On Saturday night, April 17, Servants for Haiti held its first annual Trivia Night fund raiser.  The event was a major success!  About 70 people participated and $2000 was raised, partially through the $10 admission, the rest through a concurrent silent auction.

Everyone who attended expressed their enjoyment of the evening’s activities.  There appears to be plenty of demand for a 2nd Annual Trivia Night.  Watch out for details next year at this time.

Servants for Haiti would like to thank the following for their donations of auction items:

For their generous donations of items for our auction:

Bertucci’s, Chelmsford, MA
Edgartown Residence Club, Edgartown, MA
Egg Roll Cafe, Lowell, MA
The Hingston Family, Chelmsford, MA
The Java Room, Chelmsford, MA
Laurae Richards Art, Westford, MA
Lowell Showcase Cinemas, Lowell, MA
The Lowell Spinners, Lowell, MA
Meadow Breeze Day Camp, Lexington Christian Academy and Coach Tim Slighter, Lexington, MA
Pampered Chef/Sharon Leigh, Chelmsford, MA
Walden Media, Burlington, MA

Also the following for their support as noted:

Grace Community Church for the use of their facility.
Jeff Lomicka for his technical assistance.
Sully’s Ice Cream, Chelmsford, MA for the trivia prizes.  Yummm!

Please support our supporters and tell them you saw them at the SFH trivia event!

The goods up for bid in the silent auction

Pondering a particularly tough question.

Everyone scratches their heads over another tough one.

The winning team (cleverly named "Team Name") celebrates their triumph! This could be you next year.

After a three month hiatus, school is back in session at College Jean Rigaud Antoine, the school that SFH-supported children attend.  This is a major milestone in the long road to recovery from the devastating earthquake of January 12.

The CJRA building had been designated as safe for occupation by Haitian inspectors some time ago, but the government just recently approved reopening schools.  Many school buildings in Port-au-Prince were destroyed, but CJRA sustained minimal damage during the quake and ensuing aftershocks.

In spite of the reopening, very few of the students have returned to class.  Many fled the city to the perceived safety of the countryside after the quake.  Others are still understandably wary of going to classes in the large concrete structure.  Help has been made available at the school for students who have been traumatized by the earthquake.

We fully expect that over time the school will be in full swing once again.  In the meantime, classes are in session and the children have taken a large step to returning to a life of normalcy, as measured by Haitian standards.

Follow our news posts as we receive updates from the school.

CJRA school, March 2010

More good news from Haiti.  The children who live at the Kingdom Kids Orphanage have begun sleeping inside again.  Until now, the kids and some of the staff have been afraid to sleep inside the building, and were in tents just outside the house.

Clearly, the resilient people of Haiti are making progress in their recovery from the earthquake.  This is a major step, especially considering the upcoming rainy season.

The latest edition of our newsletter, Spring 2010, is now online.  Click here to view it.

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