Learn-a-thon!!

Tomorrow evening, I'll be learning extra hours as part of Pardes's Learn-a-Thon to support Haiti relief! Teachers have donated their time to teach extra evening classes on themes of Social Justice, charity to the poor, loving the stranger, etc. Students have pledged to spend extra hours studying, either in classes or on their own.

What can you do? You can support the relief efforts in Haiti by sponsoring me for these extra hours of study I will be doing! If you would like to sponsor me by the hour, you should know that I plan to learn an extra 6 hours...from 5pm until 11pm. You can donate at http://action.ajws.org/goto/pardes.

All proceeds will go to the American Jewish World Service, which has a long standing presence in Haiti. AJWS is focused on aiding population in the crisis zone not already targeted for large scale relief, such as poor and rural areas out side Port-au-Prince. In the long term, AJWS is committed to supporting long term reconstruction of infrastructure, community centers, clinics, schools, replanting of crops and farms to replenish local food supplies and generate income.

If you want to see a fun promo video made by some of my friends (and to get a glimpse of the people/place I've been studying with/at all year), go here.

Thanks in advance for your support!! And now, since I've got approximately 14 hours of learning to do tomorrow, I had better get to sleep. לילה טוב--goodnight.