Hammers can swing on Boca Village in Haiti
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Boca Grande Friendship Village
What: $400,000 fund-raising goal.
When: 6 p.m. March 9
Where: Boca Bay Powerhouse
Why: Help build housing in Haiti
Attractions: cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, helping Haiti
Who's invited: Boca Grande residents and surrounding community
The Boca Grande Friendship Village committee has already raised more than $100,000 toward its $400,000 goal to fund a village in Haiti.
The money will trigger construction on the first phase of the planned community in Pierre Payen, Haiti, which will have 80 homes and a vocational school. The project was planned before the earthquake leveled much of the island community.
"We are excited," said Ben Scott, chairman of the 25-member Boca Grande Hope For Haitians Committee. "We knew the residents on this island would undoubtedly find it in their hearts to give to Haiti and our cause. Now, as we are personally calling and inviting all of our friends and neighbors to the event, we are even more encouraged by how generous everyone here truly is. These poor families are now closer to receiving homes they can call their own."
The next major step is the 6 p.m. fund-raiser Tuesday at the Boca Bay Powerhouse. Guest speaker will be Angel Aloma, executive director of Food For The Poor.
Food For The Poor has resumed work on construction projects it already had in development before the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, including the Boca Grande Friendship Village.
Some donors have specifically requested that a portion of the total amount pledged go directly to the village's five-room vocational school, estimated to cost $32,000 to build.
Other donors have also pledged for part of the animal husbandry program, specifically the chicken farm. Several donations have also come in for housing.
The Boca Grande Friendship Village chairpersons are Ben and Louise Scott. Committee members include: The Rev. Jerome Carosella, George and Lois Castrucci, Patricia Chapman, Ray and Iliene Corcoran, Charlie and Florita Field, Jack and Donna Harms, Stephen and Susan Jensen, Tom and Nancy Lorden, Ed and Nora Lee Reefe, Vince and Judy Shaw, Bruce and Barbara Stirling, and David and Mary Jo Wilson.
Food For The Poor, the largest international relief and development organization in the United States, feeds millions of hungry poor in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This interdenominational Christian agency provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance, with more than 96 percent of all donations going directly to programs that help the poor. For more information, go to www.foodforthepoor.org.
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