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Rescuers pull Haitian man from deep under rubble
Jan 23, 2010 at 3:03 PM PST
An international team of rescuers unearthed a 23-year-old man in good condition from deep beneath the concrete and wooden wreckage of a hotel grocery store Saturday, 11 days after an earthquake crumbled Haiti's capital.

UN: Haiti gov't calls off search and rescue
Jan 23, 2010 at 8:46 AM PST
Haiti's government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors of the earthquake over, the United Nations announced Saturday, saying there is little hope of finding more people alive 11 days after much of the capital was reduced to rubble.

Churchill Students Help Haitian Orphans
Jan 22, 2010 at 10:41 PM PST
The Churchill High School Interact Club, sponsored by the Eugene Rotary Club, is having a fundraiser Saturday, January 23, 10am - 4pm at the West 11th Fred Meyer store in Eugene. Funds raised at the event will go to Holt International; a Eugene based Adoption Organization, to support their efforts...more with orphans in Haiti. Holt International has a child care center, (Holt Fontana Village) 30 miles outside of Port-au-Prince that was not damaged by the quake. It is estimated that there are as many as 300,000 orphans resulting from the earthquake.
Bethel

10 days after quake, 2 rescued from rubble
Jan 22, 2010 at 5:26 PM PST
Searchers pulled two survivors from the rubble of Haiti's devastating earthquake on Friday, rescuing a man and an elderly woman a staggering 10 days after homes collapsed on top of them.

Spears donates dress for Haiti relief
Jan 22, 2010 at 2:05 PM PST
A court commissioner on Friday approved a request allowing the singer to donate the dress she wore to the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards so it can be auctioned, with the proceeds going to help Haitian earthquake victims.

Many flee Haiti capital, tent cities planned
Jan 22, 2010 at 11:02 AM PST
Haitians are fleeing their quake-ravaged capital by the hundreds of thousands, aid officials said Friday, as their government promised to help nearly a half-million more move from squalid camps on curbsides and vacant lots into safer, cleaner tent cities.

'She poured out everything she had into these little ones'
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Jan 21, 2010 at 3:08 PM PST
Priests, relatives, and friends of Molly Hightower poured into a church on Wednesday to remember the Port Orchard woman who fell victim to a massive earthquake in Haiti while working with orphans.

PeaceHealth sends medical professional to assist in Haiti
Jan 21, 2010 at 4:38 PM PST
In response to the overwhelming need for supplies and medical expertise in the areas affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti, PeaceHealth Oregon Region is taking the following steps to provide aid to the Haitian people: PeaceHealth, through the Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation, is...more providing travel assistance and supplies for five nurses and doctors along with a pharmacist who are leaving today (Thursday, Jan. 21) to assist a small hospital in Cayes-Jacmel, Haiti.
Springfield

VRC accepting Haiti donations
Jan 21, 2010 at 11:16 AM PST
We received this press release from Valley River Center: More people want to know what they can do to help, as the staggering need continues growing in Haiti in the earthquake's aftermath. The American Red Cross is advising that the greatest way to make a positive impact is to simply give donations...more in the form of money to help with the primary needs of food, water, shelter and medical help. Valley River Center is partnering with the American Red Cross to collect such monetary donations in the form of cash, check and credit card. Starting today, there will be a collection site located at Guest Services, which is located near JC Penney. There will be envelopes available to allow shoppers to give. Monetary donations are also being accepted online at www.redcross.org.
Sheldon

Rescued Haitians die at hospital for lack of supplies
Jan 20, 2010 at 8:16 AM PST
With Haiti's main hospitals destroyed or damaged, the U.N. hospital is one of the best now operating. Even so, its two vast tents are so jammed with severely injured patients that others are forced to lie outside.

Already battered Haiti hit by another earthquake early Wednesday
Jan 20, 2010 at 3:53 AM PST
A strong earthquake struck Haiti on Wednesday morning, shaking buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country's capital was devastated by a previous quake.

'If this doesn't expedite the adoption, I'll be crushed'
Jan 19, 2010 at 5:36 PM PST
The U.S. government is easing Haitian adoption restrictions, which could speed the way for a Eugene woman to finally bring her son home. She had feared the earthquake could delay his adoption.

Coin drive at school raising money for Haiti
Jan 19, 2010 at 4:47 PM PST
Alicia Johnson sent a message using the contact form at http://thurston.kval.com/contact Mt. Vernon Elementary School students along with teachers, staff and PTA have joined together in effort to help the children of Haiti. We are having a coin drive  from Wednesday January 20th-Wednesday January...more 27th and all donations go to Save the Children - Children in Haiti Earthquake fund. I am so proud to be a part of this it is amazing to see how excited the kids are getting about being able to help. We have such a great group of students, teachers, staff, PTA and parents at Mt.Vernon.
Thurston

The Emerald Classic Cheerleading Competition
Jan 19, 2010 at 11:39 AM PST

Quake creates thousands of new orphans
Jan 19, 2010 at 7:55 AM PST
Tens of thousands of children have been orphaned by the earthquake, aid groups say - so many that officials won't venture a number.