Email from Dominique Louis to Everyone on Tuesday night, January 12, 2010. This is Dominique in Haiti December 2009. It is gorgorous.
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Dear Friends and Members of the community,
I would like to take a brief moment to thank you for your tireless support of Green Children's House.
Through fundraisers, parent-teacher meetings, school shows, after-school activities, and everything else that happens in the course of a school year, many of you have shown your commitment to giving our children the best possible education. As we partner with you for the education of our children, I want you to know, that your commitment does not go unnoticed.
It is partly because we care for our children and the world around us that we work so hard to make a difference at Green Children's House. As you know, Haiti was hit by a major earthquake of 7.0 today that has left many of the people in great distress in an already poverty stricken nation. It is simply devastating. This disaster hits home especially because I am Haitian-American with several family members living in Haiti. Also, because Ms. Sandra’s mother just traveled to Haiti yesterday and we have not heard if she is ok. Please keep her in your prayers.
Three weeks ago, I took a trip to Haiti to explore the possibilities expanding our mission in developing countries to provide literary to children. The nation was beautiful and I saw so much possibility in this developing country. There was so much progress and potential that it is shocking for me to learn about how much more poverty really exists in Haiti.
Tonight many people are in the dark, under rubble and debris. The rescue mission will be critical and life saving so many people. We are planning on doing our part in helping the people of Haiti. My wife and I are going to raise as much funds as possible to be a useful resource in providing relief in Haiti. We will be going to there to help the people in anyway possible but with a laser light focus on the children. We want to also invite others that may wish to join the effort and especially who may have a background in the medical profession to join us when we go to Haiti. Haiti is not equipped to deal with a disaster of this magnitude. They lack equipment, financial resources and food to say the least. They need all hands on deck.
How can you help? Please donate to GCH Foundation – Haitian Relief Fund. You can do so via check or paypal at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=11137306 . Also, we are collecting Blankets, clothes, shoes, medical first aid kits, gloves, vitamins, formula, diapers etc. to ship to Haiti. You can bring in your donations to Green Children’s House.
I want to end this letter by thanking you again. Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. Whether you are able to give or not, know we deeply appreciate your dedication to our mission.
Please forward this as you wish.
Sincerely,
Dominique Louis
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