Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Reviving Haiti


Hi friends,
A good friend of ours Aubrey Kirkpatrick, asked me the other day if I had been thinking about Haiti. It so happened that that very day I was going through some news updates on Haiti, more specifically: Relief funds. There was an unprecedented level of support for our friends in Haiti ths winter after the terrible earthquake. Unfortunately, the pledges have been slow to come in to this devastated country.
So, our good friend Aubrey Kirlpatrick and I are going to rekindle the awareness for Haiti relief here in Metro. Aubrey works with District 2 and played a large roll in steering the school and district level fundraising for Haiti this past winter. District 2 raised nearly $90,000. At the cafe, we were a part of Mission Possible: Haiti, a Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce awareness and fundraising campaign - we raised $20,000.
Aubrey and I have set a goal of raising another $10,000 for specific project(s) in Haiti. We are in preliminary talks with a mission lead by a former Monctonian and a native Haitian who live in Haiti fulltime. They know what the needs are for their people much better than we do. As we await direction from Carl and Maya in Haiti, would you help us come up with some fundraising ideas? Send your ideas via email or better yet, come in and see us so we can have a chat.
Very best,
Kevin Steen
Chief Serving Officer
Damascus Coffee

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