[January 23, 2010] Hub for Haiti: How you can help [Boston Herald] (Boston Herald (MA) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jan. 23--Saturday, January 23. Toro, 1704 Washington Street, is gathering clothes and supplies between 2 and 4 p.m. To be shipped down to Haiti with a half dozen Boston nurses next week. See http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=291090505427&index=1 for complete list of requested items. *** Saturday, January 23. James Taylor performs an encore benefit concert for Haiti at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA. at 8 p.m. Proceeds from "Help for Haiti: An Intimate Evening with James Taylor" will benefit Partners in Health. Tickets are $100 (balcony), $200 (orchestra and mezzanine), and $1,000 (golden circle including private post-show reception with the artists) at 9am via mahaiwe.org and in person at the Mahaiwe Box Office (14 Castle Street in Great Barrington, Mass.). No phone sales are available for this concert. Limit four tickets per person. *** Saturday, January 23. Jose' Mateo Ballet Theatre in collaboration with Boston Dance Alliance and the Cambridge Arts Council presents a free evening of dance performances. Enjoy youth dance performances from 6-7 p.m. With Boston Youth Moves, Hyde Square Task Force's Ritmo en Accion, Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre's YouthWorks, North Lawrence High School and OrigiNation. Hear live music from 7:30-10:30 p.m. With performances by Corey Amaral Band, The Embraceables, Gifrants, Of An Oak and more at The Sanctuary Theatre, 400 Harvard Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge. All donations go directly to The Haiti Fund at the Boston Foundation. *** Saturday, January 23. CrisisCamp brings together volunteers, at ITA Software 141 Portland Street Cambridge, from 10 a.m. -- 4 p.m. to collaborate on technology projects which aim to assist in Haiti's relief efforts by providing data, information, maps and technical assistance to NGOs, relief agencies and the public. This event is free and open to the public. You don't have to be technical to volunteer time. Join the CrisisCampBoston Google group for event planning and discussion or check http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Boston01232010 for meeting details. *** Saturday, January 23. Yoga Benefit for Haiti. Warm vinyasa flow yoga set to Haitian-inspired house music hosted by Amelia Catone from 6 -- 7:30 p.m. At Sadhana Yoga Boston, 15 Worcester Street. $15 minimum suggested donation; all proceeds will be donated to support Haitian earthquake relief efforts through Partners in Health. *** Saturday, January 23. The Adam Ezra Group present a CD Release Show with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit relief efforts in Haiti at The Paradise Rock Club, 967 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. Doors open at 8 p.m.; tickets are $13. 18+. Also on the bill: Girls, Guns and Glory. *** Saturday, January 23. 6one7 Productions' Hub Helps Heal Haiti party at Venu, 100 Warrenton Street, Boston. Regular cover charge plus an additional $5 at the door to benefit Haiti relief efforts; company will match each donation. *** Sunday, January 24. Silent Auction at 33 Restaurant and Lounge with works from over 40 members of Boston Photography Center and other items. All proceeds to benefit Doctors Without Borders. 4-7 p.m. *** Sunday, January 24. Soni Yoga Studio, 290 Concord Avenue in Cambridge, hosts Haitian Relief Event: Music & Yoga with yoga from noon to 1:30, acupuncture from 1 -- 4 p.m. And a performance from Sol Y Canto sextet from 2:45 -- 4:00 p.m. Proceeds will go to the Partners in Health "Stand with Haiti" Campaign. *** Sunday, January 24. 6one7 Productions' Hub Helps Heal Haiti party at Bond in the Langham Hotel, 250 Franklin Street, Boston. 9pm. $10 donation per person. *** Sunday, January 24. The Good Life, 28 Kingston Street, hosts Aid to Haiti from 1 to 9 p.m. and For the People from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Both parties have a $5 suggested donation and are 21-plus. All proceeds go to Haiti relief efforts. *** Monday, January 25 through Sunday, February 7. Drop off a gently worn pair of shoes at any City Sports location for a 10 percent discount on a new pair of footwear (some restrictions will apply). All donations will directly support relief efforts. *** Monday January 25, UpStairs on the Square hosts a day-long fundraiser with all monies going to Partners In Health. Donations and raffle 8am-10pm with evening raffle drawing. *** Tuesday, January 26th. All Asia, 334 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, hosts a fundraiser from 6:30 -- 9:30 p.m. with all monies going to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund. Artists slated to perform are Nadia, Josh Beetler, Levit Desronvil, Mark of Jah Fist, Shelby Trevor, Michel Pierre, Gary McKnight, Heaven Sent, Dan Persons and Tom Harrison Band. *** Tuesday, January 26. Da Vinci Ristorante, 162 Columbus Avenue, hosts Haiti Relief Fund Event. A major portion of the money collected from bar and dining room that evening will be sent to Haiti, to support the Haiti relief fund. There will also be a place to leave additional donations. *** Tuesday, January 26. 