Donation Presented to Jimani Project

The food is still be weighed and packed.  The cash donations were tallied and over $5,000 was presented to Terry Douglas, one of the directors of the Jimani Project yesterday!  This money (100%) will purchase food to include in the shipment to the people of Haiti. 

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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We've got so much to count it's going to take awhile!

Even this morning bags of food were still arriving!  

The rough estimate is 13,000 lbs of food are sitting in the Hudson Alpha Institute atrium.  But there is more to come as cash donations are being tallied.  Our volunteers are going to be packing up the food and getting an accurate account.  On Thursday, we'll have the final cash compiled and presented to the Jimani Project for the direct purchase of food.  I think we will easily top the 15,000 lbs mark, can we hit 20?  We'll know on Thursday.

Forward!

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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Huntsville/Madison Mom & Tots Meetup Group Donations Arrive

The familys that make up the Huntsville/Madison Mom & Tots Meetup Group had their Halloween party yesterday.  In addition to all the costumes and games, the little ones learned about helping others in a not-so-far-away place called Haiti.  They donated:

300lbs of rice

25lbs of beans

1800 children's vitamins &

15 lbs of dried milk

Thanks ever so much moms and tots (and dad's too)!

One more day to go.  We'll be here all day Monday.  Let's finish strong!

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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The Home Stretch

The Madison & Huntsville Moms Meetup had a fall festival today.  All the little ones marched in the costume parade, pitched in the pumpkin toss and fished for prizes.  And everyone got into the giving spirit by donating rice, beans, milk and money to the food drive.  I'll have pictures and weights up tomorrow.  

We will be manning the Hudson Alpha dropoff site from 10 am - 4pm Sunday & Monday.   We've got two days left.  Let's make the most of them!

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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Local News Coverage on WAAY31

http://www.waaytv.com/Global/category.asp?C=150109
Focus on Faith - Local Group Provides Hurrican Relief

Thanks Regina Raccuglia at WAAY31 for her coverage of the food drive! Let's hope this will touch Huntsville at large and increase the stacks of rice, beans and powdered milk.

Get the word out to your friends. We'll be here through the weekend.

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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Huntsville Junior League Provides Collection Sites

The Huntsville Junior League will be providing collection sites in conjunction with Apple Annie Day! The ladies in the red bandanas and tights will be visiting the area elementary schools delivering apples. You know what they say:

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. A bag of beans keeps the hunger away.


This Friday between 10am - 3pm, go by any of the following Apple Annie locations to pick-up some delicious apples for yourself and drop-off beans, rice and dried milk for the people of Haiti.

Star Market in 5 Points
Star Market in Madison
Belk's at Parkway Place
Belk's at Madison Square Mall
Courthouse (Huntsville)


Cheers!

Troy
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Local News Coverage on WAFF 48

Thanks to Tory Dunnan and WAFF48 News for covering the Haiti Food Drive!

News story -
http://www.waff.com/Global/story.asp?S=9213384

Video -

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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Kids helping kids

Little ones at local schools are contributing in a big way! These kids are excited about helping other kids living in tents, without enough to eat on an island not so far away.

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com

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Huntsville Schools Join In!

The Montessori School of Huntsville (www.montessorihuntsville.org) has joined the effort to collect rice, dried beans, and powdered milk for the people of Haiti.

Thank you all very much!

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Video from the Birmingham, AL Food Drive

The Food Drive in Birmingham was a tremendous success, please click this link to retrieve the video...

http://www.myfoxal.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7686209&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1

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Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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Faith Church jumps into the Food Drive for Haiti

Immediately responding to a call for help in Haiti, Faith Presbyterian Church in Huntsville jumped in with both feet! Using funds donated at both church services, the team purchased thousands of pounds of beans, rice, and powdered milk...

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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Video of a recent trip to HAITI

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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Directions to the Hudson Alpha Institute

Specific Directions from Madison Pike
Go to the 3rd traffic light and turn right onto Voyager Way.

Drive about 0.5 mile to the traffic light at Explorer Blvd. Turn left.
Turn at the next street to the right, Discovery Drive.
From Discovery, turn left on Moquin.
HudsonAlpha is at Moquin and Genome Way.

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Food shows up by the TRUCKLOAD!

Over 500 pounds of rice before NOON! These bags were purchased with donations from as far away as New York City (thanks Grady and Lila) and New Orleans (thanks Liz)...

... even babies and dogs are getting into the spirit!

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Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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We've been picked up by the local news...

Today was our first day of news coverage; we were mentioned in the Huntsville Times and on the local National Public Radio Station.

Here is the article from the Huntsville Times...

... and this is the text of the NPR announcement.

