We have LIFTOFF! 1st container on its way!

From Haiti Relief Packing The Truck

I'm so excited to announce that our container is on its way!  Loaded up at the UMC Disaster Warehouse Friday and by now arrived at the coast and ready for loading on a ship leaving out of Miami.  There's a whole series of pictures from loading day in this post, but the main message is - thank you for making this possible, and this is just the beginning.  Once we've successfully gotten the container all the way through to its destination we will set up to send another one.


We still have a great deal of food in the warehouse, and a brand new donation of 5000lbs of rice on the way from food importer in Illinois.  Meanwhile, it's still a great time to run a food drive (or a tarp drive!) at your school, church, company or other organization.  


Head here to register your drive so that we can coordinate with you and keep you posted on any changes in needs.  If you're interested in volunteering or even bringing a group to the warehouse, please head here to let us know.  We're also interested in volunteer drivers to bring food donations from both Trinity UMC and Hudson Alpha to the Warehouse. 

To finish this post, here's a quote from an email sent from my friend Jean Thomas in Haiti.  The large relief organizations are doing amazing work in Port-au-Prince under challenging conditions, but it's harder than you'd think to get help and food for outlying areas impacted by the quake.  


Here's an exerpt from the email, "Believe me, that 40' sea container is going to fill quite a void! We do need more of them in varioius parts of the country. There are so many procedures to get anything from the giant relief organizations... The recipients of these supplies will find some much needed relief."

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Warehouse volunteers wrap a pallet of braces and splints bound for medical facilities in Jimani DR and Port-au-Prince.

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Warehouse Supervisor and my newest hero (though he'd certainly disapprove that second title) Ray Crump carrying buckets Haitian-style.

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Troy guides Kim as another pallet gets loaded.

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Every box contains 50-80lbs of food!

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Warehouse Treasurer Estin Lovingood loads crutches.

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Troy and Ray fill the last nooks and crannies.

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I'd call that full.

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Sealing it up.


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Drop off your FOOD donation to HudsonAlpha
6900 Moquin Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35806
Make CHECKS PAYABLE TO TRINITY United Methodist Church
Times: 10am - 4pm Daily
Questions? Email haitifooddrive@gmail.com
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