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The emphasis is gradually shifting from immediate aid to long-term recovery. For Nativity’s Operation Starfish, this means continuing to provide funds and goods through Food For The Poor to help earthquake survivors, while simultaneously starting development of our next Nativity Village.Fr. Printemps at Nativity Village at Merger has begun a healing project with teens and children. He has 762

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Construction on our 6th Nativity Village development, “Nativity Village at Shada,” will begin this summer. Fr. Martin and Nativity parishioners visited the site in November 2009 and agreed with Fr. Duken Augustin that the people in the Shada area of Cap Haitien desperately need safe shelter, clean water, access to health care, education and jobs. Fr. Duken has obtained about 75 acres of land for

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Jennifer Schmidt found this young woman on her recent medical mission to Haiti.The woman is blind from vitamin A deficiency. She has two youngchildren. Her blindness is irreversible...Jim McDaniel: "At first this made me sad; then it made me angry; finally it made me more committed than ever to keep trying to make a difference."

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What's it like right now in Haiti? Check out Bonnie Vanak's blog and Ben Rusnak's photos. Bonnie and Ben are with Food For The Poor. They have been working in Haiti and sharing their experiences.http://officialfoodforthepoor.blogspot.com/

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Prince of Peace Lutheran Church hosted a Stop Hunger Now Event on Feb. 19-20. Volunteers from Nativity Church along with volunteers from other organizations joined Prince of Peace to help in this effort. Side by side, about 700 volunteers packaged 142,560 specially formulated meals all bound for Haiti. We filled a full sea container. In the process, we all had a lot of fun! What a blessing to

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Meal packing for Haiti yesterday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church was AMAZING!! It was so awesome to see so many people, of all ages, working together to send healthy food to those that need it most. I was in the box packing room and packed 36 meals to a box. Each meal will feed 6 people. In an hour and a half, we packed 37,000 meals! Over 2 days, volunteers packed over 140,000 meals. You could

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Proprietors Holli and John Todhunter are hosting a benefit for Operation Starfish Haiti Earthquake Relief on Saturday, May 1, 2010, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Three Fox Vineyards in Delaplane, Virginia. Taste fine wines and picnic in this idyllic setting. The event will feature Chef Roland Mesnier, former White House Pastry Chef, who will present desserts popular with First Families. He will

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"Two years ago when I was named chairperson for Project Starfish - Building a Village in Haiti at St. Joseph’s in Hope Valley I never dreamed where this journey would take me and the people of my parish family"...a commentary by Kiki Latimer in the Rhode Island Catholic.http://www.thericatholic.com/detail.html?sub_id=2836

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This blog attempts to document the medical mission in the Pro Longe' area of Cap Haitien, Haiti, and track Jennifer Schmidt and others from Northern VA right now....what they are seeing, and what they are doing.http://saintanthonysclinic.wordpress.com/

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An article in Catholic Digest about the transformation of a parish and their mission in Haiti, Operation Starfish.http://www.catholicdigest.com/articles/good_works/love_your_neighbor/2010/01-29/haiti-changed-our-parishhellipand-my-life

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passing along a 1-month update from Food For The Poor...http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/news/food-for-the-poor-one-month.html

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Jim McDaniel The remains of Britney Gengel, the last of the Lynn University students to be accounted for in the collapse of the Hotel Montana, have been recovered. 14 students and faculty were in Haiti on a Food For The Poor mission trip when the earthquake struck. 8 members of the group escaped the hotel and were returned to the US. Jan. 14th. 4 students and 2 faculty members died and all have

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Jim McDaniel invites you to reflect on the message in these photos...Benjamin Rusnakwww.benjaminrusnak.com

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Jim McDaniel SUPPORT "SPIRIT DAY FOR HAITI" Sunday Feb. 14th from 2pm - 5pm at McDonalds 8976 Burke Lake Rd., Springfield, Virginia (King's Park). A portion of all sales go to Operation Starfish Haiti Relief. For info: Jesica Mera jcm@gwu.edu Jim McDaniel Saludos:No olvide que la actividad pro fondos "Spirit Day for Haiti" se realizara, este domingo 14 de febrero de 2:00 a 5:00pm en el

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Jim McDaniel received a very nice gift today for Food For The Poor from St. Ann's School, Quincy, Massachusetts. Thank you Sr. Catherine, students and parents - your generosity will make a big difference in the lives of Haiti's earthquake victims.

