Haiti Benefit Tournament [Squishyg is the victor]
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:42 pm
Tuesday January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck 10 miles off of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. Following the initial shock, 12 aftershocks reaching over 5.0 continued to rock the beleaguered capital. The level of destruction is near total, encompassing people's homes, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Port-au-Prince and even the Presidential Palace. As you read this the death toll rises and others continue to be trapped.
The idea behind this tournament is to raise awareness of the disaster that has befallen Haiti, serve as a link to news and pictures and provide links and ways for people to donate. Each player will receive THREE PMs throughout the course of the tournament which will provide links to stories and pictures and encourage donations through recognized charities (I will NOT be asking for money and donations are NOT required, only strongly encouraged).
If you do choose to donate, please (if you like) let me know via PM and you will receive special recognition in this thread and the newsletters.
How to Help
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The easiest way to donate is by text:
***Cell phone users can text "HAITI" to "90999"and a donation of $10, charged to the phone bill, will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts.
***People can also text "YELE" to "501501" on their cell phones, and $5 billed to the user will be donated to Yele Haiti, the charitable foundation established by musician Wyclef Jean to help his native country.
The Red Cross website:
http://www.redcross.org/
Yele Haiti has a donation link on their home page:
http://www.yele.org/
UNICEF's website also has links for donations:
http://www.unicefusa.org/
Catholic Relief Services has links to donate and news regarding the Catholic Church's activities at this time in the country:
http://crs.org/
American Jewish World Service has info on donations:
http://ajws.org/
While I haven't been able to confirm this myself, but many coinstar locations are accepting your loose change to be donated towards the American Red Cross. UPDATE: I took my coins into the coinstar machine nearby and indeed, you can donate to charity through the machine. UNICEF has a Haiti Specific charity to donate to, but a number of other charities, including the American red Cross , are available to donate to.
Help to advertise this tournament and awareness (copy the following and remove stars, put in profile signature):
[*url=http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=106575][img*]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Shone/haitiearthquake.jpg[/img*][/url*]
***Cell phone users can text "HAITI" to "90999"and a donation of $10, charged to the phone bill, will be given automatically to the Red Cross to help with relief efforts.
***People can also text "YELE" to "501501" on their cell phones, and $5 billed to the user will be donated to Yele Haiti, the charitable foundation established by musician Wyclef Jean to help his native country.
The Red Cross website:
http://www.redcross.org/
Yele Haiti has a donation link on their home page:
http://www.yele.org/
UNICEF's website also has links for donations:
http://www.unicefusa.org/
Catholic Relief Services has links to donate and news regarding the Catholic Church's activities at this time in the country:
http://crs.org/
American Jewish World Service has info on donations:
http://ajws.org/
While I haven't been able to confirm this myself, but many coinstar locations are accepting your loose change to be donated towards the American Red Cross. UPDATE: I took my coins into the coinstar machine nearby and indeed, you can donate to charity through the machine. UNICEF has a Haiti Specific charity to donate to, but a number of other charities, including the American red Cross , are available to donate to.
Help to advertise this tournament and awareness (copy the following and remove stars, put in profile signature):
[*url=http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=106575][img*]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/Shone/haitiearthquake.jpg[/img*][/url*]
News and information:
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Boston.com's The Big Picture on going photograph focus on the situation in Haiti:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/0 ... haiti.html
US Red Cross is out of supplies in Haiti:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... 60C1GR.htm
Thousands feared dead:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20100113/tw ... e00ca.html
The Battle for food and supplies
http://wcbstv.com/national/haiti.earthq ... 27143.html
Access to clean water and basic health supplies a major concern:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... xZJfdcT_i0
More photos out of Haiti:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... apart.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/0 ... later.html
Rescues Beat the odds in Haiti:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/world ... haiti.html
U.S. troops Sent to bolster Security:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... _HnMNzGw6A
The state of living conditions in Haiti camps:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21203781.htm
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/0 ... haiti.html
US Red Cross is out of supplies in Haiti:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id ... 60C1GR.htm
Thousands feared dead:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20100113/tw ... e00ca.html
The Battle for food and supplies
http://wcbstv.com/national/haiti.earthq ... 27143.html
Access to clean water and basic health supplies a major concern:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... xZJfdcT_i0
More photos out of Haiti:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... apart.html
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/0 ... later.html
Rescues Beat the odds in Haiti:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/world ... haiti.html
U.S. troops Sent to bolster Security:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... _HnMNzGw6A
The state of living conditions in Haiti camps:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21203781.htm
Round 1: 8 games of 8 players, Haiti, Auto, Sequential, Flat Rate, Unlimited, Sunny
All players will be organized via random.org
Winners go on to
Round 2: 8 player, Haiti, Auto, Sequential, Flat Rate, Unlimited, Sunny
List of players
Spoiler
1. Foreverman
2. Industrial Helix
3. vegnagun
4. ETROPAL
5. Little Witt
6. kawe85
7. downunder Inc
8. fumandomuerte
9. UTAlan
10. HerrZ
11. GRIMWOLF
12. DJENRE
13. amazzony
14. Frito Bandito
15. colton24
16. J to the D
17. ender516
18. Sandstorm1903
19. qwertylpc
20. SuicidalSnowman
21. mrbang
22. DSLucifer
23. sportsgod24
24. sugc7
25. angola
26. vodean
27. D-Apocalypse
28. J_A
29. MarVal
30. 00iCon
31. dragon dor
32. saraith
33. carlpgoodrich
34. TalynStarburst
35. Ess # Miw
36. taxmanjle
37. manc
38. Johnny Rockets
39. Dondersteen
40. badmoon
41. general_electric
42. Aalmeida17
43. Jobiwan
44. Strider24
45. jpcloet
46. FattyNoob
47. squishyg
48. Lucky6
49. SirSebstar
50. OutSider
51. ghasek
52. superkeener
53. thenobodies80
54. pela666
55. WolfMist
56. phillipm
57. benga
58. murphy16
59. jwahl2
60. ChrisBeerens
61. Zarg78
62. shaneback
63. Jennybh
64.Nicky15
2. Industrial Helix
3. vegnagun
4. ETROPAL
5. Little Witt
6. kawe85
7. downunder Inc
8. fumandomuerte
9. UTAlan
10. HerrZ
11. GRIMWOLF
12. DJENRE
13. amazzony
14. Frito Bandito
15. colton24
16. J to the D
17. ender516
18. Sandstorm1903
19. qwertylpc
20. SuicidalSnowman
21. mrbang
22. DSLucifer
23. sportsgod24
24. sugc7
25. angola
26. vodean
27. D-Apocalypse
28. J_A
29. MarVal
30. 00iCon
31. dragon dor
32. saraith
33. carlpgoodrich
34. TalynStarburst
35. Ess # Miw
36. taxmanjle
37. manc
38. Johnny Rockets
39. Dondersteen
40. badmoon
41. general_electric
42. Aalmeida17
43. Jobiwan
44. Strider24
45. jpcloet
46. FattyNoob
47. squishyg
48. Lucky6
49. SirSebstar
50. OutSider
51. ghasek
52. superkeener
53. thenobodies80
54. pela666
55. WolfMist
56. phillipm
57. benga
58. murphy16
59. jwahl2
60. ChrisBeerens
61. Zarg78
62. shaneback
63. Jennybh
64.Nicky15
Spoiler
1.sensfan
2. pierluc
3.reelkmcn
4.
5.
2. pierluc
3.reelkmcn
4.
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