Clean Water for Haiti

Through my church, Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal in Norfolk, I have begun raising money to dig a well in Haiti, a beautiful but tragic place where more than half of its 10 million people don't have access to clean water. The group I belong to, Caring for Creation, is working with Haitioutreach.org, one of the most respected organizations working within that country. By the end of this year, we hope to raise $15,000 -- the cost of planning, drilling and maintaining a well on the Haiti mainland. So far, we're more than a third of the way there!

You can help by sending a check to Christ & St. Luke's and designating Haiti Clean Water. Please send to:

Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church
560 West Olney Road
Norfolk, VA 23507

Many thanks.
Paul Clancy

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

We’ve done it!

Courtesy of Haiti Outreach
In the midst of the extraordinary renewal we’re experiencing at Christ & St. Luke’s, we have found room in our hearts to reach out to a small community in Haiti with a gift of life-sustaining clean water. After Saturday’s hugely successful Recycled Treasures yard sale – which generated $4,177(!) – we have reached our goal of $15,000 to plan, dig and maintain a water well in that impoverished but still-beautiful country.
Words cannot express the gratitude we feel for those who took this long fund-raising journey: the youth who took a water-only pledge and played their hearts out on violins and cellos; those who took part in this year’s plant and herb sale; who bought renewable grocery bags and water bottles; who volunteered to put on the sale, arriving before dawn on a rain-threatened Saturday to get ready; those who donated long-loved treasures and those of us – and hundreds of strangers – who couldn’t resist buying them.  Finally, those who simply contributed to a great cause. To all, we simply say thank you, thank you!

Caring for Creation.
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