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Jim McDaniel asks that we keep our medical mission friends in our thoughts and prayers. Jennifer Schmidt, Bonnie DelBalzo, Patrice Nelson and a team from Northern Virginia are traveling on Valentine's Day to Cap Haitien, Haiti, where they will join Fr. Duken, Dr. Maklin, Dr. Kaplan and others as they provide medical care at the St.... Anthony Clinic in Nativity Village and at other nearby

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Jim McDaniel Food For The Poor advises that the ship with Nativity's sea container sails today for Haiti. Current ETA is 2 weeks. A second container will be coming to pick up the remaining relief supplies - Melinda or Katie will announce the load date as soon as available.

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Father Martin blessing the cotainer before we closed the doors!

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Melinda Wade Engelbrektsson: Katie and I are so grateful to all our friends who came out to help load the sea container this morning in the snow. Two hours on the nose to pack 40,000 lbs of emergency food, water, milk, diapers, medical supplies. Father Martin arrived in time to bless the container and off it went to Newark, New Jersey and then Haiti. Blessings to all and enjoy this weekend.Jim

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Fr. Gerry Creedon, Pastor of St. Charles Borromeo, and Jim McDaniel, Nativity parishioner and Food For The Poor representative, will talk about the Haiti earthquake and ways to respond to the needs of the victims.Date: Friday, February 19, 2010Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pmLocation: St. Mary of SorrowsStreet: 5222 Sideburn RdCity/Town: Fairfax, VAView Map

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Help Needed! The 40' sea container will be delivered to Burke Lake Self Storage at Rte. 123 & the Fairfax County Parkway on Friday afternoon, Feb. 5. Loading is set for 2pm - 4pm. Come and help... For details, contact Melinda at swedes5@cox.net.

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The Feb. 20 event with Chef Roland Mesnier at Three Fox Vineyards is being rescheduled. Winter weather has caused rescheduling of the past 2 weekends' wine events and this coming weekend forecast calls for snow again. So the Toddhunters will set a new date in early Spring for the earthquake benefit. As soon as that date is available, we'll announce it here.

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We are loading the sea container Friday, February 5th from 2-4 at the storage facility in Burke, and will need many hands to 'lighten the load'. For more information, you can contact Melinda Engelbrektsson at swedes5@cox.net directly (phone: 703.690.9921). We will post more information as we get it.

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Nativity Church's first sea container is ready to be loaded with 23 tons of emergency aid. We are awaiting delivery of the empty container by Food For The Poor. Estimated value of contents to be shipped to Haiti - $43,000. Congratulations to all who worked on this project!

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Jordan is a special young lady. At 9 years old, she had saved money to buy a Washington Capitals jersey. When the earthquake hit, she changed her mind and gave the entire amount to Operation Starfish. She is now mounting a campaign to raise awareness about Haiti and to keep the needs of the poor foremost in her classmates' minds. Great job, Jordan!

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thanks Bonnie for expressing her thoughts about the Hotel Montanahttp://bonnievanak.blogspot.com/2010/01/thoughts-on-haiti-and-hotel-montana.html

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/29/haiti.hotel.montana/index.html

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Angel Aloma, Executive Director of Food For The Poor, has just returned from Haiti and he will be at all the masses (except 12:45 Sun) this weekend at Nativity Church to thank parishioners for their response to the Haiti earthquake.

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See new video "US Churches Collecting Aid for Haiti" athttp://www1.voanews.com/english/video-audio/

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Please help us reach the Haitian community in Northern Virginia with the opportunity to attend a workshop on Temporary Protected Status. Volunteers are also needed for this immigration workshop March 6 & March 13.

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IMMIGRATION & HUMAN RIGHTS LAW GROUP PLLC Dedicated to Excellence OPEN LETTER TO THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY January 28, 2010 Immigration & Human Rights Law Group, PLLC is a full-service immigration law firm with experience in processing te...mporary protected status applications (TPS). TPS is a temporary designation of status for out-of-legal-status Haitians that have proof of continuous residence in

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Jim McDaniel (left), Nick Orsino and volunteers from The Church of the Nativity in Burke collect canned goods Sunday for the church’s food drive for earthquake victims in Haiti.

