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Tide to Tide for Haiti
We're particularly excited about this fund raiser to support Servants for Haiti. Three young guys are doing a cross country bike ride to raise money and awareness for Haiti. They're still in the planning stages, but check out their web site and see how you can help!
Hats Off (and On) to Haiti!
It will be hard to "top" this fund raising idea. The kids in the small Champlain Valley Christian School in Vermont were given the chance to "break the rules" by wearing hats to school for Haiti. Each student donated $2 for the privilege of wearing a baseball cap. These capped rebels raised a total of $290! Hats off to you, kids, for your support of Haitian children!
More SFH help headed to Haiti
Another small team heads down to Haiti on Friday, February 26. We will bring you updates as we receive them. At the very least, we will have a complete trip report and photos after they return on March 4.
Servants for Haiti is committed to bringing consistent and long term support to our Haitian friends. Your financial support will help us. Also, give serious consideration to coming with us on a future trip. You can make a difference in Haiti. And Haiti will make a difference in you.
[Update: This team is home. We'll post a trip report as soon as ...
A Singularly Unique Fundraiser
The Single Again Ministry (SAM) of the Essex Alliance Church, Essex Junction, VT, (www.essexalliance.org) serves men and women who are single again through death, divorce or separation as well as those who have never been married. Recently, they served a completely unique constituency.
Twice a month they host dinners with games at the Community Center at the church. As part of those gatherings, they perform community service projects. At a recent meeting, Kingdom Kids orphanage was the beneficiary of their generosity. Everyone in attendance was asked to ...
Jan 2010 trip photos
Here are some photos from the small team that went to Haiti to do recovery work in January 2010. Go here for the trip report.
First post-earthquake SFH work
Back on Monday, January 25, Servants for Haiti sent its first team to work in post-earthquake Haiti. Three people, including two members of the SFH board, stayed between one and two weeks and accomplished a great deal. Here is a "diary" of their trip, mostly reprinted from an earlier blog from before this new site came online:
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010:
They brought with them four heavy duty tents for the orphans, a water purifier, medical supplies, diapers, infant formula, and food: tuna, peanut butter, and more. They also brought money to purchase food and water. ...
Urgent Breaking News: Earthquake
The massive earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday, January 12, hit just 10 miles from Port-au-Prince where SFH supports a school (College Jean Rigaud Antoine) and an orphanage (Kingdom Kids Orphanage). International news media have carried the story in detail but many are anxious about the fate of SFH's projects and the children we support.
We are happy to say that neither the orphanage nor the school had any serious damage and no one involved with either work is known to be hurt. The children in the orphanage have been staying outside in case there are more ...
New Feeding Program Director
New Feeding Program Director at CJRA
The feeding program at College Jean Rigaud Antoine (CJRA) has a new director. Basile Joseph, a hard worker with the perfect temperament for the job, will oversee the feeding of the children enrolled in the school. Hopefully, we can increase his workload by constantly adding sponsored children and expanding the feeding program to include more unsponsored children. Contact us to see how you can help.
Small Change Adds Up to Big Change in Students’ Lives
The Loose Change fundraiser described in the accompanying article is now complete. In the end, all those bottles filled with pennies, nickels, and dimes - yes, there were a few bills in there, too - added up to $7504.25. That money will go to feed unsponsored students at CJRA school. Now the kitchen staff won't have to turn away as many hungry students just because they haven't been sponsored yet.
Three New England churches combined for this fundraiser. Grace Community in Chelmsford, MA, raised $4143.49 on its own.
Would you like to part of the solution to ...
The SFH Newsletter is Now Available ONLINE!
The SFH newsletter can now be viewed online via the Issuu online publishing service. You can read the latest version, Winter 2010, by clicking here .
Please note that the Winter newsletter was created and posted just days before the earthquake. Some content may be out of date already.
This link will get you to the previous (Summer 2009) issue. More archived issues coming soon.
(If you require a hard copy of any issue, contact us at info@servantsforhaiti.org)