Many people and businesses around Seattle are collecting donations or holding fundraisers for the victims of Tuesday’s Haiti earthquake. Here in Phinney, The Shop Agora, at 6417-A Phinney Ave. N., will have a donation box set up in their shop this weekend for Doctors Without Borders.

They’ll also be donating 100 percent of the proceeds from sales of their TAG cards. Agoro co-owner Alexis Saloutos created TAG Cards as a kind of “pay it forward” campaign. The idea is to give one of the cards to anyone who displays the quality printed on that card – such as Love, Honesty, Hope, Integrity, Joy, etc. They can keep the card or pass it on to someone else, as in “tag, you’re it.”

She started selling TAG cards this August. This weekend, each TAG Card will be $1 and Alexis and her husband, Nikos Spiliopoulos, will donate all the money to Haiti earthquake relief.

Nikos and I have been thinking about what we can do to help those in Haiti. We would love to see the neighborhood come together to support people enduring desperate circumstances.

The Phinney Community Chorus supports a school in Haiti with an annual fundraiser in June. In light of Tuesday’s devastating earthquake, the chorus tonight is dedicating 45 minutes of its rehearsal time tonight to singing some appropriate songs “with our Haitian friends in mind.”

Everyone is invited to come and listen to this impromptu concert at 8:15 p.m. in the Brick Building at the Phinney Neighborhood Center at 6532 Phinney Ave. N.

Normally, as we do at our June concert, we’d pass the hat for donations to our school, but the earthquake has disrupted our normal channels to the folks who run the school (it’s tricky getting money past corrupt government officials and into the hands of those who need it), so we’re encouraging folks who’d like to donate to relief efforts in Haiti to give via http://www.pih.org/home.html.

Get out your blue suede shoes and hair pomade, ‘cuz Elvis lives at the Greenwood Senior Center’s Casino Night this Saturday.

They’ll turn the center into the Vegas-themed “GSC Grand” where you can try your luck at Roulette, Black Jack, Craps, Caribbean Stud, and other Vegas-style games.

All games are run by professional dealers. Tickets are $35 and will buy you $30,000 in casino chips which you can later exchange for raffle tickets. High roller tickets are also available for $100. Of course, it wouldn’t be Vegas without Elvis! The King himself will provide all-night entertainment.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for the silent auction. Food, wine and beer will be served (the better to loosen up your wallets for the center’s biggest fundraiser of the year.)

Last week’s sold-out pre-screening of “Where the Wild Things Are” raised $47,000 for Greenwood’s non-profit writing and tutoring center, 826 Seattle, Seattlest reports.

The money will be used to support 826 Seattle’s after-school tutoring, writing workshops and field trips for children ages 6-18. 826 Seattle also raises money through its storefront, Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co.

Everyone is invited to the first-ever fundraiser for the Greenwood Elementary School library at Santoro’s Books at 7405 Greenwood Ave. N. on Thursday, May 28, from 6 p.m. until closing.

Owner Carol Santoro will donate 20 percent of all sales during event hours to the school’s library. If you can’t make it, you can call – 206-784-2113 – or email your order and the school will still get the 20 percent donation.

Thanks to Christopher Brown for the photo and tip!

Snoose Junction Part Dieu at 10406 Holman Rd. is hosting Greenwood Elementary nights on the second Tuesday of the month through summer. If customers mention Greenwood Elementary School, then 10 percent of their sale will go to the school. The first fundraiser is tonight.

The Cambodian non-profit Tiny Toones is holding a fundraiser in Greenwood Friday night to raise funds to help teach basic education, gang intervention and prevention, and HIV/AIDS awareness to youth off the streets of Phnom Penh.

The community fundraiser is from 6-10 p.m. Friday at the Greenwood Collective, 8537 Greenwood Ave. N. Admission is $15; advance tickets for $10 are on sale online. Youth under the age of 13 get in free.

Tiny Toones uses breakdancing, hip-hop music and contemporary art to empower Cambodian youth. Seven Tiny Toones youth will be here as part of the national fundraising tour. The event will feature entertainment by 2nd Language, Khmer In Action, Massive Monkees and Tiny Toones. There’ll also be local art, a live auction, raffle, refreshments and Tiny Toones merchandise available for purchase.

Seattle firefighters are asking for donations at the corner of Greenwood Avenue and 85th Street today (Friday) to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

This annual “Fill the Boot” fundraiser runs from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Drivers are encouraged to toss cash, checks and change into the boots. Since 1954, “Fill the Boot” campaigns have raised more than $300 million for MDA. Today, firefighters hope to raise $100,000. The Seattle campaign helps support UW Medical Center and Children’s Hospital in addition to a summer camp for kids.