please contact:
Nadeige Martelly Tesserot
SAS Public Relations &Communications Director
T: +1.786.863.1363
E: nmartelly@sowaseedonline.org
KINGSTON, JAMAICA, May 8th, 2010 – Apart from singing musical hits and snagging Grammy Awards, international reggae artist, Shaggy, still finds more time to help Jamaican children in need of health care. Now his efforts have crossed the borders as the Shaggy Make a Difference Foundation partners with Sow a Seed, a Florida-based charity organization, to raise funds for new and refurbished wings at Bustamante Hospital for Children. The collaboration has been named OPERATION: Angels Rise and is scheduled for launch on May 15th, 2010 at the Fiction Lounge.
From 2004, Sow a Seed has been providing basic fundamentals to orphans living in Haiti’s extreme poverty. Since the earthquake, the number of orphans has nearly doubled. As a non-profit organization solely comprised of volunteers, Sow a Seed now has a greater need to help these children rise above the rubble and rebuild their lives. Additional funds raised will also help Sow a Seed to continue providing basic essentials – such as food, shelter, and education -to orphans in Haiti, with the long-term goal of building their own orphanage.
Together, more Jamaican and Haitian angels can rise to new aspirations. In unity, there is hope.
For more information on OPERATION: Angels Rise and how to get involved, visit www.operationangelsrise.org
For many years, Shaggy has been supporting the Bustamante Hospital for Children. As the main pediatric hospital in Jamaica, resources to treat children with the necessary health care are stretched due to limited facilities, expensive medical equipment, and the lack of funding from the public and private sectors. In 2008, the Shaggy Make a Difference
Foundation was created to raise funds forthe hospital, so the lives of many more children can be saved. For more information on the foundation and how you can make a difference, visit www.shaggymakeadifference.org
Sow a Seed (SAS) is a non-profit organization created by a group of Haitian-American professionals to provide the basic fundamentals for disadvantaged children living in extreme poverty in Haiti. Efforts have been focused on collecting donations to help rebuild Haiti and on immediately dispatching supplies directly to hospitals, orphanages and individuals in need. SAS is organized by volunteers collaborating with other volunteers for collective growth. For more information, to join the team orto make a donation, please visit www.sowaseedonline.org
Offering your time and hand is one of the greatest, invaluable gifts you can offer to the needy children of Haiti. SAS is grateful to have you as an additional member of our family. We appreciates that you are by our side in the ever-increasing fight in giving these kids a better chance at life. Take action by volunteering.
Use your unique skills. Organize a collection, have a food drive, run marathon, throw fundraiser, have a bake sale, get your church and school involved, or put a link to your website. We encourage you to participate in however you feel will help us raise funds to help these wonderful children. SAS wants you to do it your way!
Sow a Seed is NOT an adoption agency, however we will refer any direct inquiries regarding adoption to our partnering adoption agency, La Maison des Anges in Haiti. Please write to us.
