Rotary Partnership for Haiti

Listen to Podcast with Dale Snyder of Haiti Outreach

Steve — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:58:18 +0000

On January 12, 2011, Marc Vaillancourt with The Conversation Hub interviewed Dale Snyder the director of Haiti Outreach. In their conversation you’ll hear about Haiti Outreach’s work and Dale’s hope for the future of this country he has come to love. This podcast is free and simple to listen to. Simply turn up your speakers, and go to The Conversation Hub: Episode #34, “Dale Snyder and Haiti Outreach”.

La Victoire School Is Open!

Steve — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:51:09 +0000

Haiti Outreach and contributors to the La Victoire school project in Haiti celebrated the completion of the project on October 11th, 2010. There are La Victoire updates and photographs on the Haiti Outreach website,as well as photos from the June 2010 Haiti Outreach/Rotary trip to Pignon to build desks for the LaVictoire school. Check it out! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this important project.

There are also many other photos posted on the Haiti Outreach Flickr site.

2012 Deep Freeze Dunk – January 21st!

Steve — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:35:44 +0000

The Rotary Club of Maple Grove, along with other Rotary Clubs and individuals, are committed to raising money to build a public secondary school in Rankit, Haiti. Their fundraising venture is the January 21st Deep Freeze Dunk, also known as a polar plunge, into the icy Minnesota water.

This will be the third annual Deep Freeze Dunk and is scheduled to take place at Fish Lake Regional Park in Maple Grove, MN, with registration starting at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2012. The actual dunking will start promptly at 1:00 p.m.

Do you have the courage to particpate? Those who are brave enough are being called Penguin Dunkers. Those who are excited for the event and raising money for Haiti, but are too chicken to dunk are being called Chicken Dunkers. If this is more your style, please help us raise money and show up for the Deep Freeze Dunk to cheer on the dunkers!

Why are we raising money for Rankit, Haiti?

In the country of Haiti, the poorest in the hemisphere, only 18% of the children have a secondary school to attend. That means that more than 80% cannot advance beyond a 6th grade education! Funds raised by the Deep Freeze Dunk will go to help make this dream a reality for thousands of students in this town.

Click here for more information about the Deep Freeze Dunk and for more information about Haiti and our ongoing efforts to build strong communities visit HaitiOutreach.org

Broken Egg – A Story of Hope

Steve — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:09:36 +0000

In 2004, a team of Rotarians witnessed first hand the need of those we serve. Rotarians, Jim Justus, Diane Nesvig, Tom Thorfinnson and Mike McCullough were visiting the village of Te Kampeche in the Central Plateau of Haiti.The village had just received a well as part of our SafeWater Plus TRF Matching grant project. After attending a well dedication ceremony the Rotarians walked a short distance to a farm located on the edge of the village of Te Kampeche. The farm family that worked this farm was one of the poorest in Te Kampeche. The team of Rotarians was inspecting a new latrine constructed by the farmer with material donated to the farm family through SafeWater Plus.

After a short introduction the farmer went into his small farm house and came out with a gift. He held a jar that contained 3 eggs. Nervously, he opened the jar to take out the three eggs as a gift in thanks for our kindness. He fumbled the jar and the three eggs fell broken on the ground. The look in his eye was that of a man who had just suffered a major loss. He shook it off and went back into his house to find three more eggs to give to us as a gift.

As he handed us the eggs, his youngest child desperately tried to scrape the broken eggs up from the ground.

The people we serve appreciate our help and truly do have a very real need for our service. Thanks to all that have helped us serve those in need. The help is appreciated.