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rolling,” added Wood. “We first heard about it from Jonathan Piper at Preti Flaherty shortly after the quake happened. Jon was very excited about helping to bring relief to the crisis and thought that Reed & Reed was a natural fit to become involved because we are in the construction industry. In early February 2010 the leadership committee was formed.”

It would seem an unlikely marriage — diverse businesses in a northern state coalescing to help those whose world has collapsed thousands of miles away. It started as many good ideas do, a remark made during lunch, a sympathetic ear, a kind word about a tragic Classes are held with limited resources in the current event and a seed. school in the Haitian village of Caberet. Building a new It was spread by an envoy school is the first of MaineLine’s objectives. MaineLining and a great communicator. Thus was organized the “The concept for this project is the brainchild of Darcy Pierce of Envoy Inc. and Kim foundation of MaineLine, which will begin what is meant to Stiver of CD&M Communications. They were at lunch one be a series of international projects by building schools in day discussing the earthquake in Haiti and its devastation,” various villages in Haiti. If successful, Maineline intends to said Robin Wood, human resources director of Reed & network out into the rest of the world when disaster strikes. “The crisis in Haiti has highlighted the need for an organReed, Woolwich, Maine. “Through those discussions, they wondered if they could ized, strategic effort to help connect Maine businesses to engage a group of concerned Maine companies to help. catastrophe sites in order to make a direct, specific difference They approached some of their clients and got the ball see MAINELINE page 4

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The school also will serve as a much-needed community center, which will provide residents with a break from the tent life they have had to live since the earthquake.


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