HEAT to Commemorate One-Year Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake..

[HarlemHeat37]

MIAMI, January 11, 2011 - In observance of the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010, the Miami HEAT will honor the victims and the survivors of the catastrophe during their road games against the Los Angeles Clippers on January 12 and the Denver Nuggets on January 13.

During player warm ups, the Clippers and the Nuggets will join the HEAT in wearing special shooting shirts featuring a Save Haiti logo designed by South Florida artist, Romero Britto. In addition, The HEAT coaching staff and broadcasting team will wear special Haiti awareness ribbons. All coaches and bench staff for the Clippers and the Nuggets will also wear the Haiti awareness ribbons.

When the HEAT returns to the AmericanAirlines Arena next week, the team will host a special presentation during their January 18 home game versus the Atlanta Hawks, which includes the following activities:

* HEAT players will wear the special shooting shirt during warm ups.

* The HEAT coaching staff and broadcasting team will wear the special Haiti awareness ribbons.

* The Miami HEAT Charitable Fund will present Project Medishare with a $25,000 check to assist with the on-going relief efforts. An initial $25,000 donation was personally presented to Project Medishare in Haiti in June 2010 by a Miami HEAT contingent, which included HEAT Head Coach Erik Spoelstra, HEAT greats Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway and HEAT Play-By-Play Announcer, Eric Reid.

* All Miami Hoops Gear locations—including the flagship store at AmericanAirlines Arena, the satellite store at Dolphin Mall and the online stores at MiamiHoopsGear.com and Facebook.com/MiamiHEAT—will sell special $5.00 rubber wristbands with proceeds benefiting Project Medishare, the non-profit organization founded by Dr. Barth Green and Dr. Arthur Fournier that provides life-saving medical care and community services to the people of Haiti.

* A public service announcement featuring Dwyane Wade will air urging the public to make a $5.00 donation to Project Medishare by texting the word SAVE to 501501.

Hopefully other teams will step up as well..even though it has been a year, it should not be forgotten..

[Ace]

Classy, tbh

[ButtHurt Committee]

s got ed with no Vaseline tonight.

[Ace]

s got ed with no Vaseline tonight.

If you call that ed with no Vaseline, what do you call Lakers 19pt lost to the Grizzlies?

[HarlemHeat37]

All the loss to the Clipps means is an L in the standings..the Haiti story is the real issue, it was probably on the minds of the Heat players..tough to focus on a game when there are more important issues that put things in perspective..

[ButtHurt Committee]

If you call that ed with no Vaseline, what do you call Lakers 19pt lost to the Grizzlies?

Ace, why does Miller never play? Is he still hurt?

[midnightpulp]

All the loss to the Clipps means is an L in the standings..the Haiti story is the real issue, it was probably on the minds of the Heat players..tough to focus on a game when there are more important issues that put things in perspective..

[ElNono]

[DeadlyDynasty]

Population control, 'em. So the world loses a few future busboys...c'est la vie