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Needlepointers are Generous People

January 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

I’ve been following the devastation that’s going on in Haiti.  It is simply heartbreaking.

Jacob lost a tooth this week.  The Tooth Fairy gave him two dollars for it.  (Isn’t inflation awful, I think I got a quarter for a tooth when I was a kid.)

This morning as Jacob left for school, he gave us one of his precious dollars and told us to give it to the poor people who were hurt by the earthquake and who need our help.  It was a make your heart hurt moment on so many different levels.

This really is a needlework related post.

Many designers have their needlepoint canvases painted off-shore, specifically in Haiti.  So that canvas you are currently working on?  Could have come from Haiti.

They are going to require millions of dollars to recover.

David and I are going to send a check.  And we’ll add an extra dollar to it for Jacob’s contribution.

If you are interested in donating, there are lots of organizations who could use help.  These are just a few:

Doctor’s Without Borders

Compassion

The American Red Cross

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  • 1 Judy Harper // Jan 17, 2010 at 10:33 am

    There are also stitching and finishing services down there – so things sent off to be stitched may not return. This is what happened before about ten years or so ago. I do feel so awful for those people – I’ll stop whining for a few days about my own living circumstances, and be more grateful.

  • 2 LadyDoc // Jan 23, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    Thanks for the post- I need to do one to remind people as well. I sent my donation to Doctors Without Borders last week- they are so necessary to what is going on down there.

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