Tuesday, February 16, 2010
ACHS
President Dorene Petersen (left) and Communications Manager Lauren
Shapiro (far right), both dressed in red for National Wear Red Day,
hand the College's $1,000 donation to Megan McMorran, head of
Programming and Operations for Mercy Corps's Action Center.
The
ACHS Apothecary Shoppe College Store selected Mercy Corps as their
partnership organization to raise awareness and funds for relief work
in Haiti. The Apothecary Shoppe, which pledged on their website 20% of
sales made between January 15-31, 2010, to Mercy Corps raised $1,000,
which will help Mercy Corps’s work to bring clean water and improved
sanitation to post-quake Haiti.
The American College of
Healthcare Sciences founded the Apothecary Shoppe as a health resource
for their students and community, and to support the mission of the
College: “To provide leadership in holistic health education through
comprehensive professional online and on-campus education and high
quality natural products with a commitment to sustainable practices and
principles.” The Shoppe sources holistic health products and supplies,
including organic and sustainably wildcrafted herbs and essential oils,
and works to preserve and share knowledge in natural medicine by
hosting monthly community wellness events.
The Apothecary
Shoppe, housed in Portland, Oregon, launched their donation campaign as
an opportunity to help Mercy Corps, also Portland-based, and to promote
awareness about the importance of basic healthcare for sustainable
health.
“The reports were heartbreaking,” said ACHS President
Dorene Petersen, “continue to be heartbreaking. I mean, we were hearing
about people looting toothpaste for basic sanitation, but also to help
mask the smell of wounded and dying people. We’re a holistic health
college; we know that good nutrition, including clean water, stress
intervention, and basic sanitation are essential for health and
wellness. So we felt that donating to Mercy Corps’s work would have
immediate and long-term impact for the post-recovery health of Haiti.”
The
Apothecary Shoppe offers a distinguished selection of holistic health
products, including certified organic herbs, organic essential oils,
flower essences, homeobotanical remedies, and reference materials.
To learn more about the Apothecary Shoppe’s mission and products, visit www.apothecary-shoppe.com