Christmas in April?

Since our first trailer load has been delivered and distributed throughout Cotes de Fer and the surrounding area, we have been working on filling our second trailer. We've gotten some great donations again- a friend from the community donated a wheelchair, some walkers and a lot of medical supplies from a relative who passed away- what a great way to honor that person's memory, than to help others! We also received six pallets of wheelchairs, walkers and crutches through the generosity of St. Luke's Hospital in Quakertown!

We anticipate the arrival in our storage facility of about 300+ tents that have been donated through the requests of two local Christian radio stations, WBYN and the WordFM. This is exciting to us to see our community working together to meet the needs of the Haitians as they face the reality of rainy season, combined with having lost their homes to the earthquake.

This week, I experienced what I can only call "Christmas in April"...I had been at church all morning, working on putting relief kits (also lovingly known as "Hope in a Bucket") together. I had to stop because I had run out of Band-Aids. I went to meet Janeen in the park for lunch, then took a car load of supplies over to our storage unit. I then returned to church for my second load of tents and blankets. When I walked into the room we are using to store the "stuff" till we can take it to storage, I could hardly believe my eyes!

There, on the floor, were tons (or so it seemed to me) of buckets full of supplies- and LOTS of Band-Aids!! I was like a little kid as I ripped open bags to find toothbrushes, soap, combs, nail clippers and more.

Where had all this come from, you ask? Well, thanks go to Anita Souder and her students at Quakertown Christian School, who had been collecting these items and took the time to deliver them to the church on Friday.

Again, I am reminded how generous you all are when you are told of a need, whether that need is here at home, or in an island nation far removed from this area. We, at the Tents for Haiti Project, want you to know how much that generosity is appreciated and how thankful we are to live in a place that takes care of its neighbors, no matter where they are located!

We are shifting our focus from collecting items to collecting money to be able to ship these donated items to our friends in Haiti. We are also anticipating the need to possibly purchase some buildng materials in the near future.

If you are interested in donating money to this effort, please email us at tentsforhaiti@hotmail.com or go to our Facebook page "Tents for Haiti Project Donation Page", where you will find a Paypal button so you can donate with just a click! Thanks for all you have done and all you continue to do!

May you be blessed as you have blessed others!