Push-ups for Haiti today at noon

How to donate Donations can be made online or through the mail at: Omaha Office of the University of Nebraska Foundation 2285 S. 67th St. Suite 200 Omaha, NE 68106 Also, UNMC public relations staff members will be on hand Friday for those who want to donate then. When donating through the mail or at the event on Friday, make checks payable to the University of Nebraska Foundation and write “Haiti” in the memo line.

“Push-ups for Haiti” will take place today at noon in the Durham Outpatient Center West Atrium.

As of Thursday afternoon, 13 participants were set to do push ups to raise money for the UNMC Haitian Relief and Outreach Fund.

The roster for Friday’s challenge was as such as of Wednesday afternoon:

• Tess Eidem, pathology and microbiology
  
• David Carver, Ph.D., student counseling;
  
• Jeremy Peterson, medical student;
  
• Howard Fox, M.D., Ph.D., pharmacology and experimental neuroscience (PEN),
  
• Jessica Hutter Saunders, PEN;
  
• Lori Dawson, orthopaedic surgery;
  
• Chuck Brown, public relations;
  
• Susannah Logsdon, Institutional Review Board;
  
• Peter Pellerito, Center for Healthy Living;
  
• Christine Gilling, Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy;
  
• Aaron Persinger, medical student;
  
• Vijay Shivaswamy, M.D., Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism (DEM);
  
• Robert Baum, DEM;
  
• Thomas Hejkal, M.D., ophthalmology and visual sciences; and
  
• Aaron Pilley, graduate student.

More fundraising for Haiti The Prairie Life Fitness Center at Midtown Crossing (31st Ave. and Farnam St., Suite 4101) will host its “Strength for Haiti” cycling challenge tonight. The event will raise money for the UNMC Haitian Relief and Outreach Fund.

All participants seek sponsors to raise money for the Haiti fund, which supports UNMC’s volunteer efforts in the earthquake-ravaged nation. Sponsors can pledge to give on a per-push-up basis (example: $2 per push-up) or simply pledge a flat donation.

To sponsor any of the above participants, click on his or her name and send an e-mail that outlines how much you will give for each push-up or how much you plan to donate to the fund.