I reached my goal of raising $10,000 to roof and start an English program at Gentille Hirondelle elementary school in Tabarre, Port-au-Prince, Haiti! Thanks to so many giving people, I collected over $11,000 for Haiti! I am so touched by the outpouring of support for this project! This journey has been truly amazing! I am so honored by the encouragement and donations from some of the most unexpected places. For a comprehensive list of all the donors, please scroll to the very beginning of this blog to the entry labeled "thank you to". Let me share some of these touching gifts with you:
-the 9-12 year old students at Montessori Community School earned and donated a whopping $376.68 to buy school supplies for the children in Haiti
-a family in Switzerland donated $500 toward the English program at the new school in Haiti
-The art teacher at Wai'alae Public Charter School inspired her 4th and 5th grade art classes to create posters to adorn the bare walls in the new school in Haiti
-several students earned money for Haiti by washing their parent's cars and doing extra chores
-a military coworker of mine who served in Haiti with me donated an amazing $500 to this Haiti project
-another child donated more than $50 from her saved allowance money
-a friend in Canada received over $500 in donations for Haiti from her friends and organizations in the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
-a woman in Germany donated $200
-a student and very good friend of mine contributed the largest donation to date-without her, I never would have reached my goal
-a teacher and students from Sol Spanish School made beautiful artwork for the classes at the new school
-one child purchased school supplies and 6 books for the children at Gentille Hirondelle school using her own money
-several students gave me watercolor paintings, clay flowers, and sketches to share with the Haitian children
-three members of the Akey family EACH generously donated $500 to the PECH project
-teachers at Wai'alae Public Charter School opened their classrooms to me to teach the children about Haiti and to create artwork to decorate the new school in Haiti
-a boy in Switzerland donated his own saved money for school supplies for the Haitian children
-children at Wai'alae and Montessori created original artwork to bring smiles to the children of Haiti
-several teachers captured the teaching moment by teaching math and geography lessons about Haiti
-a classroom created beautiful world maps to use in the new classrooms in Haiti
-numerous children donated more than 200 of their own books to begin a library in Haiti
-members of two Honolulu churches decorated fish and donated several hundred dollars toward the new school in Haiti
-a big-hearted neighbor donated $500 to help the children in Haiti
-most importantly, my wonderful husband and children gave me their love, support, and encouragement so that this could all be possible
-the 9-12 year old students at Montessori Community School earned and donated a whopping $376.68 to buy school supplies for the children in Haiti
-a family in Switzerland donated $500 toward the English program at the new school in Haiti
-The art teacher at Wai'alae Public Charter School inspired her 4th and 5th grade art classes to create posters to adorn the bare walls in the new school in Haiti
-several students earned money for Haiti by washing their parent's cars and doing extra chores
-a military coworker of mine who served in Haiti with me donated an amazing $500 to this Haiti project
-another child donated more than $50 from her saved allowance money
-a friend in Canada received over $500 in donations for Haiti from her friends and organizations in the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
-a woman in Germany donated $200
-a student and very good friend of mine contributed the largest donation to date-without her, I never would have reached my goal
-a teacher and students from Sol Spanish School made beautiful artwork for the classes at the new school
-one child purchased school supplies and 6 books for the children at Gentille Hirondelle school using her own money
-several students gave me watercolor paintings, clay flowers, and sketches to share with the Haitian children
-three members of the Akey family EACH generously donated $500 to the PECH project
-teachers at Wai'alae Public Charter School opened their classrooms to me to teach the children about Haiti and to create artwork to decorate the new school in Haiti
-a boy in Switzerland donated his own saved money for school supplies for the Haitian children
-children at Wai'alae and Montessori created original artwork to bring smiles to the children of Haiti
-several teachers captured the teaching moment by teaching math and geography lessons about Haiti
-a classroom created beautiful world maps to use in the new classrooms in Haiti
-numerous children donated more than 200 of their own books to begin a library in Haiti
-members of two Honolulu churches decorated fish and donated several hundred dollars toward the new school in Haiti
-a big-hearted neighbor donated $500 to help the children in Haiti
-most importantly, my wonderful husband and children gave me their love, support, and encouragement so that this could all be possible
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!
Julie Peters Akey
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