Nine Hope Church members plan travel to Haiti over spring break to assist the Hope House Orphanage and the Les Bours School of Hope, in Port-au-Prince. Each of them is asked to take two extra bags filled with supplies for the Haiti Foundation against Poverty, so whether or not you’re free for a trip to Haiti, you have the opportunity to help!
Boxes are located in the cloakroom off the Gathering Area for these items, or you can make a financial donation so that supplies can be purchased in bulk. Here’s what’s needed (items with asterisks are top priority):
For the orphanage
- Fruit snacks
- Spaghetti-Os or comparable canned pasta*
- Chocolate chips
- Cookie mixes*
- Honey
- Cake and brownie mixes
- Ketchup
- Spaghetti sauce and pasta
- Barbecue sauce
- Jelly
- Quick oats
- Cooking oil (vegetable or olive)
- Diapers (mainly sixes 2 and 3)*
- Baby wipes*
- Formula*
- Powder baby shampoo
For the foundation’s operations
- Envelopes with self-adhesive seals*
- Rubbermaid bins*
- Plastic drawer organizers*
- Tents
- Tarps*
- Antibacterial soap
- Mosquito coils or oil
- Napkins
- Mouse traps or glue pads
- Ant spray*
- Tote bags (green grocery bags welcome)
- Large trash bags
For the women’s business program
- 12 x 12 decorative scrapbook paper*
- Card stock (white and colored*)
- Decorative stickers, buttons, and rub-ons*
- Ribbon
- Paper cutters
- Scissors
- Mod Podge glue/sealer*
- Hard-cover composition journals*
The Haiti Foundation against Poverty’s website includes a blog with regular updates so you can learn more about the work of Mallory and Frentz Neptune in Haiti.