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"Hope for Haiti Marketplace" and "Spade & Trade" a Huge Success at SMC!
On Friday night, May 7, we held the last of our scheduled fundraisers. This one, held at the West Street Community Center at Souderton Mennonite Church, we called "Hope for Haiti Marketplace" and to it, we added "Spade & Trade for Haiti".
The first part, the Marketplace, consisted of about 18 vendors from various shop at home parties, such as Longaberger, Tastefully Simple, Lia Sophia, Close To My Heart, Uppercase Living, Mia Bella Candles, Premier Jewelry, Mary Kay, Creative Memories, Arbonne, Tupperware, Avon, Silpada and others. A very special part of the evening was the pampering section...we had Lisa Burke, a fantastic massage therapist from Quakertown, giving massages, and our own Janeen Cardona was doing eyebrow waxing and paraffin dips for the hands, with the help of Carlee Moyer. We also had a table where our favorite 13-year old photographer, Mattea Ruth, was selling her beautiful notecards and prints. Last, but definitely not least, we had a table (OK, it was really 2 tables) overflowing with baked goods, donated by the fabulous bakers and confectioners that are in our church.
The other part of the evening took place in the parking lot just outside the Marketplace. "Spade & Trade" was the brainchild of Dawn Moore, who thought it would be a great idea for folks to bring their excess perennials, saplings, tubers, etc. and "trade" them for new plants. The idea was that one could get whatever new plants they'd like to try and just leave a donation, in any amount, to benefit Tents for Haiti.
We had a great turnout- it was great to see so many friends and meet so many new ones. From the minute we opened, people kept coming through the doors. We sold raffle tickets for items donated by our very generous vendors, which resulted in some very happy people at the end of the evening.
Till it was all said and done, we had raised almost $1400.00 with $553. coming from the "Spade & Trade" (and that was only 1/2 the plants sold), $375. from about 1/2 of the baked goods being sold and the rest coming from the Marketplace!
Sunday morning, our pastor made an announcement to any men who had "forgotten" about Mother's Day, saying they could make good by purchasing baked items or plants to take home...and we ended up selling the remaining baked good for a totals of $282.80 and most of the plants for another $56.00...bringing us close to $1700.00 overall!!
So, we humbly say "Thank you" to each and every person who baked or made candy (Charlene, you know who you are!), who brought plants, who was a vendor, who bought raffle tickets, who shopped, who prayed, etc., etc. We owe you all a debt of gratitude for financially supporting our project and allowing us to continue to help the people of Haiti.
We have created a mission statement for the Tents for Haiti Project and this is it:
The motto of the Tents for Haiti Project has been "One person alone cannot rebuild a village, but together as a community, we can." Our goal, in the wake of the earthquake of January 12, 2010, has been to inspire our local community to make a difference in the living conditions of the people of Cotes de Fer and the Aquin Valley of Haiti through the acquisition, processing and delivery of donations from our community, both financial and material. We seek to help restore dignity and show the love of Jesus to our brothers and sisters in Haiti."
Sunday morning, after a wonderful sermon on compassion, a video was shown for the first time anywhere...We'd now like to share it with you, our community and our friends, this video that was done by a local videographer, Dave Peters, to document what our Project is all about. Please follow our link to see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RTSE6Akwis
We have not finished our Project, in fact, we don't have a time-line. We are just listening to what God is prompting us to do as we hear from our contacts in Haiti as to what their needs are going forward. We are thankful to have been called to this ministry and we are thankful for the role each of you have played, and are playing, in helping us to meet the needs of those who are not able to provide for themselves yet.
Please continue to keep your hearts open to the people of Haiti and if you feel so lead, contribute what you can. Thank you and may God bless you as you have blessed others!
The first part, the Marketplace, consisted of about 18 vendors from various shop at home parties, such as Longaberger, Tastefully Simple, Lia Sophia, Close To My Heart, Uppercase Living, Mia Bella Candles, Premier Jewelry, Mary Kay, Creative Memories, Arbonne, Tupperware, Avon, Silpada and others. A very special part of the evening was the pampering section...we had Lisa Burke, a fantastic massage therapist from Quakertown, giving massages, and our own Janeen Cardona was doing eyebrow waxing and paraffin dips for the hands, with the help of Carlee Moyer. We also had a table where our favorite 13-year old photographer, Mattea Ruth, was selling her beautiful notecards and prints. Last, but definitely not least, we had a table (OK, it was really 2 tables) overflowing with baked goods, donated by the fabulous bakers and confectioners that are in our church.
The other part of the evening took place in the parking lot just outside the Marketplace. "Spade & Trade" was the brainchild of Dawn Moore, who thought it would be a great idea for folks to bring their excess perennials, saplings, tubers, etc. and "trade" them for new plants. The idea was that one could get whatever new plants they'd like to try and just leave a donation, in any amount, to benefit Tents for Haiti.
We had a great turnout- it was great to see so many friends and meet so many new ones. From the minute we opened, people kept coming through the doors. We sold raffle tickets for items donated by our very generous vendors, which resulted in some very happy people at the end of the evening.
Till it was all said and done, we had raised almost $1400.00 with $553. coming from the "Spade & Trade" (and that was only 1/2 the plants sold), $375. from about 1/2 of the baked goods being sold and the rest coming from the Marketplace!
Sunday morning, our pastor made an announcement to any men who had "forgotten" about Mother's Day, saying they could make good by purchasing baked items or plants to take home...and we ended up selling the remaining baked good for a totals of $282.80 and most of the plants for another $56.00...bringing us close to $1700.00 overall!!
So, we humbly say "Thank you" to each and every person who baked or made candy (Charlene, you know who you are!), who brought plants, who was a vendor, who bought raffle tickets, who shopped, who prayed, etc., etc. We owe you all a debt of gratitude for financially supporting our project and allowing us to continue to help the people of Haiti.
We have created a mission statement for the Tents for Haiti Project and this is it:
The motto of the Tents for Haiti Project has been "One person alone cannot rebuild a village, but together as a community, we can." Our goal, in the wake of the earthquake of January 12, 2010, has been to inspire our local community to make a difference in the living conditions of the people of Cotes de Fer and the Aquin Valley of Haiti through the acquisition, processing and delivery of donations from our community, both financial and material. We seek to help restore dignity and show the love of Jesus to our brothers and sisters in Haiti."
Sunday morning, after a wonderful sermon on compassion, a video was shown for the first time anywhere...We'd now like to share it with you, our community and our friends, this video that was done by a local videographer, Dave Peters, to document what our Project is all about. Please follow our link to see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RTSE6Akwis
We have not finished our Project, in fact, we don't have a time-line. We are just listening to what God is prompting us to do as we hear from our contacts in Haiti as to what their needs are going forward. We are thankful to have been called to this ministry and we are thankful for the role each of you have played, and are playing, in helping us to meet the needs of those who are not able to provide for themselves yet.
Please continue to keep your hearts open to the people of Haiti and if you feel so lead, contribute what you can. Thank you and may God bless you as you have blessed others!
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