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Haitian Handmade
If you know anything about Servants for Haiti, you know we'll do whatever it takes to help our Haitian friends. In that spirit, we're branching out to do more.
SFH is spinning off a "subsidiary" called Haitian Handmade to market and sell products created by Haitian artisans. In the process, we'll be providing incomes for families who might otherwise not be able to raise their own children, a common occurrence and one of the reasons for the proliferation of so-called orphanages in Haiti.
Read on for the whole story about Haitian Handmade...
Servants for Haiti acquired 26 sewing machines and a variety of material to get the program starte...
2nd “all you can eat” pizza fundraiser!
We did it last year and we're doing it again this year:
Another all-you-can-eat pizza fundraiser.
Date: Thursday, October 17th, 2013
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Angela’s Coal-Fired Pizza in Tyngsboro.
It’s simple to join in. Buy a ticket for $15 (half of which goes directly to Servants for Haiti) and you get all the pizza you can eat, including soft drinks to wash down those yummy coal-fired slices. (Additional drinks and menu items are also available to purchase separately.)
Angela’s and Servants for Haiti will be splitting the proceeds so you will be supporting new businesses in Haiti while supporting a small business right in ...
SFH Teams: An impartial view
Usually, we post trip reports from participants on our teams. During the summer 2013 trip, however, an EMT who was in Haiti and working with our group made the following observation about our team:
Hey everybody, here is hope and reason not give up on our young people. This is a group of high school students that were in last week. Their leaders, Laurae, Doug, and Kirk told me they were workers, but me being me and a skeptic thought I will give them a few little jobs around. Man, I was wrong. These young men and young ladies worked this poor old country boy ragged. They painted the outside of the first floor. Let me tell you I have seen professi...
2013 Trivia Recap
SFH Trivia night was once more a smashing success, an annual tradition that has become a peak moment of the Merrimack Valley social calendar. About 150 people came out to support the great work happening in Haiti with the assistance and support of Servants for Haiti.
Biznis Pam was featured as the recipient of the event's income. Two videos of Monite Métélus-Louis (viewable here and here), founder and director of the business training and micro-loan program, were shown to let people know where their giving would be working. That set the tone for some frenzied bidding and trivia excitement.
The top team walked off with ice cream cone ...
New businesses coming
Ten new businesses are in the works from the latest batch of graduates of our Biznis Pam program. Their start-ups will be funded by loans from Servants for Haiti using your donations. Here is a sampling of a few of them:
A young woman of 29 with a 2-year-old daughter will be selling clothes and cosmetic products.
A 49-year-old woman with three children will market clothing and curtains, sheets, and tablecloths.
One enterprising woman (40, with two children) will be offering building materials for sale. Certainly her products will be in great demand in a nation in great need of housing.
Another of our entrepreneurs is a young pregnant ...
Fourth Annual Trivia, 2013 edition
It's trivia time again!
Yes, our 4th Annual Trivia Game and Silent Auction is coming up fast. It will be held on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 7:30 PM. Last year we moved the fun to a more spacious facility, the Lowell Elks, 40 Old Ferry Rd, Lowell, MA. We've also increased the number of tickets we're selling from 150 to 200. We sold out last year and expect to do so again. Don't wait till the last minute. Going into our fourth year, we are officially a Merrimack Valley tradition.
To see how exciting last year's event was, visit this page. Ticket prices remain at $15 each this year. In 2012, the money went toward our business developm...
Third Biznis Pam class wrapping up
The third session of our Biznis Pam program is wrapping up. Graduation from this session was held on Friday, January 18, 2013. Participants who have successfully and diligently completed all course work and have their business plans approved will receive their loans at the start of February.
The ten students were chosen by the founder and administrator of Biznis Pam, Monite Métélus-Louis based on need. Monite commented on this group, her largest class so far, as possessing a "good sense of responsibility."
That attitude bodes well for their future success. Once they have established their businesses and repaid their loans, the money ...
Laughs for Haiti
The staged reading is over. SFH raised $646 toward the loan that Jean will need for his taptap. Thank you all for your support.
As you know if you've attended any of our Trivia events, SFH puts the "fun" in fundraising. There's another opportunity coming up to have fun for a cause.
On Friday night, June 15, you'll be able to have a few laughs and get a glimpse inside the world of Hollywood (sort of) while helping a friend in Haiti.
The event
We will be holding a "staged reading" of a film script. The script is for an original G-rated comedy called "Scrolled". It is best described as a cross between "The [original] Muppet ...
Biznis Progress
Back in November, our first Biznis Pam class graduated from entrepreneurial training. We thought you might like to know how they're doing today.
Monite, our field director and trainer, sent us an update this past week. Here's the good news:
Of the five people who attended the first class, four created business plans that were approved and funded with micro-loans. (The fifth student didn't meet all class requirements.) All four new businesses are in operation. Here is Monite's report on the status of each:
Three of the four new businesses are growing. One of the ladies keeps thanking us for her loan. Another, who has been ...
Redistributable SFH information
From time to time, people have asked us to make redistributable information available so they could spread the word about Servants for Haiti.
As such material is produced, we will add it to the following list:
SFH brochure - Full color informational brochure about SFH, its history, and mission. Feel free print out or email as many copies as you need and spread the word.
...more to come...
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