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Update on Aid to Haiti

January 19th, 2010

Hi, Friends of the Rappahannock Food Pantry,

I’ve spoken to Dr. Gilbert Irwin of Medical Missionaries. Their first team of 16 surgeons leaves for Haiti this Thursday, January 21; the next team of 18 leaves on January 30. They will also have another team leaving on February 6. They are in Haiti for the long haul and know that it will be a long time before things will even begin to settle down. Their clinic is in Thomassique, 70 miles from Port au Prince. See more info at their website: http://www.medmissionaries.org/.

Medical Missionaries have a sea container leaving in a couple of weeks and need:

  • Soap
  • Toothpaste and toothbrushes
  • Metal pots for cooking
  • Baby Food and Wipes - no glass
  • Flat Shoes
  • Dried Foods (Canned goods are too heavy and no way to open them)
  • Clear plastic bottles (1 Litre to 1 Gallon size). Filled water bottles are too heavy
  • Flat Sheets (no fitted)
  • Tents or Tarps

Money of any amount will also help them tremendously. Every dollar donated goes directly to assist those most in need. Please write checks to Medical Missionaries.

Please bring donations to the Rappahannock Food Pantry at 603 Mt. Salem Ave., Washington, VA 22742. The Food Pantry is open from 9:00-4:00 Tuesday and Thursday and 9:00-2:00 Saturdays. If these times are not convenient for you, please call me at 675-1177 or 937-2067 and I’ll make other arrangements for your donations.

Mimi Forbes

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