the word and inviting your friends to join. This cause will host a number of events, at this point I'm thinking a concert with several popular Orlando-based bands, and an E-Bay auction of donated items. Below is a cause description, some text you can use to rally support to raise the funds.

Cause Description: Last hurricane season an orphanage housing 75 Haitian children was threatened by rising waters which eroded and uncovered the foundation. Because of the damage last year, if a similar storm were to happen this year, the damage to the building, and these kids shelter, could be catastrophic.

From July 31 until August 8 thirty-five people are taking a trip to Haiti to help build a wall to keep this building, and these kids home, safe from the storm. We will be accomplishing a number of things besides building a wall, setting up medical clinics in remote villages to bring much needed supplies to impoverished areas.

But our project involves construction, because construction costs money. The servants making this trip are already raising and spending $1,000 of their own money just to get to Haiti. We need additional money to cover the cost of supplies once we get there.

That's where you come in. If you've ever been in the path of one of these storms, you know what it's like. The thought of these Haitians, living in one of the world's poorest nations, lying directly in the well-worn path of tropical storm nightmares, compels us to go and do something about it.

These 75 kids would sure appreciate any help you can provide.