In just one month, NU Stands with Haiti has raised more than $18,500.
The students’ campaign to support relief efforts on the island nation surpassed its own expectations. The original fundraising goal was $8,000, or one dollar from every undergraduate student. SESP senior Megha Agrawal, one of the campaign’s organizers, said that the large sum is unexpected, but fantastic.
By Letters
To the Northwestern Community:
On January 12, 2010, the world watched as a massive earthquake struck the island nation of Haiti, resulting in unimaginable destruction. As a community of Northwestern students, we felt an urgent duty to respond.
Drawn together by this sense of responsibility, representatives from over forty student groups met and organized a school-wide campaign to support the relief efforts. NU STANDS WITH HAITI was formed, with a modest goal of $8,000 — $1 for each undergraduate student.
Performing arts groups and professors, students and social action groups, religious groups and residence halls united, planning fundraisers overnight and dedicating their annual events to the cause. The result was staggering: over $18,500 were raised, more than twice our initial goal.
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