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Many of you will remember this post from last week: Clean out your closet for Haitians?
Since last week, lots of individuals and Shirtworks, a screen printing business run by two very gracious sisters, opened their hearts and cleaned out their closets for Haitians. For a couple of days, when the news hit that doctors and medical supplies had been turned away from the Port-au-Prince airport by the U.S. Military, Dear Fiance and I worried that all those clothes would have no way to get to the people who need them so badly right now.
Thankfully there is a way. This morning I got to talk with a very warm and appreciative Senior Pastor, Gerald Jean-Jacques, of the Ebenezer Vision Haitian Church in Atlanta. The church is one of the agencies suggested by CARE for in kind donations and we chose it because these people are Haitian. And to my mind, nobody knows what's going on with everyday people in Haiti more than Haitians who are in touch with family and friends over there. Jean-Jacques said "it's much worse in the outlying areas than what you see in the news. Conditions are desperate."
The church has secured an intermodal container so that lots of people can donate tangible things to help Haitians. It has clearance to leave in March.
My feeling is this: In times like these, money is tight for lots of people. A lot of us donate cash as we can, but have tangible things we can easily give that will make a real difference in somebody's life.
If you have them to spare, please consider donating toys, clothing of all sizes, linens, non-perishable food items, cookware, anything useful that will help people to rebuild their lives on this island that has been rocked by multiple tragedies. And you know that each person that gets something from your home is going to be touched by that care you took to get it to them.
Thank you for being such wonderful readers!
Many of you will remember this post from last week: Clean out your closet for Haitians?
Since last week, lots of individuals and Shirtworks, a screen printing business run by two very gracious sisters, opened their hearts and cleaned out their closets for Haitians. For a couple of days, when the news hit that doctors and medical supplies had been turned away from the Port-au-Prince airport by the U.S. Military, Dear Fiance and I worried that all those clothes would have no way to get to the people who need them so badly right now.
Thankfully there is a way. This morning I got to talk with a very warm and appreciative Senior Pastor, Gerald Jean-Jacques, of the Ebenezer Vision Haitian Church in Atlanta. The church is one of the agencies suggested by CARE for in kind donations and we chose it because these people are Haitian. And to my mind, nobody knows what's going on with everyday people in Haiti more than Haitians who are in touch with family and friends over there. Jean-Jacques said "it's much worse in the outlying areas than what you see in the news. Conditions are desperate."
The church has secured an intermodal container so that lots of people can donate tangible things to help Haitians. It has clearance to leave in March.
My feeling is this: In times like these, money is tight for lots of people. A lot of us donate cash as we can, but have tangible things we can easily give that will make a real difference in somebody's life.
If you have them to spare, please consider donating toys, clothing of all sizes, linens, non-perishable food items, cookware, anything useful that will help people to rebuild their lives on this island that has been rocked by multiple tragedies. And you know that each person that gets something from your home is going to be touched by that care you took to get it to them.
Thank you for being such wonderful readers!
