The Tri City Haiti Relief Fund has raised about $7,000 to date.
Below are some photos of the medical supply drives and collection.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
An E-mail Message from the Field
The trip is very revealing. The needs are tremendous. We have been to many localities and distributed the donated medical supplies.Leogane is completely devastated. The people are hopeful. The living need tents and safe dwellings. Our next move must concentrate on tents-tents-tents and food- food- food and a system to transport the wounded to nearby medical centers. Our medical approach must be specialized otherwise we will waste a lot of energy. There is a lot to do. Tri- City is well represented. Instead of 3 tickets, I have bought 4. Our delegation is comprised of 4 volunteers: Jacky Laguerre RN, Marthe Francisque RN, Buteau Dormey, ,Nursing student and myself. I have purchased 4 one way tickets to Dominican Republic @ 209 dols each, then paid 900 dollars at Logan for all the supplies and wheelchairs, afterwards 650 US dols for transportation to Port au Prince. We are spending a lot for transport within the cities. This morning we are setting up clinic in Leogane. God bless you. My regards to all.
Pastor Laguerre
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tri-City Haitian Relief Effort Continues
Press Release
Communities of Malden, Medford & Everett Work Together to Assist in Relief Efforts for Haiti
As the devastating effects of the earthquake disaster in Haiti continue to unfold, the cities of Malden, Medford, and Everett in partnership with several local Haitian church communities and the North Shore Rescue Mission, has stepped up relief efforts.
A single tri-city fund has been established as follows:
Haitian Relief Fund
c/o Century Bank
140 Ferry Street
Malden, MA 02148
Contributions can be mailed or dropped off at the Century Bank Ferry Street branch office Monday through Wednesday, 8:30 – 4:00 pm, Thursday, 8:30 – 6:00 pm, Friday, 8:30 – 5:00 pm, and Saturday, 8:30 – 12:00 noontime. Your tax-deductible gift will go toward emergency relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti.
The Philadelphie Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA), 575 Main Street, Malden has set up a container on its front yard to collect relief supplies for Haiti. Items requested include: blankets; sleeping bags; crutches, wheel chairs; and walkers. The Medford Public Schools have been coordinating a medical supplies donation drive in grades K – 8. The Boards of Health in the three cities continue to accept medical supplies such as Latex gloves and non-latex gloves, alcohol wipes, hand sanitizer, antibiotics, tape for bandages, bacitracin, bandages, antibiotics for skin wounds/infections, Ibuprofen, Tylenol – regular and PM, face cloths and toiletries. For a complete list, see the blog site listed below or call your local Board of Health.
Medical supplies and equipment already collected is already making its way to Haiti. Members of the Philadelphie SDA in Malden traveled to Haiti on February 3rd carrying the much needed supplies. A Medford group of 15 nurses and doctors from several Haitian churches will depart for Haiti on February 8th. Both groups are traveling to Haiti via the Dominican Republic to deliver medical and food supplies directly to affected Haitian earthquake victims.
The Tri-City Haitian Relief group is also working with various statewide immigrant groups, federal officials and Boston-area law schools to provide legal clinics to assist Haitian residents in applying for Temporary Protective Status. The first such clinic will be offered in Everett at the Parlin Library on Monday, February 8th, 6-8 PM. The Parlin Memorial Library is located at 410 Broadway, Everett. This Forum is sponsored by the U.S. Custom and Immigration Services. French and Haitian Creole interpreters are needed. Other TPS clinics will be announced in the coming weeks.
If you have any questions or suggestions, or just want the most updated information contact the Tri-City Relief Task Force, c/o North Shore Rescue Mission, 101 Pierce Street, Malden 02148. Telephone contacts are 781-324-9777 or 781-535-7781. You can also visit the tri-city blog to share information and to coordinate efforts. To view the blog, go to http://tricityhaitianrelief.blogspot.com.
Your generosity and compassion would be greatly appreciated. We urge you to do what you can to aid the Haitian relief effort. A little goes a long way.
Communities of Malden, Medford & Everett Work Together to Assist in Relief Efforts for Haiti
As the devastating effects of the earthquake disaster in Haiti continue to unfold, the cities of Malden, Medford, and Everett in partnership with several local Haitian church communities and the North Shore Rescue Mission, has stepped up relief efforts.
A single tri-city fund has been established as follows:
Haitian Relief Fund
c/o Century Bank
140 Ferry Street
Malden, MA 02148
Contributions can be mailed or dropped off at the Century Bank Ferry Street branch office Monday through Wednesday, 8:30 – 4:00 pm, Thursday, 8:30 – 6:00 pm, Friday, 8:30 – 5:00 pm, and Saturday, 8:30 – 12:00 noontime. Your tax-deductible gift will go toward emergency relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti.
The Philadelphie Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA), 575 Main Street, Malden has set up a container on its front yard to collect relief supplies for Haiti. Items requested include: blankets; sleeping bags; crutches, wheel chairs; and walkers. The Medford Public Schools have been coordinating a medical supplies donation drive in grades K – 8. The Boards of Health in the three cities continue to accept medical supplies such as Latex gloves and non-latex gloves, alcohol wipes, hand sanitizer, antibiotics, tape for bandages, bacitracin, bandages, antibiotics for skin wounds/infections, Ibuprofen, Tylenol – regular and PM, face cloths and toiletries. For a complete list, see the blog site listed below or call your local Board of Health.
Medical supplies and equipment already collected is already making its way to Haiti. Members of the Philadelphie SDA in Malden traveled to Haiti on February 3rd carrying the much needed supplies. A Medford group of 15 nurses and doctors from several Haitian churches will depart for Haiti on February 8th. Both groups are traveling to Haiti via the Dominican Republic to deliver medical and food supplies directly to affected Haitian earthquake victims.
The Tri-City Haitian Relief group is also working with various statewide immigrant groups, federal officials and Boston-area law schools to provide legal clinics to assist Haitian residents in applying for Temporary Protective Status. The first such clinic will be offered in Everett at the Parlin Library on Monday, February 8th, 6-8 PM. The Parlin Memorial Library is located at 410 Broadway, Everett. This Forum is sponsored by the U.S. Custom and Immigration Services. French and Haitian Creole interpreters are needed. Other TPS clinics will be announced in the coming weeks.
If you have any questions or suggestions, or just want the most updated information contact the Tri-City Relief Task Force, c/o North Shore Rescue Mission, 101 Pierce Street, Malden 02148. Telephone contacts are 781-324-9777 or 781-535-7781. You can also visit the tri-city blog to share information and to coordinate efforts. To view the blog, go to http://tricityhaitianrelief.blogspot.com.
Your generosity and compassion would be greatly appreciated. We urge you to do what you can to aid the Haitian relief effort. A little goes a long way.
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