As you know, the island nation of Haiti recently experienced an earthquake that has affected hundreds of thousands of lives. People are homeless, hurting, hungry and thirsty. Convoy of Hope is actively engaged in bringing relief and hope to the hurting families and individuals across the nation. Your school can make a huge difference in the lives of these individuals and families who are in desperate need of food, shelter, and clean drinking water. By partnering with Convoy of Hope and participating in one of the following relief plans, your students will be directly touching and changing lives.
Relief Plan 1- Fundraising
Your school or class can raise funds that will help Convoy of Hope bring life changing supplies such as food, water, cleaning supplies, and water filters to the people in Haiti. While the donation of specific food products sounds appealing to many, Convoy of Hope has the capacity to leverage $1 into $7 worth of food and products through our corporate partnerships. Convoy of Hope has received the highest endorsement from the leading charity ranking organization (http://www.charitynavigator.org).
Here are a few fundraising ideas:
· Coin drives are a great way for classes to raise funds and are relatively easy to manage.
· Selling specially labeled bottles of water at school events. You can have students design and print the labels so people know where their donations are going.
· You can raise enough money to purchase water filters that will produce clean drinking water. You can go directly to the source to purchase these and have them shipped.
Financial contributions can be mailed directly to: Convoy of Hope, 330 South Patterson Ave, Springfield, MO 65802. You can also make a secure online donation.
Relief Plan 2- Hygiene Kits
At Convoy of Hope, we seek to restore dignity and hope to families and individuals who are facing their greatest challenges in life. We do this by providing hygiene kits that your students can assemble and ship to Convoy of Hope. An outline showing how to assemble the kits can be found here. Once you have your hygiene kits assembled, please ship them to Convoy of Hope in an appropriately sized box or container labeled “Schools For Haiti.”. A downloadable PDF with assembly and shipping guidelines for the hygiene kits is available here. If you are not interested in assembling kits you may choose to send the money needed to purchase and assemble the products at our warehouse for a cost of $5 per kit.
Please note that if you choose to make hygiene kits, it is very important that only the size of the items listed be placed into each of the gallon-sized bags. It is equally important that only the items listed for the hygiene kits be placed into the zippered bag.
If you would like to register your school or organization to participate in the Schools For Haiti Relief Project, please click on the “Register Here” link. In the comment box please let us know the name of your school or organization and which relief plan you will be participating in (Fundraising, Hygiene Kits, or both) as well as your anticipated completion date. Thank you for your partnership.
REGISTER HERE
If you would like to speak with someone from Convoy of Hope please contact our office 417.823.8998 and ask for one of the school representatives or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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Occasionally we receive more contributions for a given project than can be wisely applied to that project. When that happens, we use these funds and products to meet similar pressing needs.
