A Special Message From Reverend K Karpen of the Church of St. Paul & St. Anthony

Join Reverend K Karpen & the New York Arabic Orchestra to

HELP RAISE $25K FOR HAITI

On February 28th starting at 7 PM, The New York Arabic Orchestra hosts the evening with special, exciting guests from the "world" of New York, ranging from traditional Haitian dance to excerpts of influential "rock" music that transcended genre and generation, the words and work of the impassioned John Lennon and Maynard James Keenan; to traditional West African folk music.

This is the beginning of a movement to unite musicians not simply by their "genre" or "tradition," but by their hearts and minds, who wish to see the abolishment of man-made disaster, whether it is as overt as a bomb striking, or hiding under the rubble of a neglected infrastructure. As a country, we must be aware, and as its strongest city we must be active.

The Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
http://www.stpaulandstandrew.org/
263 W 86th St. (b/t Broadway and West End Ave), NY, NY. Convenient 1-block walk west from the 86th stop of the 1 train.

100% OF PROCEEDS GO TO HAITI VIA UMCOR -

No Overhead - Reliable and Immediate dissemination of food, water and supplies

*Reservations have ended - All donations to be made at door.*

$10 - Minimum donation
$20 - Suggested donation
$50 and up - First Level Seating

An excerpt

"The last time I was in Haiti was a decade ago, but things were already very challenging. The people we stayed with and spoke to were desperately poor. The economy was deteriorating. The adults who were lucky enough to be working were making about three dollars a day. I brought with me a group of 20 Columbia students, half of them Haitian Americans, who wanted to spend their spring break working in Haiti. One of the places we worked was Grace Children's Hospital, in the middle of Port-au-Prince. We took care of a large group of children who had lost their parents and were quite ill, though most of them were expected to live and grow up. I think about those kids now, they must be teenagers, or young adults. I wonder how many were caught in this devastating earthquake.

The first thing I did when I heard about the quake was to try to find out how Grace Children's Hospital had come through it. It is largely undamaged, though it has been overrun with the many children who have been left injured or ill by the earthquake and its aftermath. I am grateful to be working with the New York Arabic Orchestra to provide funds to this amazing hospital, and to the other groups providing immediate, life-giving aid to the Haitian people."

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