HAITIAN RELIEF BENEFIT CONCERT, JANUARY 24th, 2010

The Haitian Relief Benefit Concert, held on January 24TH, 2010 at
Brandee's Restaurant & Lounge, Kingston, Ontario, has raised over
$8,000.00 for The Canadian Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Appeal 2010.
The total includes all money raised by admissions, proceeds from silent
and live auctions, Brandee's staff and management contributions, along
with donations received from local businesses, associations and private
individuals in care of the event.
The Canadian Government has pledged to match all contributions made by
citizens to the Red Cross until February 12th, 2010, so this fundraising
effort will ultimately result in $16,000 going towards helping the
people of Haiti as they struggle to recover from the devastating
earthquake that recently occured in that country.

Organizers Matthew Woodward and Bonnie Burrows are very pleased with the
results and wish to thank the musicians that performed, the many others
that donated their time, energy and resources to the event, and the many
Kingston music lovers that attended. More detailed recognition of
individual efforts will follow.
Woodward says, "We felt that we had to act fast. Though we knew that
people would want to help us, we were actually overwhelmed by local
response, the empathy and depth of compassion Kingstonians are feeling
for the plight of Haitians. We were able to pull everything together in
six days because so many people wanted us to succeed."

For further information please contact:
Matthew Woodward
Organizer/Spokesperson,
Haitian Relief Benefit Concert
Kingston, Ontario
613-545-1408 or 613-888-0808
haiticoncert@gmail.com