TRIP 2: 18 JUNE 2010 They have left us, carrying supplies and better equipped for the second trip than they were for the first. Our travel team is attempting to make contacts and determine their day to day plans. We wish them well ... Our Travel Team: - Marc Steiner - Video Narrator - Marilyn Schlossbach - Business Owner Pastor Sony Augustine of the First United Methodist Church will be joining them soon. ____________________________________________________________________________ Marc Steiner, videographer Agency New Jersey and Haiti Relief Travel Team member ... 25 february 2010 Photos: Marc Steiner - Agency NJ Marilyn in her Habitat for Humanity shirt.  Cayes - School children walking to school.  Delmare Street, Haiti.  Help Needed.  From the orphange at Mission of Hope.  Marc Steiner, videographer Agency New Jersey and Haiti Relief Travel Team member ... 23 february 2010 A group that Pastor Sony works with down south in Cayes. The children clung to Marilyn the moment they saw her!  Photo: Marc Steiner - Agency NJ ___________________________________________________________________________________ 21 february 2010 Marilyn Schlossbach, business owner and Haiti Relief Travel Team member ... This is Port-Au-Prince:  ___________________________________________________________________________________ 21 february 2010Marc Steiner, videographer Agency New Jersey and Haiti Relief Travel Team member ... Text msg below:
 Photo: Marc Steiner - AgencyNJ Dublan - Pastor Sony and Marilyn meet with Paul Gesner (center), the head of the Methodist Church in Haiti, to talk about the needs of the Haitian people for phase two.
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Text message: 20 february 2010 10:15 PM
Marc Steiner, videographer Agency New Jersey and Haiti Relief Travel Team member ...
We arrived safely, and with Pastor Sony's people!
Day one ... unbelievable sights.
More to come as we have cell service.
THE TEAM
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18 february 2010 To my customers and friends,
I have been afforded an incredible opportunity to travel to Haiti this Saturday, February 20. Since the devastating earthquake that has brought so much pain and suffering, I have been working closely with the city of Asbury Park, local community members and businesses, and pastors from Ocean Grove, Neptune and Asbury Park to initiate fundraising and relief efforts in our area.
Today, with my flight to Haiti just 48 hours away, I feel I have an incredible opportunity to bring much needed monetary support and supplies to meet victims' basic needs. I will be traveling with Marc Steiner, a videographer with Agency New Jersey, and Pastor Sony Augustine of Asbury Park. We will be visiting four locations: Carrefour, Leogane, Petit-Goave, and Cayes. We will also go to Port-au-Prince: Baptist Mission in Petion-Ville and Mission of Hope in Grande-Goave.
We will be in Port-au-Prince Saturday and Sunday Our team will travel to places outside of Port-au-Prince on Monday. In the four cities mentioned above, we will visit churches, schools and clinics. Pastor Sony has a goal to set up tent schools in the cities we visit; monies, tarps and tents will be needed for this effort. We will spend our time in Haiti observing and setting up a plan for future efforts involving temporary tent schools within these areas. Throughout our efforts, our team will be filming the reality we find on the ground in Haiti. We will screen our findings during an all-day memorial service for Haiti on March 7 at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park. Please be reassured, this is a non-partisan, non-denominational, humanitarian effort. On a grassroots level, we will endeavor to provide basic needs that so many people in Haiti currently do not have access to; we will strive to reach people who are still waiting for aid. I am collecting monetary donations and supplies up until 9 p.m. Friday night. A list of items I am currently collecting include:
Tents
Tarps Rope Medical supplies: Advil Antibiotic cream Gauze and bandages Benedryl Support, on any level, is much appreciated. Donations can be dropped off prior to 9 p.m. on Friday at either Langosta Lounge in Asbury Park or Labrador Lounge in Normandy Beach.
Thanks for your continued support. For updates on our travles, please visit http://cityofasburypark.com/ and click on the Shore4Haiti link.
Marilyn |