Matt Weir / The Collegian

Fresno State fraternities and sororities have added to local Haiti relief efforts by collecting money for Doctors Without Borders. The week-long efforts named “Hope for Haiti — Greeks Giving Back Coin Collections,” have brought students out to help.

Fraternity and sorority members have collected money from motorists on the Cedar and Shaw, Barstow and Cedar and Cedar and Herndon intersections. They will collect money until Friday from 6:30-8 a.m. and 4-5:30 p.m. They also hope to reach out to businesses for contributions and sell T-shirts next week on campus in the Free Speech Area.

There are currently 38 fraternities involved in the project, which includes students who are a part of the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Council, Fraternity Council and United Sorority.

Lauren Smoot, a business major from the Delta Gamma sorority, said there are 30-40 students present for each collection. She said they chose Doctors Without Borders because they believed the need for medical care was the top priority.

The first day of efforts on Monday saw a collection of more than $1,000. By Tuesday evening, they had collected over $3,000.

Those who contribute to Hope for Haiti will receive a card to place their dashboards showing that they have donated to the project.

Doctors Without Borders is a Nobel Prize winning organization that has offered help to areas of war, malnourishment and natural disasters since 1971. Since the earthquake in Haiti on Jan. 12, they have assisted 13,000 people and overseen 1,500 operations.