News

City Club Missoula – Missoula’s "Wood for Haiti" helps Haitians rebuild their lives

September 13, 2011 /

MATR Sponsor (view all)


Working to create a clean and balanced energy portfolio that will provide for a safe and reliable energy future. Learn more at http://www.NorthWesternEnergy.com/BrightFuture

A group of dedicated individuals from Missoula believes that, through "Wood for Haiti" http://woodforhaiti.org/ they know the proper way to help Haiti rebuild not only their lives, but also stronger homes, after an earthquake devastated the country last year.

Founder, Gary Funk, lead a City Club Missoula http://www.cityclubmissoula.org/ discussion about the need for wood for reconstructing homes in Haiti. Discussion then, opened up and the public voiced their ideas for the project. UM professors and Missoula high school students were some of those among the crowd.

About 300,00 haitians are a part of Wood for Haiti.

by Alex Schwier (KPAX News)

Full Story: http://www.kpax.com/news/missoula-man-helps-haitans-rebuild-their-lives/

MATR Supporters (view all)


Big Sky Commerce is an integrated provider of merchant credit card transaction processing services, check processing services, Internet payment gateways, related software application products and value-added services.

Montana Technology Innovation Partnership (MTIP)- Promoting Technology Commercialization in the State of Montana.

Prospera helps businesses and communities find their pathway to success, acting as the navigator, problem solver and catalyst for a strong Montana economy.
Posted in:

Sorry, we couldn't find any posts. Please try a different search.

Leave a Comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.