| We have several charitable events that we support along with our regular events. Souperbowl of Caring - Happens at the time of super bowl Sunday.. We have things such as chili cook offs and a soup pot is put out to put an offering in, which stays in the community but gets reported to the Souperbowl of Caring website and then totaled. All profits feed the needs in our community. Souperbowl Official Site Care-Net Pregnancy Center Plymouth- Between Mother's and Father's day we do a collection of change or money for the mission of helping women keep their unborn children and seeing them through pregnancy and all of it's stresses. Just fill the baby bottles! Care-Net Plymouth Official Site Crop walk - A fundraiser to feed the starving. 25% stays in the local community and the other 75% goes toward supporting local hunger fighting organizations. Part of the church world service efforts. Happening on May 7th this year. (support those pledges!) Cropwalk (church world service) Official Site Tres Dias - "Make a Friend, Be a Friend, Bring your Friend to Christ".. A Christian renewal movement that supports togetherness through study, friendship and action. Also encourages Love of God and the faith to tell others about him. Tres Dias Official Site New Hampshire Tres Dias Kairos Prison Ministry -Supports prisoners and their families. Kairos has been known to completely reform inmates. It also shows them that God has not forgotten them. Kairos outside is for the prisoners family, left to feel deserted by their family and friends when their loved ones are locked up for their mistakes. It is a time of healing through showing of love. Kairos Prison Ministry Official Site Church Related Links United Methodist Church Official Site United Methodist Committee on Relief Website WVNH NH Gospel Radio Website |
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A little about the orphanage:
H.I.S. Home For Children is an orphanage in Port Au Prince, Haiti. It is home for around 80 to 100 children ranging in age from newborn to
around 15 years. It is founded and run by Hal & Chris Nungester. They are wonderful people who are devoted to the people of Haiti. They
have two separate homes they run.. One is a boy’s home and the other is home to babies, toddlers and girls. Hal and Chris also have a
small apartment there. There is a constant financial need there as well as for supplies. Items such as powdered infant formula, vitamins
(infant and children), cloth diapers, pins, plastic pants, clothing, sneakers, socks underwear, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, and
basically anything you would need to raise your own children. Other items such as sheet sets for twin beds, crib bedding, plastic mattress
covers (cheap table cloths work well for this). Many of the children at the orphanage are orphans. Some have been surrendered or
abandoned by their parents that cannot care for them and some have parents that have died. Imagine the sorrow of the parents that have to
give this child away because they lack the resources to care for them. There are also children there that are there for medical reasons and
are not available for adoption. Whatever the case is, they still need to be cared for. There is no welfare system or health insurance in Haiti.
The poverty rate is so high that even things such as clean drinking water and healthy food are out of the reach of most people. Many of the
children are severely malnourished and ill. Maternal death rate is very high as is the infant mortality rate. Most of the children arrive at the
orphanage underweight, dehydrated, and ill. It takes a lot of resources to bring them back to health, which may also require hospitalization.
Like our children, these children pick up ‘bugs’, Whereas the ‘bugs’ may be a minor interruption in our children’s lives, it can be fatal for the
children of Haiti. I applaud Hal and Chris and the many people from around the world who go to Haiti with their own time and money to do
missionary work for these people. Every little bit counts and there is a lot more to be done so these children can be raised to adulthood by
their own parents and to be educated and carry on Haitian culture. The only children in Haiti that get any education are those in orphanages
or whose parents can afford tuition. Most do not graduate high school and about 80% of the adult population cannot read or write. I had
briefly witnessed the extreme poverty in Port Au Prince when I was there in October and it pulled at my heart. I could not imagine living in
conditions like that and knowing my children had no future.
I would love to get together with some people and make some blankets for their beds. It could be quilts, fleece-tied, knitted crocheted, etc. It
would add a great personal touch to their beds.
Story by Louise Stott Email Louise!
H.I.S. Home For Children is an orphanage in Port Au Prince, Haiti. It is home for around 80 to 100 children ranging in age from newborn to
around 15 years. It is founded and run by Hal & Chris Nungester. They are wonderful people who are devoted to the people of Haiti. They
have two separate homes they run.. One is a boy’s home and the other is home to babies, toddlers and girls. Hal and Chris also have a
small apartment there. There is a constant financial need there as well as for supplies. Items such as powdered infant formula, vitamins
(infant and children), cloth diapers, pins, plastic pants, clothing, sneakers, socks underwear, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, and
basically anything you would need to raise your own children. Other items such as sheet sets for twin beds, crib bedding, plastic mattress
covers (cheap table cloths work well for this). Many of the children at the orphanage are orphans. Some have been surrendered or
abandoned by their parents that cannot care for them and some have parents that have died. Imagine the sorrow of the parents that have to
give this child away because they lack the resources to care for them. There are also children there that are there for medical reasons and
are not available for adoption. Whatever the case is, they still need to be cared for. There is no welfare system or health insurance in Haiti.
The poverty rate is so high that even things such as clean drinking water and healthy food are out of the reach of most people. Many of the
children are severely malnourished and ill. Maternal death rate is very high as is the infant mortality rate. Most of the children arrive at the
orphanage underweight, dehydrated, and ill. It takes a lot of resources to bring them back to health, which may also require hospitalization.
Like our children, these children pick up ‘bugs’, Whereas the ‘bugs’ may be a minor interruption in our children’s lives, it can be fatal for the
children of Haiti. I applaud Hal and Chris and the many people from around the world who go to Haiti with their own time and money to do
missionary work for these people. Every little bit counts and there is a lot more to be done so these children can be raised to adulthood by
their own parents and to be educated and carry on Haitian culture. The only children in Haiti that get any education are those in orphanages
or whose parents can afford tuition. Most do not graduate high school and about 80% of the adult population cannot read or write. I had
briefly witnessed the extreme poverty in Port Au Prince when I was there in October and it pulled at my heart. I could not imagine living in
conditions like that and knowing my children had no future.
I would love to get together with some people and make some blankets for their beds. It could be quilts, fleece-tied, knitted crocheted, etc. It
would add a great personal touch to their beds.
Story by Louise Stott Email Louise!
| H.I.S. Home For Children (Haitian Interdenominational Shelter) Directly Supported by our Church |
| Hal & Chris Nungester |
| U.S. Office Address: H.I.S. Home For Children 3172 W. Breese Road Lima, OH 45806 U.S. Office Phone: (419)-999-1255 |
| Would you like to send donations directly to the orphanage? |
| Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors. |
| ALEXANDRIA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH |
