Miami Heat Haven't Forgotten About Haiti

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Miami Heat Help Haiti

While the world's attention is on the oil spill in the gulf, the issues in Jamaica and the tension on the Gaza Strip, Haiti is still suffering and struggling to get itself back together after the earthquake earlier this year. The Miami Heat, however, has kept their attention - and resources - on Haiti.

According to the Miami Herald, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway rolled to Haiti, with around 40 volunteers, to deliver supplies. The Heat also dropped $25,000 toward University of Miami's Project Medishare to renovate and fund an ICU at one of Port-au Prince's only hospitals.
"People may have forgotten some of the things that are still going on there," Mourning said. "So this is a reminder that, hey, we still need to do a lot of things there to help support the infrastructure there."


Mourning already made several trips to Haiti after the earthquake and partnered with Dwyane Wade to raise $1 million from other pro athletes to help with the relief efforts.
"You never really want to compare places and their plights," said Spoelstra. "You try to touch and impact as many people as you can. It is a tragedy, but the human condition is we bounce back as we collectively make a difference. I hope we can."


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