JOIN THE HUNTSVILLE HAITIAN RELIEF PROJECT

Start: October 16, 2008

Kill: October 27, 2008

:30 seconds

AFTER FOUR DEVASTATING HURRICANES, THE PEOPLE OF HAITI ARE IN DESPERATE NEED. I’M ROY MOORE/LUKE DOIRON, AND I RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A MISSION TRIP WHERE I WITNESSED THE COUNTRY’S WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND SEVERE FOOD SHORTAGES. DONATIONS OF LONG GRAIN RICE, DRY BEANS AND POWDERED MILK ARE BEING ACCEPTED AT THE HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE, FROM 10 A.M. UNTIL 4 P.M. DAILY, NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 27. INFORMATION ON THE WEB AT HAITIFOODDRIVE.BLOGSPOT.COM. Or 256.327.0400.

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6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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Huntsville Food Drive is underway!

Less than 1 hour into the Haiti Food Drive in Huntsville, we already had 250 pounds of rice...
... which will be a great relief to thousands in Haiti...

... giving them something to clap about...

... and a great reason to smile!

Birmingham city employees exceed mayor's goal on Haitian relief effort

Thursday, October 16, 2008
ERIN STOCK, News staff writer, Birmingham News
Nearly 23 tons of rice, beans and powdered milk were collected over three days for Haitians, thanks to area residents and Birmingham city employees, Mayor Larry Langford said Wednesday.

"They doubled my expectations," said Langford, who gathered together more than 150 municipal employees at City Hall to thank them.

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6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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What's happening now in Haiti?

Severe Flooding...

... has caused a serious refugee situation...

... and VERY long lines for food and medical attention.

The Haiti Food Drive has come to Huntsville

Inspired by the tremendous need in Haiti as well as the unbelievable outpouring of support in Birmingham (50,000 pounds of food), we have decided to start a food drive in Huntsville!

Please feel free to share this blog and the information below with ANYONE and EVERYONE you believe would be willing to donate RICE, DRIED BEANS, and POWDERED MILK to Haiti.

Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha @ 6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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How the Food Drive Started in Alabama

It all began with Jimmy Minton's visit to the doctor...

Jimmy Minton - a political consultant in Knoxville, TN - went for a check-up with his heart doctor, Dr. Clint Doiron. Knowing Dr. Doiron did medical mission work in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Jimmy asked Dr. Doiron if there was anything he could do to help.

"Help me find some way of getting beans and rice down to Haiti, that is what I need" declared Dr. Doiron.

Jimmy walked out of the office and called Birmingham, Alabama Mayor Larry Langford (www.informationbirmingham.com) and asked the Mayor for help. The Mayor was moved by Jimmy's story of Haiti - 4 major storms, thousands of people homeless, hundreds of adults and children killed, political upheaval... AND NO FOOD!

Mayor Langford decided to take a stand; he rallied the entire city to help by providing rice, dried beans, and powdered milk for the people of Haiti.

These articles from The Birmingham News tell this compelling story:
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/10/langford_urges_food_donations.html
http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/1223626545246891.xml&coll=2
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/10/haiti_food_drive_extended.html
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/10/langford_wants_to_bring_12_hai.html

As of this evening, over 50,000 pounds of supplies have been donated...

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Drop off your donation to HudsonAlpha
601 Genome Way, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Dates: Thru October 27, 2008
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions: email us at haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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Purpose of Blog

This blog www.haitifooddrive.blogspot.com was created to provide information to those who wish to donate RICE, DRIED BEANS, and POWDERED MILK to the people of Haiti.

Over the past several months, Haiti has been hit by many storms and hurricanes that have devastated the land and the people. Starting in Birmingham, Alabama last week, there has been a tremendous outpouring of support for the people of Haiti. With so many people involved, the organizers decided to create a blog to keep everyone up to date.

Who is HudsonAlpha? They are the Event Sponsor!

The HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology's mission is to use biotechnology to improve human health, stimulate economic development and inspire Alabama’s youth to seek careers in science.

More info can be found at: http://www.hudsonalpha.org/

Who is handling the logistics in Haiti? Food For the Poor

Food For The Poor (www.foodforthepoor.org) ministers to spiritually renew impoverished people throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Established in 1982 as a 501(c)(3)corporation, FFP's goals are to improve the health, economic, social and spiritual conditions of the men, women and children they serve.

2007 SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES *

Total Expenditures: $1,037,495,325
Operating Expenses: $33,377,612
Tractor-Trailers of Aid Distributed 4,340

Administrative Ratio
3.22%
Fundraising and other administrative costs comprised less than 4% of our 2007 expenses;
More than 96% of all donations went directly to programs that help the poor.

Market Value of Goods Distributed 1982-2007
$4,847,914,468
Total Tractor-Trailers of Aid Distributed
43,930

Who is the Jimani Project? They are a charity working in Haiti!

The Jimani Project is a 501c3 charity working in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The Jimani Project sponsors schools, churches, orphanages, and medical clinics among the poorest of the poor.