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We have several projects underway to
help the Haitian people.
During the 1st week after
the earthquake, Mark Purcell (owner of Purcell Construction
in Watertown) bought 670 tents and hired a pilot
to help him fly his personal plane around the clock
to deliver the tents in Haiti.
Mark was in constant
communication with Son Light Missions to determine
locations to deliver the tents.
See updated
photos below. |
Mark Purcell loading tents into the plane
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Plane full of tents |
Trucks loaded with tents for distribution. |
Mark Purcell, pilot,
helping
Haitians put up tents. |
Tents set up on a soccer field in Les Cayes. |
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Some
of many “towns” of
homemade tents in Haiti |
| During the 2nd week after the quake, Son Light
Missions was able to purchase a used U-Haul truck,
and filled it with a 1,000 gallon water tank, food,
bandages, sheets, painkillers, diapers, baby formula,
etc - all items that were generously donated by
our local community and are desperately needed
in Haiti. The truck was driven to Florida and,
although originally scheduled to ship on Jan 28,
it was loaded on a ship on Feb 2 and left for Haiti. |
Donations that have been
boxed
and loaded in the truck. |
First truck sent to Haiti. |
Pile of donations bound for
Haiti. |
People
in the area have been very generous in supporting
our efforts to help the Haitian people. With
help from Martin’s Farm Trucks, Son
Light Missions was able to acquire 2 additional
box trucks. These
trucks not only serve as shipping containers
but will also be used to distribute food
and medical supplies to people in the outlying
areas of Haiti that were affected by the
earthquake but haven’t seen much aid
yet due to their distance from the distribution
centers. According to the people we have
on the ground in Haiti, delivery trucks for
distribution are in very short supply.
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| Some restaurants in the New York City area donated
16,000 lbs of rice and 6,000 lbs of spaghetti.
Volunteers spent 2 days re-packaging the rice in
5 lbs packages for easier distribution in Haiti.
The rice and spaghetti, along with other donations
that the community has continued to bring in, were
loaded on the 2 trucks. If all goes according to
plan, these trucks will start shipping from Florida
during the 2nd week in February. |
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Boxes of donated rice. |
Volunteers re-packaging rice
into 5 lb bags. |
Pallets of re-packaged rice. |
We are also in the midst of coordinating
work teams in Haiti to assist with distributing
all the donations that have been sent and to
help with some of the re-building efforts. We
plan to continue our efforts to assist the Haitian
people for as long as needed.
Pictures of some of the damages in Haiti: |
We want
to extend our gratefulness to everyone, all
the individuals and businesses, who have worked
together toward our ongoing efforts in Haiti.
May God
Bless! |
Mark helping some Haitians interpret
the tent directions. |
We plan
to continue our efforts to assist the Haitian
people for as long as needed.
Mark Purcell,
owner of Purcell Construction in Watertown,
has partnered with Son Light Missions for this
relief effort.
He purchased
670 tents and has hired a pilot to help him
fly his personal plane around the clock to
deliver the tents in Haiti.
On return
trips, he has been helping to transport people
out of Haiti. |
Simon
Gingerich, a volunteer that was at the Mission
in LaCholline when the earthquake happened.
He’s
been helping with the logistics of distributing
the tents and other supplies. |
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Checks
or Money Orders can be mailed to:
Son Light
Missions Lacolline Inc.
PO Box 83
4966 Route 410
Castorland NY 13620
We can
now accept PayPal payments.
Please
send to:
sonlightmissionslacollineinc@yahoo.com |
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Jared Zehr, another volunteer who flew in with
Mark Purcell.
Son Light
Missions is a non profit organization so
all donations are tax exempt. If you have
any questions, contact Jen at 315-376-6509.
We
would also like to mention that every penny of
every donation reaches the Mission Field.
All administrative
costs associated with this effort are voluntary,
therefore 100% of donations are used for the
relief effort. |
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