If you purchased tickets for the #HaiHaiTO raffle and have not checked your ticket numbers, here are the winning numbers from the evening!  In order to claim your prize if you have not yet done so, please email Rayanne Langdon and we will arrange for you to pick it up.  Prizes must be claimed by Friday, February 19th.

1. Trust Agents & Crush It books – #3320004
2. Shiseido Beauty package – #5898112
3. CRC Humanity in War book, Hands of Haiti CD & books – #5898006
4. Motorola T505 Speakerphone – #5898386
5. MotoPure Hi5 – #5898356
6. Small SayYeah tee and #CanLIT flask – #3320249
7. Medium SayYeah tee and #CanLIT flask – #537177
8. Large SayYeah tee and #CanLIT flask – #537191
9. Belkin Bluetooth music receiver – #5898164
10. Belkin GoStudio – #3320006
11. Danier 100$ Gift Certificate – #3320065
12. Danier 100$ Gift Certificate – #5898368
13. Flip Ultra – #3320519
14. Flip Ultra – #3320330
15. Blackberry Bold 9700 – #5898623
16. Blackberry Bold 9000 (White) – #5898009
17. Hilton Garden Inn Romantic Getaway – #5898270
18. NHL Tickets – #5898323

Thanks to our wonderful in-kind sponsors and donors, HaiHaiTO brings to you a selection of raffle prizes that reads like a wish list. Totally worth a $2 raffle ticket!

HaiHaiTO raffle prizes

1. Books: Trust Agents & Crush It! w/ 3 45-minute life coaching sessions from Board of Your Life
2. White BlackBerry Bold 9000
3. BlackBerry Bold 9700
4. Motorola 7505 Bluetooth Speakerphone
5. Motorola MotoPure Hi5
6. Belkin Bluetooth Music Receiver
7. Belkin Tunebase FM w/ Hands-Free
8. Belkin GoStudio
9. Flip Ultra White/Grey
10. Flip Ultra White/Yellow
11. Small I Need Sugar Tee w/ CanLit Flask
12. Medium I Need Sugar Tee w/ CanLit Flask
13. Large I Need Sugar Tee w/ CanLit Flask
14. Danier $100 Gift Card
15. Danier $100 Gift Card
16. 2 NHL tickets
17. Night in Whirlpool Suite at the Hilton Garden Inn

Twitterati of TO, are you ready to come together for a good cause?

HaiHaiTO is proud to bring to you this incredible line-up of speakers, who agreed to donate their time and share their stories about Haiti. The special performance of Haitian Folkloric Dance will make the evening even more memorable.

John Saunders - Canadian Red Cross

As the Provincial Director for the Canadian Red Cross, John oversees disaster preparedness, prevention, mitigation, relief and recovery efforts within the province of Ontario.  He is tasked to lead program development and is responsible for the overall management of these areas.

John will briefly cover the work of the Canadian Red Cross so far in Haiti and his recent trip to the Dominican Republic. He was there delivering relief supplies, and coordinating our delegates going into Haiti. He also had the opportunity to speak with many delegates from other Red Cross Societies about their experiences with the disaster.

Antoine Dérose - Pierspective Entraide Humanitaire

Antoine Dérose is a Principal at Pierspective Entraide Humanitaire, a Toronto-based charity that provides supplies and
funds to a host of Haitian organizations, including hospitals, shelters for the elderly and orphanages.

Antoine Dérose is a Bilingual Project Consultant for the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health. He is also a Member of the Board of Governors of Collège Boréal and President of the Haitian Cultural Network of Toronto. Mr. Dérose will speak about how his organizations, with the help of the Toronto community, will work to meet the long-term needs of the Haitian community. For more information, visit http://www.haitiaide.ca

Niraj Joshi - Toronto-Haiti Action Committee

Niraj Joshi works with Toronto Haiti Action Committee, a social justice organization committed to supporting the defense, sovereignty and dignity of the Haitian people.  The committee came together following the 2004 coup d’etat in Haiti and work closely with the wider Canada Haiti Action Network, Haiti solidarity activists in the U.S. and popular grassroots organizations in Haiti. Their work focuses on raising awareness of Canada’s foreign policy objectives in Haiti and to build an informed network of solidarity within Canadian civil society. For more information visit www.thac.ca

Haitian Folkloric Dance

Local dancers Beatriz Majano and Daphnée Nostrome will team up with percussionists Abbiyaahwu Asha and Marcus Chomsky to stage a demonstration of Haitian traditional rhythms and dance.

Get your tickets today!

The countdown to HaiHaiTO has begun! Come out with your friends to support Haiti.

When: February 11, 7 p.m. till late, very late.

Where: The Courthouse, 57 Adelaide Street East, Toronto

What: HaiHaiTO – your official Haiti fundraiser, tribute and a party, and your chance to do good

HaiHaiTO Speakers and Performances

• Antoine Derose from Pierspective Entraide Humanitaire  http://www.haitiaide.ca
• Niraj Joshi from Toronto Haiti Action Committee www.thac.ca
• John Saunders from Red Cross Canada, Disaster Management
• Haitian Folkloric Dance
• DJs Nicole D’Cruz (@nicopop) and Lee Dale (@Smack416)
• Raffle prizes from our in-kind sponsors

Every single dollar we raise will be doubled. Ticket sales, sponsorships, raffles, EVERYTHING! Please come out and dedicate this one night to a great cause.

Want even more detail? We got a press release for you.

Do You Want to Do Some Good?

Haiti needs help, and #HaiHaiTO came out of a collective burning desire to do more. We have all seen the tragedy unfold, lives lost and families shattered, heard desperate calls for help. We can do more to help Haiti as a community, than any one of us ever could as individuals. It’s time we unite forces and act as a community should – let’s come together and do some good – for Haiti.

What is HaiHaiTO

• #HaiHaiTO is how you can help to raise funds for the earthquake-torn country.
• #HaiHaiTO is a fundraiser event supporting the disaster relief effort in Haiti and celebrating Haitian culture and spirit. The night will kick off with great performances from local artists and a few words from Toronto Haiti Action Committee, and sweep you off your feet on a dancefloor
• #HaiHaiTO is about coming together as a community in difficult times of need. It’s about humanity.

Here’s how we are going to raise twice as much as you give

Every dollar donated by you between January 12 and February 12, 2010 to registered Canadian charitable organizations responding to Haiti earthquake will be matched by the Canadian government (up to $50 million). #HaiHaiTO is tentatively scheduled for February 11, 2010, and the proceeds will go to Red Cross Canada. That puts us all in a great position to raise twice as much as you give.

Just as relief efforts are feverishly underway, so are the preparations for this event and details will be shared on twitter and this site as they become available. If you want to get involved as a volunteer, sponsor, donor, or inquire about this event, please send a quick email to Michel Savoie.

Image credit: RíPO