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16 January 2005
More on the Caltech Tsunami Relief Effort
The Caltech Tsunami Relief Effort has managed to raise $6079 as of 14 January from table events and collection sites set up around campus. The table events were held from Wednesdays through Fridays the last two weeks between 11am and 2pm. In addition, a special table event was held at the U.S. Geological Survey talk this Wednesday where $835 was raised in the three hours through the talk. There have been singular acts of generosity of all kinds -- Caltech president Dr David Baltimore responded touchingly to the disaster in a message to the entire community and donated $20,000 to American Red Cross on behalf of Caltech, a person donated $1000 at the table outside the Red Door Café to volunteers who were grumbling until then that they were not seeing any action, an Indian restaurant in Pasadena offered to include a flyer about the cultural event slated for 23 January as part of the check folder presented to all its customers, the Graphic Resources and Media Services division of Caltech printed out A3-size posters of the event free of charge, the group has received wide publicity within campus by way of the campus newsletters, the U.S. Geological Survey prominently featured the Caltech Tsunami Relief Effort as part of their talk (the Skeptics Society on the other hand, and perhaps quite in keeping with their beliefs or the lack thereof, did not wish to promote the cause as part of their talk in Caltech). The response to the call for volunteers has been nothing short of stellar with many lining up to offer their services and time in spite of the blustery winds and incessant rain all of last week.With only one more week to go before the final fundraising event, all focus is on publicising the event as widely as possible. Tickets ($20 adults, $10 students and children, $5 Caltech students) are on sale at the Ticket Office who can be reached at 626-395-4652 or 1-888-222-5832. In addition, efforts are on to set up a similar table event at JPL which has so far been oblivious to any of the group's ongoing activities.
