3rd Annual Deep Freeze Dunk – January 21st
December 19, 2011
Who has the courage to jump into a frozen lake in Minnesota in January and raise donations from their friends, relatives and co-workers to support them in doing so? The tax-deductible donations will go to help build a public secondary school in the town of Rankit, Haiti. Sponsored by the Maple Grove Rotary Club and the Rotary Partnership for Haiti (www.RotaryPartnershipForHaiti.org), many people will do this on Saturday, January 21. See the web site for more details and to register today! Prizes for the individual and team that raises the most money, plus best costume!
Middle School Brothers Run For Haiti
December 19, 2011
Cole and Will Lalonde are 7th and 6th graders, respectively, who love to run and are part of the cross country team of Minnetonka Middle School East. Cole was in the 6th grade last year and participated in the Haiti Walk for Water in May (see other story about their great event). He raised around $100 just himself as his parents agreed to pay him $2 for every mile he ran. He also got pledges from other people, and his father works for Microsoft which matched 25% of the funds he raised that day.
This fall, their parents decided to encourage them to run more by agreeing to pay $1 to each boy for every mile they ran while participating on their team. The boys said they wanted to donate the money to Haiti Outreach for more wells. So recently, the Lalonde family presented us with a check for $250 for clean water wells in Haiti, because Cole and Will ran over 200 miles this fall!
Why would they do this? Cole said “The Haiti Water Walk in May was really fun.
We are fortunate to have food and clean water in abundance here, but the people in Haiti do not, so we wanted to help.” We are so grateful to the Lalondes, not only for the donation that they gave, but to see how Cole and Will and other students at MME learned how difficult life can be in Haiti, took it to heart, and wanted to help and make a difference. And they really did! Thank you so very much. We are very proud of you!
Cole and Will Lalonde running to earn money for clean water in Haiti
Statistics Show Effectiveness of Haiti Outreach Model
December 19, 2011
Dionissi Aliprantis (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is an economist who has traveled to Haiti several times since his first trip in 2000. He became acquainted with Haiti Outreach in 2009 and decided to do a statistical study to compare the Haiti Outreach model of community development, where community members are trained and responsible for their well’s upkeep and repair, to what is done in most cases, where an outside group is responsible for the well’s maintenance.
The results of the study have now been published as a working paper of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) based in Washington, DC. You can download and read a summary of the report by clicking HERE. The IADB has made the full study available on its web site, and you can also download it and read it by clicking HERE. The study finds that indeed the Haiti Outreach community-based model produced superior results, providing clean water to more people for a longer period of time and at a lower long-term cost. We are very pleased that an outside evaluation has demonstrated the effectiveness of our community development model, and we intend to use the report as evidence that our work makes a difference as we seek additional funding. We are very grateful to Dionissi for all his efforts, and to our project engineer Sarah Ocwieja and Director of New Projects Neil Van Dine who contributed to Dionissi’s report.
Let’s Make This Give to the Max Year!
December 2, 2011
Wow!
What an amazing, awe-inspiring day we had on November 16! We truly hope that you had as much fun as we did on Give to the Max Day!
With 77 friends jumping to our cause, we raised $10,395. Not to mention, we more than tripled our gifts- last year 33 friends helped us raise $3,550. Awesome! And it’s just our second year!
In the span of ONE day, we made enough money to build another well in Haiti- helping give access to clean water for nearly 500 people! This could even help to eradicate the cholera epidemic which has spread through Haiti and brought such sad devastation to its people.
But our work doesn’t end there- there’s still so much to do! It is our goal to make Give to the Max Day, Give to the Max Year! If we can achieve an entire new well in a single day, imagine what we can do in a year!
Your part is simple:
1. Visit our GiveMN webpage at: http://givemn.razoo.com/story/
2. Click on the white “Fundraise” button in the right hand column.
3. Fill out all the information
4. Share with your friends – tell them what you are doing and how you’re helping to continue quenching the thirst in Haiti!
How about a holiday gift?
Spice up the old “tell me what to give you” present! Start your own holiday gift – giving by having you, your family and friends decide to donate to Haiti Outreach for another new well for $10,000!
Give a gift of life – clean water. What could be more inspiring for the holiday season than making a difference like that? Donations are 100% tax deductible, and you can use the steps above to create your own fundraiser for your own well with Haiti Outreach!
Once again, from the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for your continued support! We look forward to seeing what this new year will bring!
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