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June 16, 2011 by admin
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FIRST Pen Pals for Haiti Mission Trip
June 3, 2011 by admin
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A Special thanks to the Caribbean People’s Relief Organization and the University of Florida’s Unicef Club for taking our first Big Brothers Big Sisters Pen pals for Haiti trip this last month. The volunteers worked extremely hard during the past few months fundraising to raise money to cover the entire trip to Montrouis, Haiti. This week long mission trip touched the hearts of all the volunteers and had a positive impact on the children. The volunteers brought 24 Army duffle bags filled with donations to Haiti and distributed the items throughout the Montrouis community. This community has nothing, yet you would never be able to tell this by their overwhelming positive energy. The groups of volunteers have only been back in Gainesville for five days and have already implemented a monthly donation system with the Montrouis community. The Unicef group is going to donate $120 American dollars to the orphans in Montrouis, Haiti. The money will be used to provide the orphans with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast. The orphan children are used to only getting one meal a day due to low funds available to them.
If you want to be a part of this experience and touch the life of someone in Haiti become a volunteer with the Pen pals for Haiti program at BBBS of Mid-Florida call us 352.375.2525 or visit www.bbbsmidflorida.org.
