VOL.
11, No.
2 JANUARY 29, 2010BATON ROUGE, LA
NON-PROFIT
U.
S.
POSTAGE
PAIDBATON
ROUGE,LA
PERMIT#575
527NorthBlvd.
BatonRouge,LA
70802-5700
Hope for Haiti
City of Hope / 4-5
UMCOR response / 3
Survivor / 8
Built to show solidarity with the people of...
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VOL.
11, No.
2 JANUARY 29, 2010BATON ROUGE, LA
NON-PROFIT
U.
S.
POSTAGE
PAIDBATON
ROUGE,LA
PERMIT#575
527NorthBlvd.
BatonRouge,LA
70802-5700
Hope for Haiti
City of Hope / 4-5
UMCOR response / 3
Survivor / 8
Built to show solidarity with the people of Haiti, a tent city now located on
Centenary College’s campus in
Shreveport, La.
became a reality within
only a few days.
Volunteers assisting with
the effort hope to raise awareness of the
crisis in Haiti and to raise money for
orphanages in the earthquake-ravaged
country.
“The brainstorming period was very
short,” said Britney Winn, 22, who evacuated on Jan.
15 from Haiti where she
was serving at an orphanage sponsored
by her church, First United Methodist
Church in Shreveport.
“We got home on Saturday, and on
Sunday morning, I made the first call
about the tent city idea to Rev.
Betsey
Eaves, Centenary’s chaplain.
The next
call I made was to my parents.
And then I
called my church,” explained Britney,
who said that the idea of
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