Comments on: Craft Hope for Haiti

By: Connie H.

Connie H. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:34:37 +0000

Sorry…here’s a correction to my link addressess:
- sleepydoctor.blogspot.com/ (my daughter’s blog – she has a link to the graphic pictures from the clinic’s first day of operaton in the 1/19/2010 post )
> – jmchoul.spaces.live.com/ (this is Heartline Ministries blog)

By: Connie H.

Connie H. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:07:47 +0000

What a wonderful, giving person you are! I hope I am not taking advantage of your generous invitation to tell you what I’m doing for Haiti relief but I’ve been searching quilting blogs for just such an opportunity. I read many quilt blogs but do not have one of my own.

My daughter is a physician who is board-certified in pediatric medicine and is a little over a year away from completing a fellowship in pediatric emergency medicine. She speaks Kreyole (local dialect in Haiti) and has made more than a dozen trips there, including almost a year serving in a hospital and clinic. She has been working for a Children’s Hospital and they gave her time off to serve in Haiti. With the help of Providence Ministries, she found her way there last Saturday with about 400 pounds of supplies and quickly went to work in a makeshift neighborhood “clinic” in Port-au-Prince treating many traumatic injuries (please forgive this graphic statement but yesterday they had to perform an amputation with a reciprocating saw). So many have already given so generously to many reputable organizations and I applaud those contributions. What I would like to request is that anyone looking for a reputable organization to donate to would consider any of these: Worldwide Village, Heartline Ministries or Providence Ministries. They are so small they’re almost invisible to the larger world but they were all on-the-ground doing good stuff in Haiti when the earthquake struck, which facilitated their ability to get medical assistance up and running so quickly. Now, they need help getting their plea for donations out beyond their core group of supporters. There were so many unmet needs in Haiti before and so many more now. I’ve personally donated money and now am trying to get their message to a wider audience to support their fund-raising efforts. You can read some of their incredible post-earthquake stories here:

- providenceinhaiti.blogspot.com/
- sleepydoctor.blogspot.com/ (my daughter’s blog)
- jmchoul.spaces.live.com/ (Warning: graphic medical pictures)
- livesayhaiti.blogspot.com/
- http://www.heartlineministries.org/
- http://www.worldwidevillage.org/

To donate, please check out each ministries’ web site and do your own due diligence. There’s a link on each to make your donation. Please also forward this info to anyone you know who might be interested. Most of all, please continue to pray for this small team serving in Haiti and everyone affected by this apocalyptic tragedy.

With my most gracious thanks for any consideration,
Connie Halverson

Please remove my posting if it is at all offensive.

By: Susan Brubaker Knapp

Susan Brubaker Knapp — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:18:53 +0000

What a beautiful idea! I just sent out a link to your blog to my Facebook and Twitter friends. Hope you raise a TON more money.

By: Sarah ::greenclogs

Sarah ::greenclogs — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:52:38 +0000

Thanks for the mention, Kathy! As of tonight, we have had nearly 300 sales for $7000. Amazing! We feel very fortunate to be part of the crafting community.

By: Terri Harlan

Terri Harlan — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:21:40 +0000

Thanks for spreading the word!! I donated yesterday and today items to the craft hope cause. As that was not enough so I started a findraiser goal with partners in health by donation 5.00 of every sale in my etsy shop this weekend.

Lets spread the word like wildfire!!

By: stephanie

stephanie — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:58:28 +0000

I’m so glad you’re using your large readership to help in such a wonderful way! I donated a wallhanging to Craft Hope that sold and it’s awesome to know that I’ve made a contribution! I’m working on a handmade toy drive – Handmade Hope to Haiti – and I’m updating my blog as I make progress. Thanks for spreading the word!