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PASTOR’S CORNER JANUARY 24, 2010 Father Wilson summed up the feelings of our parish at the homily he shared last Sunday morning: “ Our parish family is feeling a deep sadness today. Over the past 10 years we have developed a familial relationship with our Haitian sis...ters and brothers. It is as if we are in mourning for a member of our family.” Now we know why so many of us are feeling the way

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From: Jean-francois Printemps [mailto:jfprintemps07@yahoo.fr] Sent: Mon 1/25/2010 8:19 PM To: James Mcdaniel Subject: News of Fr. Printemps Hello Jim, Je suis la grace a Dieu. Je peux trouver un peu d'electricite pour vous ecrire. Merci de penser... a moi et a tous les victimes du seisme. C'est dur. Les mots me manquent pour decrire la situation. On est aux abois. Mais je garde l'espoir que

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Jim McDaniel Join us for an Operation Starfish benefit at Pane e Vino Ristorante, Lorton Station, Virginia, this Thursday at 6:30pmhttp://www.paneevino-ristorante.com/Wine_Dinner_January_28_2010doc.pdfPane e Vino Ristorante invites you to a Wine Dinner Fundraiser on Thursday, January 28 at 6:30 p.m., featuring Wines of Washington State, courtesy of Country Vintner. Chef Antonino De Nicola has

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Jill Glacia Robinson's "Survivor" is now available for download for a donation of $1.99, with 100% of proceeds going to Haiti Emergency Relief. This beautiful song captures the spirit of the Haitian people as they struggle to recover from this massive disaster. Please download it now and tell your family and friends to get it too! http://www.foodforthepoor.org/survivorHear It

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The airplane mission to Cap Haiten, Haiti was a success. The airplane arrived yesterday afternoon and the medical supplies and equipment were unloaded by Dr. Maklin Eugene (The physician at St. Anthony's Clinic) along with other volunteers. Dr. Eugene is working at St. Anthony's Clinic today and delivered them to the clinic himself. The other supplies were sent to Justidian Hospital, the main

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Death toll growing at Port-au-Prince's Hotel Montana, once a symbol of stability Before the earthquake, the Hotel Montana was the place to be in Haiti. During coups and crises, it provided air-conditioned shelter from the political storms for the diplomats, spies and aid workers -- ...

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Save the date. Stop Hunger Now -Food For Haiti Fundraiser will be held at Uno's Chicago Grill- 5935 Kingstowne Towne Center (across from Wal-Mart), Kingstowne ( Alexandria ) February 10 and 11, 2010 from 11:30 am - 11:00 pm . The fundraiser will help raise $ 25,000 to pack 100,000 high protein, dehydrated meals for Ha...iti .To participate in the fundraiser simply present the dough raiser coupon

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Jim McDaniel witnessed hope for Haiti in action tonight at Nativity Church. They came by car, by truck, on foot, bearing cases of water, food and medical supplies. Dozens of cheerful volunteers received, sorted and loaded life-saving aid onto a truck. A trailer full of wheelchairs and medical equipment... 3 storage units now full, ...2 more will be set aside for tomorrow's gifts... Very soon,

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People wait in line at Food For The Poor's Headquarters in Port Au Prince

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Food For The Poor truck convoys are running daily from the Dominican Republic

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Helen Lane from St. Charles Borromeo in Arlington, VA writes about their twin parish in Haiti, "Meanwhile, we have had some good news from Cavaillon - the damage there was minor and the schools are planning to open Monday. Of course many in Cavaillon have been emotionally or financially devasted by the disaster in P-a-P, but they are trying to get on with their lives."

