[OSList] Matching Gift Campaign for Haiti's Work in Open Space

[Ed Laboy]

Dear Friends and Colleagues

The purpose of this email is to invite our Open Space colleagues and OS
Institute partners around the world to join us in a show of support for the
Open Space Institute of Haiti who will be hosting their 10th Annual Open
Space on Open Space June 23-26, 2011. Their theme will be: "What tools and
practices do Haitians need to become agents of change in their communities?"

For a number of years, the OSI US has donated funds to Haiti to help pay for
lodging and meals. In 2010, we contributed a more sizeable sum recognizing
the urgent need for OS work in Haiti following the catastrophic hurricane.

This year, we again received a request for financial assistance in the
amount of $3250. A number of local Haiti sponsors are also contributing.
While we have limited funds, we feel strongly that this work deserves our
help - thus the idea of this Matching Fund Campaign.

We will match $dollar for $dollar to a maximum of $1625 to help them achieve
their goal of raising $3250 total dollars. If we raise excess funds from
this campaign, it would be the intent of the OSI US Institute to make these
funds available to serve other underserved communities through vehicles such
as the Access Queen which helps lower-income individuals attend World Open
Space on Open Space events or through other initiatives that OSI US is
involved in that support access, inclusion and connection to the greater OS
community.

We invite you to visit our OSI US website to learn more. We have also
established a special link that will make it easy for you to donate.

http://osius.org/support-haiti-open-space-2011

As we honor their ten years of facilitating, mentoring, teaching and growing
Open Space across Haiti, we are appealing to you - our worldwide OS
community of friends and colleagues - to join us with a "pay it forward"
matching initiative. For every dollar you contribute - we will match it as
we join together to help enable 25 Haitian participants to attend Haiti's
OSonOS this year. This matching donation campaign will end on May 15, 2011.

 

Appreciatively, the OSI US Institute Board Members,

 <http://www.nufocusgroup.com/strategic/index.php?lang=en&page=partners>
Suzanne Daigle
<http://openspaceworld.ning.com/profile/KarenJDavis> Karen Davis
<http://www.footprintsinthewind.com/> Douglas D. Germann Sr.

 <http://openingspace.net/> Lisa Heft
<http://peggyholman.com/PH-WordPress/about> Peggy Holman
<http://www.leadershiptransformationgroup.com/aboutLTG/people.php> Edward
Laboy

 <http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=233> Phelim McDermott
Barry Owen
<http://www.christinewhitneysanchez.com/international_experience> Christine
Whitney Sanchez

 <http://shinsato.com/blog/about/> Harold Shinsato

 

     









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