[Classifieds] Shawmut Design and Construction - Support Haiti Relief and Reconstruction

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Hello, 

Please see the letter below from Tom Goemaat , Chief Executive Officer of Shawmut Design and Construction , the firm managing the renovation of the MBL's Loeb Laboratory, about how you can double the value of your donation to relief efforts in Haiti. Shawmut founder Jim Ansara and his wife Karen will match, dollar for dollar, the first $1 million in gifts to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. See below for more details. 

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Gina Hebert 
Associate Director of Communications 
Marine Biological Laboratory 
7 MBL Street 
Woods Hole, MA 02543 
Tel: 508-289-7725 
Fax: 508-289-7934 
Web: http://www.mbl.edu 

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January 18, 2010 



Dear friends, clients, subcontractors, members of the design community, and friendly competitors, 



The images of destruction and human suffering in Haiti have horrified us all and made us all the more thankful for our families and good fortune. We all want to help in some way. I am writing to make you aware of how you can double the value of your gift. As I write to you, Shawmut’s founder Jim Ansara is on the ground in Haiti helping with the humanitarian relief effort. Jim and his wife Karen have been working over the last few months on building a hospital in Haiti; the earthquake last week has prompted Jim and Karen to take additional immediate and urgent action. Before Jim hopped on a relief effort plane to Haiti, he and Karen helped start The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. They have pledged to match dollar for dollar the first one million dollars in gifts to this fund. If you are planning on making a donation towards the Haitian relief effort (either individually or as a corporation), I urge you to consider giving to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. You can donate online through the below link: 

http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston 



Also, if your company has posted giving options on your website, we would appreciate it if you included mention of and a link to The Haiti Fund. 



At Shawmut, social responsibility is a key part of our culture. Giving back to the community is a core part of doing things the Shawmut Way; Boston is home to the third largest Haitian immigrant community in the United States. We’re matching our employees’ gifts to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation at this critical time as well as assisting Jim’s efforts from here in anyway we can. 



There are a lot of groups doing important work in Haiti, but two important things stand out about The Haiti Fund. First, it’s focused on long-term reconstruction over the next five years, seeing Haiti beyond the critical initial humanitarian needs. Second, it has a special provision for supporting the Haitian community in Boston as they struggle to connect with family and friends affected by the earthquake. Jim and Karen have made a large personal commitment to match all donations up to $1 million to The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation, challenging the broader Boston community to be generous. We hope you’ll join us in supporting The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation. 



PS: 



You can go here to “follow Jim!”: 



Jim's twitter feed is up & running: 

http://twitter.com/jiminhaiti 



Jim's blog is up & running: 

http://jiminhaiti.org/ 



You can read more about The Haiti Fund at The Boston Foundation here: 

http://bit.ly/haitifundboston 



You can read the Boston Globe article about Jim & Karen’s gift here: 

http://bit.ly/8AA1Yz 



Also see this blog from Harvard Business School regarding the value of giving for the long term reconstruction of Haiti: 

http://bit.ly/7LayCQ 



Don't forget to give: 

http://bit.ly/givehaitiboston 



Thank you again for your support of Jim and Karen, Shawmut, and the people of Haiti. 



Tom Goemaat 

Chief Executive Officer 

Shawmut Design and Construction 

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