YOUR TENT NEEDED IN HAITI NOW
When Bishop Jim Pierce of Love Aflame! Worldwide and a team returned
from Port au Prince, Haiti this week they had just one word to describe
the most urgent need in that earthquake ravaged nation: TENTS! The
team, consisting of five men from New York State, brought much needed
food and medical supplies but the request for tents soon rose above all
others.
Says Bishop Pierce: “The population is now living under scraps of
cardboard and cloths that give some relief from the sun, but shortly the
rainy season will be here and the people will be wet and cold. In their
weakened state this will cause yet another round of sickness, suffering
and death. And, I would want more than a roll of plastic for my family.”
In response to this need a grass-roots movement of churches is
forming across all denominational lines. Various ministries are now
banding together to collect tents for shipment to Haiti before the rains hit
the last week of March. So far tents are being collected from churches
and individuals for delivery to regional centers in the states of New York,
Georgia, North and South Carolina and Maine. Other states are rapidly
being added.
Plans call for the regional centers to deliver the tents to main
collection hubs located in South Carolina and New York. From there they
will be trucked to Miami for shipping to Haiti.
“This is how we can help people in Haiti in a practical way.” says
volunteer coordinator Mark Swiger, “Just about every family in America
has a tent in storage that will mean life or death to a family in Haiti.”
FOUR WAYS YOU CAN HELP NOW:
1. Have Church members bring their tents (3 man and larger) to
your services (or workplace if you are a business) and then deliver all
tents to the regional collection center listed above before March 23rd,
2010 OR…
2. If your Church or Business has some storage/facilities become a
collection center for your State or regional area. (to volunteer to be a
collection center email info@tents2haiti.org ) OR…
3. Mail or deliver your personal tent (3 man and larger) to a
collection center for delivery before March 23rd, 2010 OR…
4. You can sponsor a tent by going to www.Tents2Haiti.org and
make an online donation.
For a list of current collection centers near you go to www.
Tents2Haiti.org .
When Bishop Jim Pierce of Love Aflame! Worldwide and a team returned
from Port au Prince, Haiti this week they had just one word to describe
the most urgent need in that earthquake ravaged nation: TENTS! The
team, consisting of five men from New York State, brought much needed
food and medical supplies but the request for tents soon rose above all
others.
Says Bishop Pierce: “The population is now living under scraps of
cardboard and cloths that give some relief from the sun, but shortly the
rainy season will be here and the people will be wet and cold. In their
weakened state this will cause yet another round of sickness, suffering
and death. And, I would want more than a roll of plastic for my family.”
In response to this need a grass-roots movement of churches is
forming across all denominational lines. Various ministries are now
banding together to collect tents for shipment to Haiti before the rains hit
the last week of March. So far tents are being collected from churches
and individuals for delivery to regional centers in the states of New York,
Georgia, North and South Carolina and Maine. Other states are rapidly
being added.
Plans call for the regional centers to deliver the tents to main
collection hubs located in South Carolina and New York. From there they
will be trucked to Miami for shipping to Haiti.
“This is how we can help people in Haiti in a practical way.” says
volunteer coordinator Mark Swiger, “Just about every family in America
has a tent in storage that will mean life or death to a family in Haiti.”
FOUR WAYS YOU CAN HELP NOW:
1. Have Church members bring their tents (3 man and larger) to
your services (or workplace if you are a business) and then deliver all
tents to the regional collection center listed above before March 23rd,
2010 OR…
2. If your Church or Business has some storage/facilities become a
collection center for your State or regional area. (to volunteer to be a
collection center email info@tents2haiti.org ) OR…
3. Mail or deliver your personal tent (3 man and larger) to a
collection center for delivery before March 23rd, 2010 OR…
4. You can sponsor a tent by going to www.Tents2Haiti.org and
make an online donation.
For a list of current collection centers near you go to www.
Tents2Haiti.org .
