Bingo at UBC...

The Chilean community at UBC cordially invites you to participate in an evening of Bingo, organized in order to help the people affected by the devastating earthquake in Chile.
The Bingo will take place on Sunday, March 14th, 2010, at the Commonsblock ( 2707 Tennis Crescent) between 5:30 and 9:30 pm.
Entrance fee is $20, which entitles you to play 6 games and win some prizes. You will also be able to buy things such as "brazo de reina", "queque", and all sort of goodies.
The money collected will go to the Chilean Red Cross.
Those interested in buying tickets can contact Ximena Carreño in Downtown, at 778-319-2912 or Solange Aravena, 5650 Yalta Place Acadia Park, UBC, at 604-221-6302.
Thank you for your participation.

Organizing Committee
Chilean Community at (VANCOUVER)

I just received this information...

MEDIA ADVISORY

Date:
March 11, 2010
To:
NEWSROOMS, TRAFFIC REPORTERS
SUBJECT:
Contributions for Chilean earthquake relief

SkyTrain customers will have the opportunity to contribute to relief efforts for the earthquake in Chile on Friday, March 12. Members of the Chilean community will be at selected stations, collecting donations to the Canadian Red Cross Chilean Earthquake Relief Fund during the morning rush hour and from 2-6pm.

Teams will be on-hand at the following stations: Waterfront, Burrard, Granville, Commercial-Broadway, Metrotown, King George and Lougheed Town Centre. Chilean musicians will also be performing at Metrotown in the afternoon.

The BC Rapid Transit Company and TransLink are pleased to support this effort to get aid to victims of the disaster.

Contact:
DREW SNIDER
Public Information Officer
(604) 803-3199
Or
JENNIFER SIDDON
Communications Liaison,
BC Rapid Transit Co.
(604) 788-0236

A prayer for Chile...

Lord, I would like to THANK YOU because today I woke up, and I knew where my loved ones were. Because my house is safe, and because today I am not crying because my children, my husband, my parents, my brother or my sister, need to be rescued from under a pile of debris or concrete...
THANK YOU because this morning I drank a glass of water, I saw my children sleeping safely in their rooms, or because this morning I am not planning a funeral...
THANK YOU because I am alive and have a voice to pray for the people in Chile...
Lord, I pray to you, the one who can make possible the impossible, the one who can transform the darkness into light... Please, give those mothers strength, open those streets so help can reach them, and they can have access to food and water, and doctors, nurses and medicine, everything they so badly need...
To all those that are grieving, give them peace, hope and courage to continue. Protect those children who lost their homes.
Here, we are really blessed!!!

New Figure... $24 thousand million pesos!!!

Teleton "Chile ayuda a Chile" is almost over...

The goal: $15 thousand million pesos has been exceeded! And at this moment, there are 40 trucks loaded with blankets, clothes, water and food in Santiago, ready to start their way, in a caravan, with the help the south of Chile needs so much... I am sorry I don't have a picture to show you. It's very touching!
The show is still on with Los Jaivas... and everybody dancing and clapping, after a long, long effort... almost 24 hours and new numbers: $17 THOUSAND MILLION PESOS!!! YES!!!

Vamos Chile!

So far, the numbers indicate that they have received more than 11 thousand million pesos!!! Yeah!!!
Part of this money will supply 30.000 emergency houses... Such a great job! Vamos Chile!
If you are interested on see how this is going, go to Teleton here!
There is a big party going on!

Chile helping Chile!

A wonderful event! The Teleton "Chile ayuda a Chile" is in full swing. I am following it through the internet, and it has been an event full of music, dance, and more... and results? They have already collected $2 thousand million pesos!!! You can still donate tomorrow and make a difference!