Hello All!

Welcome to my fundraising page!  This Sunday, I am participating in a Walk-A-Thon for "Hope for the Children of Haiti (HFC)."  I visited this ministry in July of 2009 and was incredibly touched by the children I met there.  The ministry provides a home for orphaned children and a school for children in nearby villages. 

The kids affiliated with HFC are not only receiving an academic education but the life-giving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  Argentine, one of the older girls I met at HFC who has nearly perfect English, said that it was her desire to see Jesus "shine in me like the sun!"  I am still touched by her heart.

The paragraphs below talk a little about the needs of this ministry.  Having visited there, I know that the needs are great - and even greater after the earthquake.

This is a great way to donate to a very worthwhile cause.

Join us as we raise money for school children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. One of our responses to the earthquake last January has been to make sure that children are able to stay in school. Many children in the city are at risk of losing their academic access, whether the school they were attending was destroyed or the income of their family threatened by the loss of homes and businesses. Despite these challenges, education is a necessary part of looking toward a future for Haiti and the future leaders.

This school year at HFC we are waiving all tuition payments and are only charging registration fees for children attending the Marion Austin School. This means we need to raise at least an additional $40,000, given that the cost of each neighborhood child attending school exceeds $200 per year and we have 200 children enrolled whose families are no longer providing tuition payments.