6one7 Productions' Hub Helps Heal Haiti party at Rumor, 100 Warrenton Street, Boston. Regular cover charge plus and additional $5 at the door to benefit Haiti relief efforts; company will match each donation. *** Tuesday, January 26. Earthquake Victim Benefit at Stella Restaurant, 1525 Washington Street, from 6:30 -- 10:30 p.m. $100 donation includes passed hors d'oeurves from local chefs (Michael Schlow of Radius, Anthony Caturano of Prezza, Marc Orfaly of Pigalle, Dante de Magistris of Dante and Il Casale and others), an open full bar and live jazz music. 100 percent of proceeds will go directly and immediately to Yele Haiti, a foundation started by Grammy-Award winning musician Wyclef Jean. *** Wednesday, January 27. Wonderbar, 186 Harvard Avenue in Allston, hosts Earthquake Shmearthquake!, a benefit for Yele Haiti Foundation with live music, food and drinks. $10 admission; doors at 7 p.m. *** Wednesday, January 27. Victoria Station (86 Wharf Street, Salem, Ma) hosts, along with Partners in Development, a fundraiser for Haiti beginning at 4 p.m. $20 admission (all proceeds go to relief efforts) includes buffet featuring authentic Caribbean cuisine and live entertainment. *** Wednesday, January 27. Haiti Relief Fundraiser from 6-9 p.m. At The Vault (Side Room), 105 Water Street, Boston. Suggested donation levels $20, $50, $100 go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's relief and recovery efforts. For more information or to contribute online, please visit http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/index.php. *** Saturday, January 30. DJ's for Haiti at Machine, 1254 Boylston Street 8 p.m. -- 2 a.m. One hundred % of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross. *** Saturday, January 30. Villa Victoria, 85 W. Newton Street, hosts Salsa for Haiti fundraiser from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. with a $10 suggested donation at the door. Performances by Edwin Pabon and Orchestra, Cincoson, Yarina, 1st Level and Carlos de Leon y su Conjunto. 21+. For more information call 617-927-1722. *** Sunday, January 31. G20 Spa & Salon, 338 Newbury Street, hosts Help for Haiti Cut-a-thon from noon to 6 p.m. 100 percent of donations go to American Red Cross Haiti Relief & Development Fund. $25 per person includes cut and style, gift of Moroccan Oil for the hair, entertainment from D. J. Charles Mercer and vocalist Josh Logan, light refreshments. *** Sunday, January 31. The Greta Bro Group with Stan Strickland on sax and the Gerry Beaudoin Jazz Guitar Duo with Teddy Lavash play two separate shows, at 1 and 4 p.m., at Chianti's Tuscan Restaurant, 285 Cabot St., Beverly. Tickets are $17 online and $20 at the door to benefit KONPAY, an organization that will direct donations to aid the Haitian city of Jacmel and its surrounding villages. *** Sunday, January 31. Longwood Symphony Orchestra and the New England Conservatory perform Symphonic Relief for Haiti: A Global Concert to Benefit Partners in Health at Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Avenue, from 12:30 -- 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $25. *** Monday, February 1. All proceeds from the monthly French dinner at Petit Robert Bistro, Kenmore Square, will go to Partners in Health's Earthquake relief in Haiti. Minimum $50 donation required, 6:30 -- 9:30 p.m. *** Monday, February 1.Taranta Restaurant, 210 Hanover Street, will donate 50 percent of sales to the Lynn University Haiti Crisis Management Fund, created to assist members of the campus community, including students, faculty and more than 40 Haitian staff members, who have been affected by the earthquake. *** Wednesday February 3, Precinct, 70 Union Sq, Somerville hosts Haitian Earthquake Benefit Concert 6 p.m. -- 1 a.m. *** Wednesday, February 7. Bella Luna Restaurant and the Milky Way Lounge, 284 Amory Street in Jamaica Plain, host Hearts for Haiti to benefit Partners in Health from 7 to 9 p.m. *** Sunday, February 7. The Biltmore, 1205 Chestnut Street in Newton Upper Falls, partners with Habitat For Humanity Greater Boston to host Helping Haiti Here at Home. A $50 ticket with proceeds to benefit Haiti includes a Super Bowl viewing party, special menu and open bar from 5 -- 8 p.m. plus additional fundraising opportunities through the sale of Super Bowl Squares and raffle prizes. *** Tuesday, February 9. Club Passim, 47 Palmer Street in Cambridge, hosts Haitian Relief Benefit Concert at 7 p.m. featuring Mark Erelli, Hanneke Cassel, Chris O'Brien and Margaret Glaspy and more. Donations from ticket prices and raffle prizes will be collected at the event. *** Through February 20. Restaurant dante, 5 Cambridge Parkway in Cambridge, offers a special tribute cocktail, the Port-au-Prince Sazarac (8-year aged rhum Barbancourt, Peychaud bitters, simple syrup, orange and lemon zest, Absinthe rinse) for $10. One hundred percent of the proceeds from sales will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. *** Monday, February 22. 