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Today's Washington Post mentions Food For The Poor, Nativity Church, Lazarus Project and Operation Starfishhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/21/AR2010012104780.html?hpid=newswell&sid=ST2010012101758Haiti's logistical hurdles are thwarting small nonprofits - washingtonpost.comwww.washingtonpost.comThe school is gone, its teachers scattered. With no way into Haiti and

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Latest list of participating organizations in this weekend's Haiti Sea Container project at Church of the Nativity:Nativity Parish/ Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology/ South County Secondary School/ Silverbrook Elementary School/ Lorton Station Elementary School/ John Paul The Great High School /St. Bernadette School/ St. Mary of Sorrows/ Knights of Columbus Fr. Sikora Council/

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Jim McDaniel The State Department Operations Center has set up the following number for Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti: 1-888-407-4747 (due to heavy volume, some callers may receive a recording).(Photo credit, Chris Hondros, Getty Images)

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Haiti unveils plan to move 400,000 - Haiti earthquake- msnbc.comwww.msnbc.msn.comHaiti's government unveils plans to move 400,000 earthquake victims to new settlements outside the destroyed capital.

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Arlington Catholic Herald - Diocesan parishes mobilize to help quake victims - catholicherald.comwww.catholicherald.comWith hundreds of thousands believed dead following last week’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake just south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, diocesan parishes have been scrambling to respond to the crisis.http://www.catholicherald.com/local_news/detail.html?sub_id=12116

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As you know, I am organizing the airplane to fly to Haiti and it looks like it will happen tomorrow, Friday. I am in DESPARATE NEED of anyone that can help me and volunteer!!! I need people to help carry boxes, and especially anyone who has a truck or van to help me carry things to the airport tomorrow morning/afternoo...n. I do not have any exact time yet, so I need you to please be flexible....

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The latest email from Fr. Duken in Cap Haitien...Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:53 AMThank you so much for your strong and continued support. Thousands of people are coming every day from Port-au-Prince to Cap and we dont where to put them. In fact we had many aftershocks and the people are really scared. They were affected physically and emotionally. They are trying to escape death, a death that

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Jim McDaniel has news we've been waiting for - Fr. Jean Printemps at Nativity Village at Merger reports that he is safe and well, there is some damage to the houses and school at the village, but all school children and residents who were in Nativity Village I at the time of the earthquake are alive and well. There may have been some lives lost because some residents were in downtown

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En EspanolChurch of the Nativity 6400 Nativity Lane Burke, VA 22015 703-455-6874 16 de enero de 2010 Queridos Amigos: Desde que llegue a esta parroquia como párroco, como familia en esta parroquia hemos servido a los más pobres y necesitados en nuestra comunidad y en el mundo con nuestras oraciones. Pero más que eso, nuestras oraciones han sido fuertes con nuestros corazones, manos, pies y

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They've been missing for a week now, not seen since last Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti, but Lynn University Bachelor's, master's & online degrees refuses to give up hope that four students and two faculty members are alive."We believe in them. ...http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/haiti/fl-haiti-food-poor-20100118,0,2311051.story

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Gadgets for Haiti - Fundraiser Pagegadgetsforhaiti.gazelle.comDonate your old electronics to help raise money for Operation Starfish ( http://www.starfishmission.org/ ). Powered by Gazelle.com.

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Operation Starfisy applauds school children for working together for Haiti

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Emergency supplies being unloaded from Food For The Poor truck at Port Everglades, FL. These items are hitching a ride on an ocean-going barge bound for Port-au-Prince. The barge has specialized equipment for clearing the damaged port.

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Food For The Poor Haiti relief shipment ready to be loaded onto Spirit airliner

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Sun., Jan. 17: Spirit Airlines pilots and crew members calculate how much water and fuel the plane can carry. Food For The Poor staff will transport the pallets of water to its warehouse/feeding center in Port-au-Prince for distribution

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Jim McDaniel thanks St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church in Fairfax, Virginia and Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, VA for joining Nativity's Operation Starfish in the project to fill sea containers for Haiti

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“When we activate our prayer with monetary donations, sea containers full of food and medicine, and 100,000 packaged meals, we will indeed create a miracle for the desperate.” - Rev. Richard Martin

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Food for the Poor's Director of Mission and Travel, Leann Chong, will be on NPR tonight at 8pm speaking from her hospital bed in the Domincan Republic.thestory.org

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Jim McDaniel spoke by phone today with Lesly Clervil, Food For The Poor, in Haiti. Lesly says the streets in and around Port-au-Prince are still choked with debris and bodies. Food For The Poor served 20,000 hot meals today at their main feeding center in the capital. Lesly is still on the job despite having found several members of his family buried in debris last Thursday. Please pray for him.

