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by B.J. Michaels '12, Sigma Alpha Mu and Rachel Leopold ‘13, Sigma Delta Tau

On Sunday, April 11th Big Red Relief hosted their annual benefit concert in Barton Hall. 

This year, due to the recent earthquake in Haiti and the large outcry of support on campus, Big Red Relief decided to donate all of the money raised to the GHESKIO clinic in Port-au-Prince and named their concert “Help Heal Haiti.” 

The GHESKIO clinic usually deals with HIV and AIDS but is currently functioning as a health clinic and refugee camp and is affiliated with Cornell Weill Medical College.The concert was the end result of months of planning, which involved choosing the acts, working with a production team, raising awareness and funds, while actively promoting the concert through word of mouth, posters, and tabling across campus. 

With aid from Alpha Epsilon Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Sigma Phi (Rockledge), Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Delta Tau, Alpha Phi Omega, as well as many other campus groups, Big Red Relief was able to raise over $2000. They were also able to throw an amazing concert hosting 10 of the biggest performance groups on campus such as Cayuga’s Waiters, Bhangra, Chordials, and BASE for a crowd of about 200 people.  Big Red Relief also sold “Help Heal Haiti” livestrong style bracelets designed by Sigma Alpha Mu whose proceeds also went to the GHESKIO clinic.