In a previous post, I had mentioned that I’d be joining with some peeps here in some charity/volunteer work at the top of 2010….and that we have!  A few weeks ago, as a part of the BEAN Network here in the ‘Hai, several of us visited an orphanage for disabled children.  About 10 of us adults entered a small room of approximately 20-30 children, all anxious to meet their new adult-friends. For a period of just under 3 hours, we played, read books and fed these lil’ toddlers and watched them smile and made them chuckle till their belly ached!  But I gotta say, it was not easy!  I was zonked even after just 2.5 hours with these kids; I definitely came out with much respect to the orphanage handlers for sure. We’re hoping to return again in the near future to spend time in the infants room….

Now as we zip forward to the present-day,tomorrow night (aka evening before I jet down to NZ,) I’ll be swinging by with some peeps down to Cotton’s for another BEAN cause, in efforts to raise funds for Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Fund. I’ve been in contact with a few Stateside friends whose immediately families have miraculously survived, however others have lost distant relatives in this catastrophe. My thoughts and prayers are with each of you!  Those of you in the ‘Hai, come thru for a chill night and great cause!

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Everyone is looking for ways to help out Haiti, so come to Cotton’s, listen to some reggae, and ganbei to raise money for the Red Cross Haiti Earthquake Fund. All (100%) of the proceeds will be donated to this initiative and there are going to be truly excessive numbers of raffle prizes up for grabs.

50 RMB minimum donation, raffle tickets are 10 RMB each or 12 for 100 RMB. This has gotta be the easiest way to show your love that we’ve ever heard of.

If you’re hip and with it, do wear blue and red (or even a rasta wig) to show your support. We look forward to seeing you there!  Read more here.

. . don’t burn the day. .