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Bernard Chauvette, who heads up Food For The Poor's fishing village projects reports he has heard from the fishermen at Lozandier, where Nativity's 4th village project is located. They say there is very little damage in that area.

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Jennifer Mennow Schmidt I am in the process of setting up an airplane from a non-profit to fly to Va, pick up essential medications, medical supplies and equipment and fly it directly to Cap Haitien in the north). I am a Nurse Practitioner and help to run St. Anthony's Medical Clinic in Cap Haitien with Food for the Poor and Church of the Nativity. I spoke to our Doctor at the clinic, Dr. Maklin

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Pray. Donate. Pray. Love. Pray.

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ABC interview and video of Fr/Dr Rick Frechette treating injured children at his pediatric hospital in Haiti. After getting to the link, scroll down to RELATED and then select WATCH: Haiti's Smallest Victims.

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The status of the search for four missing Lynn University students and two faculty members who traveled to Haiti on a mission for Food for the Poor on 1/15/10.

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Some of us met Jennifer Rayno with Fr. Rick at the Montana in Nov. Jennifer and her family are in the process of adopting Damien, a child at the orphanage in this story... http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/01/15/tuchman.haiti.orphanage.cnn

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Six members of the "Journey of Hope to Haiti" students who have returned from the country are granting two interview requests this afternoon - a short taped group interview and a conference call that will follow. ...Lynn Universitywww.lynn.edu

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Leann's rescue... Leann Chong, Dir. of Food For The Poor's Mission Travel Dept. was rescued after being buried in rubble at the Hotel Montana in Haiti. 6 of the Lynn Univ. students and faculty who were with her are still missing.

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Victoria Ngo has set up an Operation Starfish site at http://gadgetsforhaiti.gazelle.com/ Here you can arrange to turn in old cellphones, MP-3 players and other electronic gadgets for cash that will be donated to Operation Starfish.

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-- Food For The Poor is assembling lists of possible volunteers, medical and construction, for Haiti teams. No firm decision has been made pending further assessment. For more info: Mike Anton, Projects Dir. mikea@foodforthepoor.org / 954-427-2222 x6143-- Dr. Gil Irwin is assembling medical teams to go to Haiti and provide care on a rotating basis over the next several months. For more info: Dr.

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FOOD FOR THE POOR OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE – There was structural damage (see photos below), but all staff has been accounted for. Cement repairs were begun today, with priority to the security wall around the complex. FFP staff is working feverishly to get the feeding center and aid distribution up and running again. One American said today “this is like asking 9-11 families to help the victims.”

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Gather your entire family, children included, and help us pack 100,000 meals on Feb. 19 and 20 to be sent to Haiti. We are working with Prince of Peace Lutheran Church on this project. Contact Cynde Mausolf,cyngar@cox.net , 703-663-8484, for more information.Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 8304 Old Keene Mill Road Springfield, VA 22151-1640

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Help us fill a sea container with critically needed supplies (canned vegetables and meats, powdered or canned milk, bottled water and diapers) to be sent to Haiti. A truck will be at Church of the Nativity, 6400 Nativity Lane, Burke VA 22015 next weekend at all the masses. Contact Melinda Engelbrektsson, swedes5@cox.net, 703-690-9921, for more information.

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At all Masses at the Church of Nativity in Burke, VA, we will have the Starfish basket out to receive your contributions. The Starfish basket is a quiet, simple presence. You can pass it by, or you can put a little something in it – your choice. Gifts can also be sent or dropped off in the church office at any time. Just put Haiti Earthquake Relief in the memo line and make the check payable to

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Lynn Universitywww.lynn.eduAt this hour, very little in the way of new information has come to light regarding the condition or location of the remaining six members of the Lynn University "Journey for Hope" group.

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Fr. Duken reports some 500 refugees from Port-au-Prince have arrived in the area of Nativity Village II. Some have carried bodies of loved ones 100 miles to try to give them a decent burial. Fr. D is trying to organize water, food and shelter for what he believes will be a flood of refugees.

