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January 25, 2010 - Haiti Relief Efforts

Dear Marla,

I wanted to update you on the MPI community's Haiti relief efforts. Since I last wrote on Jan. 16th, we have seen amazing stories of survival. Now the situation is turning to recovery, with a daily struggle for the basics of life--food, water and shelter. The humanitarian needs are staggering.

As a professional community, we are rallying to help the aid effort. After announcing the list of confirmed legitimate relief efforts on the MPI blog, Engage, our community has posted many activities that chapters, members and their organizations are involved in to help the people of Haiti.

Additionally, I am pleased to report that the MPI Foundation has made a $5,000 contribution to the International Red Cross on the behalf of all of our members and the industry.

Please continue to spread the word about the helpful information found on the Engage blog and encourage your members to add new listings of legitimate relief efforts. It will be frequently updated with additional information to keep our member community properly informed. Finally, we continue to see many chapters conduct special events for Haiti and encourage others to do the same.

As always, thank you for all the time you give to your chapters.

Best regards,



Junior Tauvaa Meeting Professionals International Vice Presiden, Membership and Chapter Management

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