City College’s International Honor Society Phi Theta Kappa has reached its fundraising goal of $5,000 towards relief in Haiti.

The society collected donations from several sources on campus, including $1,000 from the Associated Student Senate, $250 from Black Student Union, $100 from SB Permaculture Network, and $2,300 from the faculty members and staff at City College. The society itself raised $700 for the relief, and gathered another $700 from simple student donations on campus.

The money it raised is going to Direct Relief International, International Red Cross, and the Doctors Without Borders organizations.

These three organizations are the most active in Haiti. Ninety percent of the money raised by the honor society is going towards medical purposes for Haitian victims, but not the relief volunteers.

The honor society has been setting up a table in front of the Cafeteria since the beginning of the semester, asking students to donate whatever they could. It also had a Valentine’s Day project on campus, where it sold red roses for $5 each. Those proceeds were considered student donations.

The honor society decided not to plan on fundraising for Chile, which experienced an 8.8 earthquake of its coast on Feb 27. This is because the society had already been asking people for money for more than two months, said Dr. Manoutchehr Eskandari, the honor society’s adviser.

“We’re still keeping Haiti as a focus during the whole semester,” said Hannah Stromgren, the society’s vice president. “Just because we raised our goal doesn’t mean we are not going to continue our project.”

However, Milochka Tshibingu, public relations officer to the student senate, said that the senate is trying to figure out what they can do for Chile.

“We are trying to get things together,” she said.

They may hopefully start something for Chile by mid-April.

Danielle Phillips, the president of Black Student Union, said that it had been collecting donations as well by selling flash drives for $20 each.

“We want to focus on one project,” she said. “It is important to keep awareness up.”