oh gawd, not another plea for Haiti ?

Ah, But Indeed

It IS

"Darlings & Dearests"

(forgive the affectation, watching alot of BBC period pieces lately)

Don't be bored by the Subject of the State of Haiti.

It was bad BEFORE that earthquake hit

And with a Decimated Infrastructure,

It isn't about to get BETTER.

No, the Drama There

HAS ONLY BEGUN.

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So Many Places in the world...

A Responsibility

Beyond Politics and Religions.

Hard to Find Answers.

but

Basic Rights & Wrongs

obvious

glaring

startling

puzzling

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I can't help Everyone Every Minute.
I Know That.

But Today

Renewed Energy

TO GIVE AGAIN

~ Just A Little More ~

And Stay In Touch With That

Because I Can...

Current needs
NEEDS FOR THE RESCUE CENTER

posted by Haiti Rescue Center

large safety pins
cribsheets
short-any size
sock-any size
boys and girls underware-any size
barretts
plastic pants (to put over cloth diapers)
baby shampoo, lotion, powder
hand santizer
bumbo seats
sippy cups
spoons
bowls
pens
sharpies
pillows
Q-tips
newborn clothes
any toys
shoes and sandles-any size
infant formula
baby food
baby cereal


A lot of people have asked for a deadline… By the end of March/ middle of April would be awesome because that is when we had initially hoped to get the container ready to send out here. If you aren’t able to get them to MN by then, NO WORRIES! As you can imagine, we go through quite a few diapers and it is a constant and ongoing need.

you can mail them to:

Debbie Woodward
1500 Jackson St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413


Sewing projects

posted by Haiti Rescue Center

Can you sew? Want to help us here in Haiti?

Caroline here again. Since the Earthquake many of you have wanted to jump in, get your hands dirty and help the people of Haiti. Some of you have medical skills, some are artists or engineers, some of you are prayer warriors but some of you still don’t feel like you are doing much to help. Well I have an idea! Can you sew? Can you get a group of girlfriends together at Bible Study? or at Work? I have a project for you.

Here in the Rescue Center, we use cloth diapers. We wish we had the funds to buy diapers, but as you can imagine it would be insanely expensive to put 50-60 kids in Pampers several times a day. (You’re welcome to write them and ask for a donation We can always use more cloth diapers, clothes and aprons for the nanny’s to wear.

These dresses are made out of pillow cases. How fun! Here is a link for instruction in making them.

These little dresses, or any type of pillow-case style dress is great and easy to dress them in. Sleeveless helps keep them cool, too!


These aprons were made with pillow cases as well and have pockets which work great for the ladies.

If you can help us with this, you can mail them to:

Debbie Woodward
1500 Jackson St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413

If you have any questions or want more info,

please email Anna at annainhaiti@yahoo.com

I think this project is really great because I have zero sewing skills whatsoever. Not artsy and craftsy at all. So big kuddos to those of you who are!

Sewing update

February 19, 2010

SO sorry to those of you who have been waiting for this info. to get started sewing. Truth is I know close to nothing about sewing and have had to do some research… its hard when you know what you want but you don’t know anything about it Here is a link to what all the staff here and Licia and I agree are the best diapers.

http://www.ottobredesign.com/en/print/pdf/vaippa_en.pdf

The inside padding without the elastic is actually counter-productive so if you do not have time or ability to add elastic, don’t pad the inside. Please leave the Velcro out and instead sew two strong strings about an inch from the top of the diaper across diaper with about a foot extra on both sides so when it is wrapped around the waste it can be tied twice…

for the dresses… really any pattern that comes up when you type in “pillowcase dresses” in google works… and it’s fun to have different looking clothes for all the kids so pick your favorite! The smaller the dress, the more likely it is that it will be used daily in the rescue center. We do hand out clothes to the community and have a handful of older kids though, so any size will be used!

My mom actually made the pattern for the aprons that the ladies requested and has made the dresses before, so if you want the apron pattern or the pattern she used for the dressed, or have any further questions please email her at

kagstrom@surewest.net

A lot of people have asked for a deadline… By the end of March/ middle of April would be awesome because that is when we had initially hoped to get the container ready to send out here. If you aren’t able to get them to MN by then, NO WORRIES! As you can imagine, we go through quite a few diapers and it is a constant and ongoing need.

And answers to a couple other questions…

*Quality over quantity, hands down! We’d much rather have five diapers that hold in the mess than 25 pieces of rectangular fabric.

*We will take store bought cloth diapers if you’d rather not or can’t sew- like me

*Blankets/quilts are a need but because of the frequency of use and them being washed daily we ask they are made thin so they dry faster.

*There is not a point where we will no longer have a need for these things, so if you are asking if we still need them, yes!

*All our diapers are hand washed daily.

Thanks to everyone getting involved in this- the diapers, aprons and dresses will be well-used and much appreciated

Another way to help

posted by Haiti Rescue Center

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