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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - More than a dozen award-winning artists are combining their musical talents to help make sure desperately needed relief supplies continue flowing into Haiti, where the struggle for survival continues for hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims.     "What I saw while in Haiti is something we must keep in front of the minds and hearts of Americans," said GRAMMY Award-winning artist Michael W. Smith.  "The recovery efforts are going to take a long, long time so we want do anything we can to raise awareness and to continue to support organizations doing good work in Haiti." 

Healing 4 Haiti, a compilation of 15 songs, will be released by Integrity Music on iTunes Tuesday, March 2.  All net proceeds from the sale of this album will support relief efforts in Haiti including clean water, shelter, medical care and other critical aid from Samaritan's Purse.  It will also support the work of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s Repaid Response Team, who had chaplains on the ground within 24 hours of the earthquake providing emotional and spiritual comfort to survivors.

“Every artist and every individual who can use their talent and ability to shed light on those in need, when it’s all added together, it makes a huge difference," Franklin Graham, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association & Samaritan’s Purse president and CEO. "My prayer is that God will use Healing 4 Haiti to touch the hearts of this nation to give generously to the suffering people of Haiti.”

The benefit compilation includes music from:

Flyleaf
Michael W. Smith
Israel Houghton
Mary Mary
DecembeRadio
Hawk Nelson
The Afters
Canton Jones
Lecrae
Kari Jobe
Carlos Whitaker
Lincoln Brewster
Jared Anderson

International relief organization Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, both headed by Franklin Graham, have been on the ground since immediately following the tragedy and have expanded their response to more than $25 million in aid.