Dear members

On January 12, a series of earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 6.5 to 7.3 devastated Haiti.

TACA (Turkish American Cultural Alliance Chicago), TAWSF (Turkish American Women Scholarship Fund), TADAM (Turkish American Doctors Association of Midwest) and TACCI-Midwest (Turkish American Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Midwest) started a coordinated effort to collect donations from their members and the Turkish American community in Midwest to support emergency relief and recovery efforts for earthquake victims in Haiti.

We partnered with CitizenEffect and CARE to channel our community's donations through TACA web site. To participate in our community's collective efforts and to make a donation online through "Turkish Americans for Haiti " program please go to this page http://citizeneffect.org/ projects/taca_haitirelief and impact thousands of lives in Haiti with your donations. You can view how much impact your donation made and the total funds donated by Turkish American Community on this web site as well.

If you prefer to make your contribution with check, please make your checks payable to "Citizen Effect"  with a note saying "Turkish Americans for Haiti " in the memo section and mail it to TACA, P.O. Box 5533, Chicago, IL 60680

Your donations will be matched up to $5,000 and can be claimed as itemized charitable deduction on your 2009 tax returns, rather waiting for 2010 tax year.

Thank you for your support to our community's coordinated Haiti relief efforts.

Degerli uyelerimiz

Agustos 1999 depreminin acilari hala taze olan bir toplumun temsilcileri olarak Haiti 'de yasanan deprem ve yarattigi yikimi buyuk bir uzuntu ile izliyoruz. Bu depremde buyuk zarar goren Haiti 'ye gerek bireysel gerek toplu olarak herkes bir sekilde destek olmak istiyor. Biz de TACA, TADAM, TAWSF ve TACCI-Midwest olarak Haiti'ye yardim toplamak icin CitizenEffect ve CARE ile isbirligi yaparak kendimize $10000 hedef belirledik. Yaptiginiz bagislarin tamami CARE'a gidecektir. Online bagis yapmak icin http://citizeneffect.org/projects/taca_haitirelief sayfasina gidip "Donate" tusuna basabilirsiniz. Ayrica tanidiklariniza eposta, facebook gibi kanallardan kampanyamizi duyurarak da yardimci olabilirsiniz. Cekle bagis yapmak icin ceki "CitizenEffect"e yazip TACA, P.O. Box 5533, Chicago, IL 60680 adresine yollayin.

Bagislarinizi 2009 verginizden dusebilirsiniz. Ayrica CitizenEffect, yaptiginiz bagis kadar ek bagis yapacaktir.

Haiti 'deki depremin yol açtigi yaralarin sarilmasi icin Turk dernekleri ve kuruluslari tarafindan yurutulen yardim calismalari, T.C. Sikago Baskonsolosu U. Kenan Ipek tarafindan da takdirle karsilanmaktadir.