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Posted February 1, 2010 // 0 Comments // add yours
Few of you will have heard of him. Mr. Harris passed away in 1952. He was the former President of U.S. Steel’s Tubular Products, Inc.
But thanks to his daughter, who established a fund at The Pittsburgh Foundation in 1982 in memory of her father, Mr. Harris’ philanthropic spirit lives on – currently in reaching out to the men, women and children suffering in the terrible aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti.
From his fund, The Pittsburgh Foundation is today announcing $65,000 in immediate grants to support the relief effort in Haiti. Two of these grants, totaling $50,000, will go to organizations with strong Pittsburgh connections:
- Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, a gem of a clinic outside Port-au-Prince that was founded by Pittsburgher Dr. Larimer Mellon in 1956. The clinic was spared the devastation of the earthquake and is operating with full staff to treat casualties and provide life-saving care.
- Brother’s Brother, located on Pittsburgh’s North Side is amassing urgently-needed medical supplies for shipment to Haiti, including antibiotics, surgical packs, surgical instruments and other requested provisions. Its first shipment was airlifted to Haiti last week.
A third grant of $15,000 will go to Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian organization which receives strong support from medical professionals in the Pittsburgh region. The organization’s facilities in Haiti were severely damaged by the earthquake, but workers have established temporary clinics to treat the injured.
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