When tragedy strikes, our region steps up.

That’s one of the truly remarkable things about living and working in the tri-county region.

The Business Times takes some space on these pages to pay tribute to all the innovative ways our businesses and nonprofits have found to raise money for earthquake relief for Haiti.

Rather than stay in our bunkers during troubled times, we seem to excel at digging a little deeper and finding ways to lend a hand.

Yes, having lead organizations such as Direct Relief around really helps.

But when a region with this many natural assets reaches out to a nation with so few, you can’t help but believe that at least a few good things will come of this terrible tragedy.

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