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Members of the local and campus communities are invited to join together to offer support for the people of Haiti who continue to grapple with the aftershocks and aftereffects of the massive Jan. 12 earthquake.

A benefit concert will be held 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, in Memorial Chapel.

Performers will include , a Grammy-winning artist, area schoolchildren, musicians from the village of Hamilton, and students, faculty and staff from �Ա���Ƶ (See list below).

Tickets are $5, though organizers are hoping for additional donations. All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and Partners in Health.

Haiti Red Cross volunteers and staff assist a child hurt in the magnitude 7.3 earthquake. (Photo courtesy of American Red Cross)

 

The massive earthquake killed tens of thousands of people and left 1.5 million homeless.

“We have had so many people step up to help us organize this benefit concert,” said Mark Shiner, the Catholic campus minister who has been working closely with David Levy, the university’s Jewish chaplain.

Tickets will be available at the O’Connor Campus Center (the Coop) starting Monday or at the in the garden level of the Chapel. Some tickets will be available at the door on the day of the concert. Those interested in performing should contact Lorraine Joseph at ljoseph@colgate.edu.

Here is a list of other scheduled performers:

Sarah Crovella

Isabella Crovella

Sojourner’s Gospel Choir

The UC Worship Band

The McDowell Brothers

Not Quite Ready

Fuse

Testostertones

Zlatko Grozl

Jargo Radley

Kathleen Armenti

Joanne Shenandoah

The �Ա���Ƶ Resolutions

Jeff Taylor

Scott Douglas Reu

Experimental Theatre

Earthman Embassy

Diandra Rivera

Phoebe Rotter

Emily Smith

Aquapod

�Ա���Ƶ Dischords

Naledi Semela

Chris Shenkel/Sarah Wider

Eliza Gomez

Dangerboy

Ed Vollmer

Caitlin Grossjung

The Andrew Wylie Project Experience Band

Tommy Ho and the Barncats

CRRABS

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