6one7 Productions, BC alum/Detroit Lions' Gosder Cherilus and New England Revolution's Shalrie Joseph host the Haiti Outreach Mission event at Stoddard's Fine Food & Ale, 50 Temple Place. $50 donation at the door goes to benefit the Haiti Outreach Mission organization and includes hors d'oeuvres and signature cocktails. *** Monday, March 1. The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline hosts a benefit screening of "The Agronomist" at 2:00 p.m. All proceeds will go to Partners in Health and Yele Haiti. The first 140 tickets sold by February 7 will be matched by Coolidge supporters. This means the Coolidge will be able to send $7,000 to relief efforts by the second week of February. Ongoing Through Sunday, January 24. Both Via Matta, 79 Park Place, and Radius, 8 High Street, will donate dessert sales to the relief efforts in Haiti. *** For the remainder of January, Healthworks Fitness Centers (locations in the Back Bay, Brookline, Cambridge, Chestnut Hill, Salem, Dorchester and Codman Square) will donate enrollment fees and matching up to $20,000 to the Haiti relief efforts. www.healthworksfitness.com *** Starting Monday, January 18. At participating Starbucks stores make donations, with no purchase necessary, to benefit the Red Cross Haitian Relief efforts. *** Starting Tuesday January 19 and continuing for the foreseeable future. Dine at Rialto, Henrietta's Table or Noir or attend a show at The Regattabar -- all in Harvard Square's Charles Hotel -- and when the bill is delivered, there is a line to donate funds to Partners in Health. Contribute $10 or more and Rialto will give the donor a gift of homemade chocolate-covered macaroons. *** Starting Tuesday, January 19. The Fireplace Restaurant, 1634 Beacon Street, Brookline, will offer a Haitian sweet potato pudding cake with whipped vanilla cream and pecan bourbon sauce ($9.50). All proceeds from this dessert will be donated to the Boston-based Partners in Health. Continues through foreseeable future. *** Starting Friday, January 22. Looks, 11-13 Holyoke Street in Cambridge, is reducing sale items to 50-70 percent off and donating a portion of their proceeds to Partners in Health weekly while sales items last. *** Through Sunday, January 23. At Drink, 348 Congress Street, buy a drink off of a specially concocted list of tropical cocktails made with Rhum Barbancourt, one of the world's most celebrated rums which has been produced in Haiti since 1862 and a portion of the proceeds will go to Doctors Without Borders. *** This week at Portobello Road at Chestnut Hill, 10 percent of all sale proceeds are being donated to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, and the 47 Boylston St. boutique is also awarding gift cards to those who bring in gently used clothing for donation. Call 617-264-2020 for more information. *** Through January 28. Visit restaurants Mistral, Teatro, Sorellina, Mooo... and L'Andana to purchase a $5 bag of chocolate almond macaroons. All proceeds to benefit Doctors Without Borders as well as family members of restaurant employees living in Haiti. *** Through January 31. Whole Foods shoppers can contribute $1, $2, $5, $10, or any designated amount through coupons available at cash registers to Partner's In Health. *** Through February 14. Shop at Via Vai, 63 JFK Street in Harvard Square, or Alo, up the street at 34 JFK Street. Give a $5 donation or more at either location to Doctors without Borders and receive 5 percent off your purchase. Make a $10 or more donation, receive discount and be entered to win a $200 store gift certificate. *** Through February 19. Rialto Restaurant, in Harvard Square's Charles Hotel, will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from its vegetable side dishes to Partners In Health. *** All proceeds from the sale of Jhill Design's 2010 Places I Have Never Been Desk Calendar will be donated to Partner's in Health to help the relief effort in Haiti. 369 Congress Street, Boston. *** Through Saturday, January 23. Plan B Cut and Color Boutique, 99 Mount Auburn Street in Harvard Square, will match 20 percent of all pledges for Haiti made by the salon's Facebook fans. *** Wednesday, February 3 through Sunday, February 28. Visit any Legal Sea Foods location and purchase a Haitian Rum Raisin Bread Pudding ($5.95). All proceeds will benefit UNICEF and Partners in Health. Would you like to see your event or organization listed? Please email Jrappaport@BostonHerald.com and thank you. To see more of the Boston Herald or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.bostonherald.com. Copyright (c) 2010, Boston Herald Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To the Online Project Management Community's Homepage ]