January 2018

Welcome 2018!

January was a good start to the new year. We love to celebrate birthdays and this month we celebrated 12 of our TOHH sponsored children. Most people in Haiti do not even know when their birthday is let alone celebrate with a party. We share the value of their life with them. We remind them that God created them and that they all have a purpose. We sing and celebrate their life and you see how happy they are to feel so special. Thank you all for your donations of cake mixes, frosting, party supplies and gifts. These children are blessed!

More work on the pavilion took place this month. We finished the concrete pour for the basketball/soccer area. A big THANK YOU to Excel Church and their members for donating toward the finishing expenses to our Community Pavilion area. We now have a safe place for kids in our community to play soccer and basketball.

Team Good News returns!

Team Good News from Wilton, NH has been one of our first supports. They have made a total of 5 trips since 2015 and has built 9 houses for families in our community. We are always so happy to have them return.

Team Good News - February 2018

This trip they came to build one wooden house and one cement house. They worked so hard to complete these tasks all while loving on the people in our community with the love of Jesus Christ.

This cement home is the second cement house TOHH has built. This family was so thankful to have Team Good News help. We found this family with the foundation built and living on the foundation with tarps over for shelter. (See photo below) Now, they have a safe and secure place to call home and they are so appreciative for this home.

Thank you Team Good News for changing lives through God's love in action. 

Before photo of family living on cement foundation, using tarps and tin roof

December 2017: Ending A Successful Year

Happy New Year! As we move into 2018, we are so grateful for all that has been accomplished in 2017 thanks to your support! Here's a look at what December had in store for TOHH!

At the beginning of the month, we sent out Christmas cards to all our child sponsors! The kids worked so hard writing them, and were so excited for you to receive them! We loved seeing the photos that child sponsors sent to us of their letters, or their families opening up the letters.

Christmas and New Year's are important holidays in Haiti. People celebrate by eating "party food" that they would not eat at any other time of the year. "Party food" might include meat (such as chicken), or beet salad.

This December, we also had our largest holiday food distribution ever! A big thank you to those who sent food to their sponsored children. You provided holiday meals for this special time of year! Also, this was the first event to be held at the TOHH pavilion!

At the end of December, we welcomed the 2017 Holiday Sponsorship Team to Haiti! This team accomplished so much - from home visits to their sponsored children's homes to building tables and chairs for the pavilion to a holiday party for the sponsored kids, and even a beach trip!

We want to thank those who choose to sponsor a child during the month of December. Thank you St. Timothy's Church in Halifax for changing Fanel's life!

Also, a big congratulations to one of our kitchen staff members, Jocelyne, on her baby girl! Her name is Juventina, and she was born on December 26th. 

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TOHH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Would you like to be a part of our TOHH story? Mark your mark in Grand-Goâve, Haiti by purchasing a block(s), column(s), or section(s) through our Buy-A-Block Fundraiser!

We are currently accepting donations to help us build a community pavilion where we will host TOHH summer camp, as well as a variety of other activities such as health seminars, Bible studies, discipleship classes, and more. We are so happy about the building of this safe, fun area for our community to learn, grow, and enjoy life to the fullest!

Blocks are great gifts for graduations, birthdays, weddings, and other special occasions. With your block purchase, you may choose to write your signature of choice on your block(s)! Those who have purchased blocks thus far have written their own names, names of family members, or names of their sponsored children, remembered special days, commemorated those they love, and more.

The three levels of giving for block purchasing are listed below:
Block: $10
Column (10 blocks): $100
Section (90 blocks): $900

To be part of this fundraiser, visit our website at www.treeofhopehaiti.org/buy-a-block/ or mail a check to:

Tree of Hope Haiti
P.O. Box 344 
Athol, MA 01331

Thank you for your support!

Would you like to come on a mission trip to Haiti?

We would love to have you for one week (or more) at TOHH in Grand Goâve!

View available mission trip dates: http://treeofhopehaiti.org/volunteers/available-trip-dates/

If you'd like to join a trip, please fill out an application form here: www.treeofhopehaiti.org/volunteers/application

For more information about preparing for a trip to Haiti, visit: www.treeofhopehaiti.org/volunteers/preparing-for-a-trip/

Would you like to lead your own team to Haiti?

Are you a church or school group? TOHH accepts missionary teams of 10 - 24 people. Once you have a team forming, contact us to request dates and begin preparing your team for Haiti. To submit your request for a one- to two-week trip, please email us at info@treeofhopehaiti.org.