<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"
xmlns:ns0="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Cambria;
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
h2
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.Heading2Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 2 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 2";
font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:#4F81BD;
font-weight:bold;}
span.apple-style-span
{mso-style-name:apple-style-span;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>The press
release below from Maryland’s Senator Barbara Mikulski (<a
href="http://mikulski.senate.gov">http://mikulski.senate.gov</a>) lauds the
efforts of Marylanders to respond to the Haiti Earthquake. It mentions, in
particular, four CCIH member organizations - Catholic Relief Services, World
Relief, IMA World Health and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) –
and specifically mentions Rick Santos, President of IMA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>If you have
not had time to do so, I urge you to visit <a
href="http://www.ccih.org/members/CCIH_Members_Affiliates_Responding_Haiti_Earthquake.htm">http://www.ccih.org/members/CCIH_Members_Affiliates_Responding_Haiti_Earthquake.htm</a>,
a page on the CCIH website detailing the response to the earthquake of CCIH
members and affiliates – it gets longer every day! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>If you belong
to a CCIH member or affiliate organization responding in Haiti, please check to
see if your information is included in this list or needs an update. This
includes organizations working in areas not dramatically damaged by the earthquake
but which will also be responding through activities such as catering to
displaced people or sending supplies or volunteers to the hard-hit areas.
Please send your information to <a href="mailto:ccih@ccih.org">ccih@ccih.org</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>To see the Mikulski
press release online, go to <a
href="http://mikulski.senate.gov/Newsroom/PressReleases/record.cfm?id=321597">http://mikulski.senate.gov/Newsroom/PressReleases/record.cfm?id=321597</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div id=sitecontent>
<div id=content>
<div id=post-7303>
<h2><a
href="http://insidecharmcity.com/2010/01/21/statement-from-senator-mikulski-on-marylands-contribution-to-relief-efforts-in-haiti/"
target="_blank"> Statement from Senator
Mikulski on Maryland’s Contribution to Relief Efforts in Haiti </a><o:p></o:p></h2>
<div>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'>
<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<br>
20-Jan-2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>CONTACT: Press Office<br>
202-228-1122<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style='margin-right:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><br>
<b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Statement from Senator Mikulski on
Maryland’s Contribution to Relief Efforts in Haiti<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the USNS Comfort took its first patients on
board this morning, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) issued the
following statement on Maryland’s contribution to international relief
efforts in Haiti:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“I am so proud of what Maryland and Marylanders are doing to help save
lives in Haiti. Maryland is home to some of the most well-established and
effective relief organizations in the world. And individual Marylanders –
as well as schools, churches, mosques, synagogues and community groups –
are giving in a big-hearted way.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“Whether it’s the taxpayer funded USNS Comfort or a text message
to the Red Cross to contribute $10, Marylanders and people across America are
responding with compassion and generosity. They are donating to get food, water
and medical supplies to Haiti despite tough economic times here at home.
Catholic Relief Services has already received more than $16 million. Major
League Baseball has pledged $1 million.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“Maryland and Marylanders are also at the forefront of America’s
aid effort. Just a few days ago the Baltimore-based USNS Comfort left port,
steaming its way down the Bay. This morning it took its first patients on
board. More than 560 Navy doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, many of
them based at Bethesda Naval Hospital, are staffing the Comfort’s 500
hospital beds and dozen operating rooms to treat critically injured and ill
men, women and children desperate for care. More than 60 civilian Merchant
Mariners are operating and navigating the Comfort while Navy medical teams
provide the care.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“I am so proud of Maryland-based relief agencies – like <b>Catholic
Relief Services, World Relief, IMA World Health, Adventist Development and
Relief Agency</b>, CHF International, and Lutheran World Relief – and the
people who work there. <b>Rick Santos</b>, head of IMA World Health and Silver
Spring resident, spent more than two days trapped in the rubble of a Haitian
hotel. When he arrived home after his ordeal, he asked us to stay mobilized and
to not forget the people of Haiti.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“I am so proud of our state and our people. Maryland has answered the
call for help with extraordinary capability, kindness and verve.”<o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>