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July 2009 Newsletter
Christmas in August Dinner/Fundraiser…Monday, August 10, 2009
It is time, folks, need to get serious about Christmas in August since 8/10 is just around the corner. We are including a reservation form . You may mail your check, make your reservations online and then either use PayPal or pay at the door. It has been a $25 donation from day one and will be the same this year. Special things happening, Bob Macomber will once again join us with his newly released book—think we have a few folks maintaining their “collection” now and, of course, he will autograph any copies purchased at the fundraiser as well as include one for auction. Marc Delphonse is a chef who just happens to be Haitian. He will be working with Lynn Stevens this year to provide the dinner. And there will be surprises, lots of door prizes, right Peggy? Our new friend Heather is really excited about adding new and exciting things for the auction. And we hope to fill the hall with Christmas music, good food and lots of new toys under the tree for the children of Haiti as well as cargo $$ to get it down in time for Christmas Day. Join us for an evening of fun:
Where: First Presbyterian Church Details: Further details call 727 938 3245 Reservations: Click here for a reservation form
Gifts for under the tree should be new, not wrapped, and with no English skills required. If there are batteries needed, please include some. We need special emphasis on little boys but not guns or toys of violence, boys and young men hygiene items, new clothing… for some reason since girls are so much easier (and more fun) to buy for we always seem to come up short for the boys.
CLINIC UPDATETo better see the impact, here is an example of what is happening—patients thru clinic:
The increase in numbers requires a larger budget obviously and we don’t want to turn away anyone hurt. It would be very bad not to have the supplies to treat the hurting, there are so few other options, especially for burns. 
On 5/27 Présumé sent the above photo with the following e-mail: “Last night, it was 6 p.m., the FHL workers cannot go back home because there were a lot of burns in the clinic. One story to tell you about a man from Port Margot, a place not far from Limbe. His name is Garry, they have 7 children, the life is not easy for them. They don’t have job, his wife said to him, she is going to Dominican Republic to look for the life. The man said no. It is not you to go to look for the life, it is me the guy to decide to go to St Domingue to find the food to carry for the kids. They get a big trouble between them, the lady take a pot of the bean sauce, she sent it in the back of the man. He was burning from the head to the butt. I’m send you his photo.” This photo is taken in the back of the truck, you can see to the left the sheet he had been covered with and on the burns is a thin layer of gauze to keep it clean. Présumé also reported about five people who came to the clinic together all burned—this group included a Voodoo priest and four others who were all burned in a ceremony gone bad. The happy ending to this is even the Priest was asking about Christianity, he definitely wanted to find another religion.
CARGOWhen I called to ask Tony of CASCO what to put in the newsletter about the containers on the wharf he said I should simply put Hallelujah… As I type the 40’ container of donated food packets from Feed My Starving Children was partially delivered on Wednesday, hopefully the rest will follow Friday; the balance was supposed to be coming off the wharf : the other two (one beans, one food packs) following this week but now hopefully next week.. So …. We wait. CASCO is now officially out of business, but Tony is working very hard to finish up all the pending cargo shipments before he officially “retires.” We have two more containers on the wharf, a gift of 660 boxes of Kids Against Hunger food for which the donor is paying shipping and customs; and another 165 boxes that we have prepaid the shipping and customs on so once everything is in the warehouse the pressure will be off for a while for food. Roseline is back in Florida, so we are leaving Présumé with a big job… but one he has been looking forward to for almost two months (six months on the beans). He likes being busy and he will be especially happy to have plenty of food and not have to be purchasing food weekly knowing how much is on the wharf.
TRUCKWe got a very exciting call from Canada. A couple is having a June closing on their house and want to give us the “balance you need for the truck.” We are now double checking that quote to see how much over the original $35,000 we will need, but they will bring out total up to that quote and we will see other sources if need be to finalize that purchase. We are now really close to getting a truck.
FURTHER CARGOSince CASCO will no longer be an option, we have been working on other sources for sea shipping. One of the good things to come out of this was Nate’s discovery in Haitian records that we have actually had our ONG (Organization Non-Governmental) status in Haiti since June of 1986. One of the things that Don could have told us… Discovered in going back through old records that people helping him at the time had received the papers for him and not turned them over to us. We are now in the process of finding out what is involved in getting a copy. This is the longest and most complicated step in getting our Franchise Number (customs/duty free status). However, also during this work we have the offer of another large charity to partner with us whereby they will actually take charge of the US pickup of donations, all of the shipping, customs clearance and delivery to our door for a flat fee. This is really exciting… not only less hassle, but finding someone to partner with. This seems to be a real exception when working in Haiti and a real blessing to have this door open.
CHALLENGEOne of our contributors suggested, and we mentioned it in June (with no takers) that each of you reach out to one friend and ask them to help us help Haiti. As everyone watches their money value drop the purse strings tighten, yes, even their gifts to God’s work. So the only way for missions to keep helping the poor and suffering is to “expand the base.” That means we don’t necessarily ask you for more (though it would be nice if you can) but we are asking you not for names… but that YOU ask a friend, neighbor or relative to write a check to “For Haiti, with Love” to help Haiti. Please? See you on August 10th…God Bless and Thank you!
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