Friday, January 28, 2011

Hope for Haiti - by Monica

For just a $2 raffle ticket, you could win a $50 gift card to Lowe’s, a half-hour massage at Terri King Salon, a pedicure at Avanti Salon, $80 in Mary Kay products, a $30 gift card to Bahama Breeze, a $25 gift card to Mesquite Creek, a platinum detail to Honda Bloomfield and one from Toyota Waterford, a $25 gift card to the Oxford boutique Pink and Charlie, a $25 gift card to the clothing store Ella, tanning from the Tan Company in Oxford, 10 car washes from Imperial Wash and a 10-person bowling party at Airway Lanes.

Bonus: all of the money sold from the tickets goes to a group of six volunteers' trip to Haiti to rebuild an orphanage over there and also to medication and food for Haitians.

The United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti has reported that only 40 percent of money raised for Haiti in 2010 has been distributed, and only 15 percent of needed temporary housing has been built.

Members of Cornerstone Community Church, 2611 Dixie Highway, Waterford Township realized that, a year after the earthquake in Haiti, the only way to guarantee their help would be received by Haitians was to travel there themselves.

For more information about how you can enter the raffle, read the original Oakland Press article

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