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HAITI CARE MISSION !

MARCH 24, 2010

NEWSLETTER
Latest News... North Elementary
A shipment of pi!ow case dresses, comfort quilts, personal care items, Penny Drive
and medical supplies were delivered to Agape Flights in Venice FL. We are pleased to
announce that the students
of North Elementary School
in Monroe, MI came
together and decided to take
action in reaching out to
earthquake victims in Port-
au-Prince. We are always so
pleased to hear of students
who want to reach out and
help our dear friends in Haiti.
The students at North
Elem. decided on a Penny
Drive and the results are in...
$ 1, 302.64! We received an
email on Feb. 8th from the
school’s social worker, Stacey
Reaume, stating the students
and staff alike were both
extremely pleased and
This week we were able to Flights has been generously excited about the results as
answer our dear friend, Sherri delivering goods to Haiti free of well as the “sending” of the
Faussey, of Christian Light charge since the Jan. 12th check! The funds will be used
ministries, plea for help with earthquake. The deadline for free to help ship our hundreds if
supplies! Through an amazing delivery was March 15th and our not thousands of pillow case
sequence of events orchestrated supplies made it there just in time! dresses and comfort quilts!
by God alone we were able to Thanks to Marianne Fairbanks, of THANK YOU STUDENTS!
drive a Suburban full of supplies to Tawas City, MI. see page 2.
Agape Flights in Venice Fl. Agape
FEBRUARY SHIPMENT OF DONATED RELIEF SUPPLIES
Thank you to everyone who participated in our milk, baby formula, soap, shampoo, toothpaste,
January Emergency Relief Supplies drive! toothbrushes, blankets, sheets, garbage
Through our month long collection at bags FULL of much needed medical
various locations in Tawas, Clare, and scrubs and medical supplies! We want to
Mt. Pleasant we were able to collect a say a special THANK YOU to Make Way
truck load of supplies which were Move All, of Tawas City, who graciously
delivered to Rays of Hope for Haiti in donated the use of one of their trucks in
Grand Rapids, MI. The shipment order to make this happen.
included boxes of canned goods, rice, powdered

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Agape Flights is a non-profit 475,00 pounds of donated emergency


missionary flight company out of supplies, transported medical personnel
Venice FL. I found this statement to Haiti, and evacuated adopted
on their website and wanted to children.”
share it. We have made some We are so pleased to be able to
amazing connections since the partner with not only Christian
earthquake, and our fledgling Light Ministries but also Agape
mission project has really taken off Flights in order to bring much
thanks to these connections. needed relief supplies and food to
“For thirty years prior to the Haiti the victims of Haiti’s tragic
Earthquake tragedy, Agape Flights has Earthquake.
delivered supplies and support to Haiti.
We are there now. We wi! be there
months and years #om now. In the
words of one of our missionaries as the
flight crew unloaded supplies, ‘Thank
you, thank you. See this 30 pound bag
of rice? This wi! be cooking in a pot 45
minutes #om now and feeding dozens
of people a few minutes later.’ Since
Top Left: Jon Obermeyer picking up Jan. 12, 2010, when the earthquake
supplies from Flint to be sent to FL. hit, Agape flights has: Made 147
Bottom Left: Dillon, of flint, helps flights into Haiti, delivered over
load the van with dozens of bags. of

A SMILE FOR HAITI: CHESTNUT HILL ELEMENTARY


This was taken from an article in
the Midland Daily News: $ Her friend, Ashley Smith
$ Chestnut Hill Student agreed, “ I think they lost their
Council members collected toothbrushes in the earthquake.
toothbrushes, toothpaste, and $ Jon Obermeyer, of Haiti
dental floss for the earthquake Care Mission, will be taking the
victims of Haiti during the last two dental supplies to groups in Haiti
weeks of February, with whom he’s worked and
$ Six Collection boxes were supported. Along with the dental
bulging in the lobby by 2/26 with items he’s taking additional care
donations from individuals and the packages and pillowcase dresses,
local dental community. Third which local groups have been
grader Mackenzie Walters making for the orphans
remarked, “I think it’s cool we’re
helping Haiti.”

A NEW START: LUTHERAN SCHOOLS HELP FAMILY AFTER QUAKE


DESTROYS THEIR HOME
Check out this article from the Midland Daily News. It is an amazing story of
community support for a Haitian family. Jon has a connection with this family so this
story is near and dear to our mission.http://www.ourmidland.com/articles/2010/03/12/

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The students at North Point Elementary received a


Haitian coin as a token of our gratitude for their amazing
achievements in helping our mission raise the funds for
shipping our goods nation and world wide!

2001 Pi!ow Case dresses were made by the


Ladies of Chipewa Hi!s Baptist Church in
Romulus, MI. Pictured to the le' are
seamstress, Cathy Rendel and Anne Obermeyer,
of Haiti Care Mission. Thank you ladies for
your hard work and dedication to our
project...the dresses are adorable!

SHIPMENT OF GOODS: DELIVERED TO INDIANA SEVERAL WEEKS AGO


I have given them to Rod and We are happy to report that it
Debbie Wray and they will be appears the supplies and the
distributing them at the Renault missionaries responsible for
Village (very poor with thousands distributing the supplies are fine.
of children)” Pictures to come... However the communities are
I posted the picture of the oftentimes unsafe due to the high
flood along with this good news waters. The roads are traitorous
because the email contained both and they are seeing loss of life
We received word just today, good and bad news. The bad related to the flood waters. Please
March 19, 2010 via email that a news...today Fri. 3/19/10 Haiti keep these wonderful people in
shipment of supplies made it to its experienced the heaviest of your thoughts and prayers as they
destination in Haiti! Connie rainfalls since the earthquake. continue to poor out God’s love
writes, “ Just wanted to let you The past couple of weeks have and mercy on the people of Haiti.
know that the dresses, blankets, brought rain to the area, and the Pray for protection for them as
and diapers have arrived via the area to receive our shipment was well as their relief supplies so that
container last week. FINALLY!” not spared from the flood waters. they can be distributed to those in
need.

RELIEF FOR ‘A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT HAITI’


This is an article done in Central Michigan Life newspaper, an on-campus newspaper at
CMU. The article published in Feb. features Maggie Spleet, who went with us Dec. ’09, and
her efforts on campus to raise not just awareness about Haiti and it’s needs, but also to take
action and put together a couple of different fundraiser in the Mt. Pleasant area.http://
www.cm-life.com/2010/02/03/student-puts-together-fundraiser-for-haitian-orphanages/
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Misc. Pictures .....
More Information:
The top three pictures are
from the “official” drop off of Stay up to date with our
January’s relief supplies to the happenings and see more
Rays of Hope for Haiti pictures on our facebook page!
warehouse in Grand Rapids, You can do this even if your not
MI. A special thanks to a member of facebook by going
Kelby Klassen of Reed City to “google” search and typing in
for helping to make this “Haiti Care Mission”
happen!
If you or anyone that you know
wishes to be added to our email
listing please send us a email and
put “Email Newsletter” in the
subject line.

Contact Us:
HAITI CARE MISSION
307 BRIDGE ST.
EAST TAWAS, MI 48730
Ladies sewing at First Baptist Jon Obermeyer, Director HCM
Church of Clare, MI.
obieobie@hotmail.com
Bottom Right: Quilted sleeping
pads sewn and donated by
Huron Community Church,
East Tawas, MI.

Erin Fairbanks, Coordinator


of Earthquake Relief
Donations
hcmearthquakerelief@gmail.com

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