Blue Sky International's Initiative for Haiti's Children

Philadelphia, February 4, 2010- Blue Sky International announced today an initiative to donate multiple synthetic turf soccer fields, as well as provide hundreds of soccer balls and other sports related equipment to L'Athletique's d'Haiti, an after-school sports programs that serves as a positive outlet for over 1500 children from ages 6 to 17 in Cite Soleil and Bel Air, the poorest slums of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. One of L'Athletique's soccer fields is now home to 525 displaced Haitian families who are encamped in makeshift tents.

Hank Julicher, President and CEO of Blue Sky International, said, "After seeing a documentary on TV regarding the plight of the people in Haiti with my three young children, my twin nine- year-olds, Chase and Kiki, both avid soccer players themselves, commented on how sad it was that the children of Haiti had no place to play".

Then they asked, "Daddy, you make sports fields. Can you help?" It made me think that maybe my company could do something meaningful to make a difference where our relief efforts would be sure to benefit the children rather than going to the wrong people. we then decided to move forward as fast as possible. We hope that by providing these synthetic turf fields, hundreds of soccer balls and other sports related equipment, we can do a small part to help by taking the kids' minds off of their every day strife. Blue Sky International's General Manager for the Caribbean and Latin America, has been in Haiti for the past several weeks working hard to set up this effort, organizing the logistics of transporting the materials into Port au Prince and helping the people in every other way possible.

The projects will provide much needed safe play areas for the children of Haiti. After taking on this initiative, we encourage other large companies to follow our lead by helping out in this fashion. There is a substantial amount of food and medical relief on the ground, but nothing for the kids to occupy them during this terrible disaster.

"We certainly appreciate this much needed help, especially at a time like this," expressed Robert Duval, founder and director of L'Athletique d'Haiti. "The healing benefit for our kids is undeniable and also opens many new fields of play for Haiti's soccer programs. We are pleased to make new friends from the United States & Puerto Rico that have shown so much solidarity and generosity. This demonstration of support for our children will forge a strong relationship for new initiatives in the near future".