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NEWS RELEASE: Gensler Donates Design for Haiti School

NEWS RELEASE: Global architectural firm Gensler donates design for Operation USA’s school rebuilding project in Jacmel, Haiti.

NEWS RELEASE: Operation USA and Honeywell Break Ground on New School in Jacmel, Haiti

Operation USA and Honeywell announced today the ground breaking for a public school, Ecole Nationale Jacob Martin Henriquez in Jacmel, Haiti.

NYC EVENT: “Harmony for Haiti” Benefit Concert at Joe’s Pub

Monday, June 28th
Harmony for Haiti ~ A Benefit Concert

Featuring performers from Broadway, Recording Artists, and Grammy Award winners. A Silent Auction with high-end goods & services will be held prior to the concert at 6:00pm.
100% of the proceeds from this concert will be donated to Operation USA’s Haiti Earthquake relief efforts including the school rebuilding [...]

NEWS RELEASE: Blake Edwards Art Exhibit to Benefit Operation USA

OSCAR-WINNING FILMMAKER BLAKE EDWARDS’ ARTWORK TO EXHIBIT AT LESLIE SACKS FINE ART GALLERY
June 8-26 Exhibit Proceeds to Benefit Operation USA’s Haitian Quake Relief Fund


Academy Award winning filmmaker Blake Edwards’ artwork will be exhibited at Leslie Sacks Fine Art in Brentwood from June 8 through June 26. This exhibition, entitled Lenses, will feature a selection of [...]

IN THE NEWS: USA Rice Federation Awards Operation USA Donation of Rice for Haiti

March 26, 2010—The USA Rice Federation announced today that Operation USA has been chosen as the beneficiary of $15,850 worth of rice purchased with funds donated during a monthlong USA Rice fundraising drive for humanitarian–relief efforts in Haiti. Operation USA assists developing communities in the United States and abroad in addressing problems relating to natural [...]

NEWS RELEASE: Enertopia Corporation Donates Water Purification Unit to Help Haiti

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ENERTOPIA CORPORATION DONATES WATER PURIFICATION
UNIT TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI

LOS ANGELES, CA (March 22, 2010)—Los Angeles-based International relief agency Operation USA announced today that Enertopia Corporation (Enertopia / Over The Counter Market: GLCP) is donating a solar powered water purification unit to provide a semi-permanent drinking water solution for thousands of [...]

NEWS RELEASE: Update – DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AT THE ONE MONTH MARK:
OPERATION USA DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
ASSESSMENT FOR LONG-TERM RECOVERY PROJECTS BEGINS
LOS ANGELES, CA (February 15, 2010)—As the one-month anniversary of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January passes, Los Angeles-based International relief agency Operation USA announced today that its Haiti disaster relief efforts continue with additional shipments [...]

HAITI–NEWS FROM THE FIELD: Generator donation from Mitsubishi and Kubota arrives in Santo Domingo

LIMITED EDITION CONCERT POSTERS AVAILABLE: All Proceeds to Benefit Haiti Relief Efforts

NEWS RELEASE-Updated: KCRW presents Haiti Relief Concert for Operation USA, Saturday, Feb. 6

Featuring Hepcat, Dengue Fever, The Lions, Very Be Careful, The Tuffingtons and more
All proceeds donated to Operation USA’s relief efforts in Haiti

HELP FOR HAITI: Raffle for Signed Fender Strat. Drawing Sunday, Jan 31.

CNN American Morning: Richard Walden talks to Stephanie Elam about Haiti relief

CNN American Morning:
Stephanie Elam talks to OpUSA’s CEO Richard Walden about how charities are spending your donations for Haiti.
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The View: Julie Andrews discusses OpUSA’s Haiti relief

Julie Andrews spends a morning with The View: discusses upcoming film and OpUSA’s disaster relief work in Haiti

NEWS RELEASE: Additional Air Shipments For Haiti/Text Donation Service Now Live

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OPERATION USA SENDS ADDITIONAL AIR SHIPMENTS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO HAITI
ADDS TEXT-TO-GIVE SERVICE
Text AID to 50555 and donate $10 to OpUSA
LOS ANGELES, CA (January 25, 2010)—Los Angeles-based International relief agency Operation USA announced today that its Haiti disaster relief efforts continue with additional air shipments of essential medical aid to post-earthquake Haiti. [...]

HAITI RELIEF NEWS: Resources for volunteer opportunities in Haiti

Operation USA will not be sending volunteers to Haiti–yet there are many groups that will. With the large number of inquiries, we wanted to share these resources.

NEWS RELEASE: Honeywell Sponsors Operation USA Aid Flight to Haiti

Operation USA flies first airlift of medical supplies to Haiti today, with donated jet from Honeywell

NEWS RELEASE: Operation USA Readies Airlifts for Haiti

An initial airlift of emergency medical supplies, including large quantities of broad-spectrum antibiotics is slated to leave Los Angeles early next week.

PHOTOS FROM THE GROUND: Haiti—From Earthquake to Today…

On Tuesday, January 12, 2010 a massive earthquake hit Haiti causing widespread devastation throughout the island nation.
Haiti ranks as one of the least developed countries in the world and is the poorest in the western hemisphere. According to the World Food Program–before the earthquake–more than half of the population lived on less than $1 per [...]

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