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Girl sets up clothing drive for Haiti
Published February 3, 2010
Eight-year-old Jazmine Fick has never been to Haiti, but she is helping those affected by the devastating earthquake there last month.
Fick, a home-schooled student from Social Circle, started a clothing drive to help those in the ravished country, calling for donations from those in Social Circle and beyond.
“I wanted to start the clothes drive because the people over there lost everything,” she said.
So far, the drive has been successful her mother Anita said.
The clothes will be sent to the Lashbrook Family Ministry International Children’s home in Port-de-Paix, Haiti located about 80 miles outside of the devastation area. The ministry is helping refugees that have come to their area with food, clothing and medicine, Anita said. The missionary has a church, school, boy’s home and other locations in Port-de-Paix.
“We’re accepting clothes donations any size, style and type,” Anita said. “They are in urgent need of boys clothes of all sizes and twin size bed linens.
“All donations will be sent to Miami, Florida, where Globe International will add them to a 20-foot container that’s being sent directly to the Lashbrook Family.”
Anita said monetary donations are also needed to pay for shipping.
“We have teamed up with Turn 2 Ministries from Living Word Worship Center in Jefferson,” Anita said. “James Weaver of Turn 2 has donated his truck, trailer and time to take all our donations to Miami.”
Collections will be taken until Feb. 12. The clothes will be shipped to Miami before being sent to Haiti Feb. 14.
Drop off points are located at:
•Social Circle Christian Learning Center
•Social Circle Fire Department
•Social Circle City Hall
•Boys & Girls Club of Social Circle
•Crossroads Baptist Church
If anyone is interested in volunteering, contact Anita Fick at 770-464-4999 or afick25(at)att.net. There is a need to help pack boxes for shipment and collecting donations throughout the collection time.
“We also need help raising the funds to ship all the donations to the storage/container site in Miami,” Anita said. “Our most urgent need other than the clothes donations is monetary donations to fund Mr. Weaver’s trip to Miami. We are expecting his food, fuel, and lodging expenses to total approximately $600 to $800.”
Any additional moneys raised will be donated to Globe International for the shipping of the container. Any clothes donations that cannot be used in Haiti, such as thick winter clothing, will be donated to Turn 2 Ministries.
For more information, visit Globe International’s Web site at www.gme.org and Lashbrook Family Ministry International’s site at www. lfmintl.com.
Also lending a hand to the effort to help Haiti is Cornerstone Community Healthcare in Loganville, which is calling for the following items:
•acetaminiophen
•ibuprofen
•antiacids
•prenatal vitamins
•ferrous sulphate
•calcium tablets
•multivitamins
•children chewable multivitamins
•nutritional supplements for malnutrition
•protein powders
•powdered milk
•baby formula for babies whose mothers died
•baby bottles
•water purification tablets
•loperimide
•diphenhydramine
•non-sterile gauze
•tape — transpore plastic
The following places have agreed to serve as collection sites: Loganville Medical Center, Faith in Serving Humanity in Monroe, Carmichael’s in Monroe and Dr. Michelle Plaster’s office in Social Circle.
Cornerstone’s effort is being done in conjunction with International Village of Hope in Christainville.
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