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Google has set up a “Person Finder” Web site, in French and English, to help people looking for family or friends in Haiti.http://haiticrisis.appspot.com/

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http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/news/ffp-relief-on-its-way-to-help.html

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Debbie Berquist at Village of Hope reports that Gladys (Little Children of Jesus Home) is OK. She has not been able to get back to the facility, but there are staff and supplies on hand, so all is well at the moment.

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Hollis Hunter reports: Fr Rick Frechette and his pediatric hospital were in feature reports on both the ABC and NBC evening news tonight. ABC had a feature report from the Hotel Montana where the Fairfax County Virginia urban rescue team was attempting to free four hotel workers who are trapped alive.

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DigitalGlobe's initial satellite imagery, collected in response to the Haitian earthquake, went live yesterday and can be seen on their corporate website via the following link: http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/27/Sample+Imagery+Gallery

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1/14/10... Leann Chong, Director of Mission Travel, has been rescued after being trapped for 18 hours in the wreckage of the Hotel Montana. She has been airlifted to Santiago, D.R. for emergency treatment of spinal injuries and is awaiting medevac to the U.S. ...Lesly C...lervil, Project Mgr., lost several family members when their Carrefour home collapsed. ...Many FFP-Haiti employees have also

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VOLUNTEERS - Food For The Poor is assembling lists of possible volunteers, medical and construction, for Haiti teams. No firm decision has been made pending further assessment. For more info: Mike Anton, Projects Dir. mikea@foodforthepoor.org / 954-427-2222 x6143

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Since we have received several inquiries about how Operation Starfish at Church of the Nativity is responding to Haiti needs, here's a preview of an announcement that will be coming from Pastor, Fr. Dick Martin this weekend...1. The Starfish basket will be out at all the masses the weekend of 1/23-24 - donations can al...so be made at any time to the church office (6400 Nativity Lane, Burke, VA

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7 of the Lynn Univ. students have been heard from and are safe - still awaiting word on the rest (NBC News)

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Fr. Gerry Creedon, Pastor of St. Charles in Arlington,VA was in the Dominican Republic when the earthquake struck. Happy to report he is safe and well.

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UPDATES: UN is estimating Haiti earthquake death toll at 100,000 - 500,000; All Port au Prince hospitals have been destroyed; Catholic Archbishop Miot and his Vicar have died; Both the Catholic and Episcopal Cathedrals in Port au Prince have been destroyed...

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Food For The Poor will be directing all 2010 Operation Starfish donations to Haiti earthquake relief. More than 300 churches and schools across the country have done Operation Starfish projects. Church of the Nativity has done Operation Starfish each year since 1998. Nativity parishioners have given over $2.2 million to Food For The Poor through Operation Starfish.

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Church of the Nativity has set up an Operation Starfish Earthquake Relief Fund. Donations will be directed to Food For The Poor for immediate relief needs: drinking water, food, medical supplies and temporary shelter. Checks payable to Operation Starfish can be sent to Church of the Nativity, 6400 Nativity Lane, Burke,...

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Haiti Earthquake Hotel MontanaOUR BROTHER WEBSITE: "FEED HAITI" http://www.facebook.com/grouphome.php#/group.php?gid=248236103778 This site hopes to share information about where you can donate. Let's start the relief!Non-Profit:3,597 fans

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Lynn Selby - CNN iReportwww.ireport.comLynn Selby lives in the Martissant neighborhood and is doing research for her dissertation at University of Texas. She is fluent in Hatian Creole and is trained medically, so may be helping with the recovery ...

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For Northern Virginia group aiding Haiti, an urgent new need - washingtonpost.comwww.washingtonpost.comEleven years ago, the Rev. Richard Martin went to Haiti and couldn't forget the poverty he saw there, the stench of the slums. He watched a woman making the day's only meal for her children, cooking soup over charcoal with water and little disposable packets of ketchup. One little boy didn't

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Arlington Catholic Herald - Parishes mobilize to help quake victims - catholicherald.comwww.catholicherald.comWith hundreds of thousands believed dead following Tuesday night’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake just south of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, diocesan parishes have been scrambling to respond to the crisis.

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