Category Archives: Partnerships

“My 1st experience with the Haiti Outreach Program”

This is a Guest Post from Bill Stone, a Sacred Heart parishioner who recently linked up with the Haiti Outreach Program! I attended the Haiti Benefit on June 25, 2011 and what a great time I had. It was my first time attending it and it will not be the last. To me it was [...]
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The 5 Ps of Successful Fundraising to Sponsor a Child’s Education

Give Haiti Hope 5 Ps from Sammy Davis on Vimeo. Guest post by Sammy Davis, age 24, founder/owner Sammy Davis Vintage I work and live in New York City as a curator and stylist of vintage clothing for women through my company, Sammy Davis Vintage. My passion is fashion because I believe that style can [...]
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Getting Fierce…And Fancy!

Members of the HOP have been hard at work preparing for our next event! We are hosting a fashion show and dress sale to get Knoxville ready for the prom season, all while raising money for the secondary school in Boucan-Carré. Fierce & Fancy Formals: Fashion Show & Dress Sale will be held Saturday, February [...]
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How do I help?

(Published Jan 18, 2010. Updated Jan 24, 2010.) I cannot count how many times I have heard this question this week. How can I help? What can I do? What do you need? I am so truly touched every time someone asks me these questions. I want to thank everyone for their amazing generosity over [...]
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On the Ground in Cange – by Dr John Crocker

Dr. Jon Crocker is currently working at the PIH hospital in Cange since Sunday, where he emailed us the following report: We arrived at Cange, in the Central Plateau, the heart of operations for Partners In Health/Zamni Lasante, yesterday. As we expected, things are incredibly busy. People are still arriving from Port-au-Prince. Those who have [...]
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Building back better – 01/17/2010 Dr Paul Farmer

PIH co-founder Paul Farmer penned this op-ed in Sunday’s Miami Herald. A few months ago, I joined President Clinton as a volunteer to, in his words, help Haiti “build back better” after a series of storms in 2008 destroyed an estimated 15 percent of already beleaguered Haiti’s GDP. We had just been meeting about these [...]
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