Haitian Relief Fund, Inc.

    Two of fellow firefighters from Ladder 82, Aaron Gerth and Ron Evans Jr., run a non for profit organization -the Haitian Relief Fund, Inc. whose mission is

"to provide ongoing hands-on spiritual and logistical support to the citizens of Haiti"

Recently Aaron, Ronny and a few others returned to Haiti to bring financial and medical aid to the earthquake-stricken island.

    I received an update by email from Aaron today and I wanted to pass it along to our readers. Obviously, they are still in need of assistance. If you are interested in helping out, here is a link to the Haitian Relief Fund, Inc. There is also a page for the Earthquake Relief effort. This page has updates of the current trip to Haiti.  Please visit their site and have a look a their picture albums. Thanks you Aaron and Ronnie. You two are amazing and an inspiration to us all here in Indy. 
     Along with Ronnie and Aaron are other firefighters who made the trip but I'm not sure who they are. I will post their names when I find out. Feel free to share this information in the comments section If you already know. 
-MAG


Sunday, February 14, 2010 10:08 AM


    There has been many questions about The Haiti Relief Fund and our past trip.  I wanted to address a few questions.  The Haiti Relief fund is a non for profit organization that my wife and I  started in 2008, because my son's haitian father had lost two walls of their house from a hurricane. Since the earthquake  last month 100% of monetary donations have been and will continue to go to a food program for refugees of Port au Prince that are living in the St. Ard area just outside of Archaie, Haiti. Also the money from donations will be allocated  to rebuilding new homes or fixing existing homes that have damage but can be salvaged.   We have a group of haitian constructions workers that we are employing to continue these efforts since we have left.  I will receive pictures of projects completed before more money is sent for the next project. We also have a small board that has to okay building projects before moving forward. We are still collecting medical supplies such as vitamins, over the counter pain medicine, triple antibiotic ointment / anti fungal cream, eye drops, ant acids, antibiotics, and basic first aid bandages to name a few. When we have enough medical supplies to run a feasible clinic there will be another group going to Haiti.  Thank you all for your generous donations, prayer, and support.  If you know anyone at all that is interested in supporting these projects please give them my information. This is a small organization for a big group of people with a great need. All donations are tax deductible and our tax id. number is located on the website along with my address for sending checks.  The website is updated with some pictures and video so anyone interested can see where there contributions are going. Here is a link to the website.web.me.com/haitirelieffund  

Lastly I wanted to share an email I received yesterday from a friend in Haiti. Thanks again for your support.

Aaron C. Gerth

Hi my dear brothers,how are you doing? And how is everyone doing? Very well,I hope in Jesus’s name.   Well brothers,this note is to inform you a little bit more what’s going on down here for the great project and work you guys are doing in Haiti right now.Let me tell you after you guys left,many people in the community whose houses have been cracked through the Earthquake have come to me for help Request in order  to fix them for they’ve heard the news which have been spreading out already.So there my brothers and friends,I would suggest that:if you could find more Sponsorship to keep it alive?that would be great and perfect.You might not pay attention about what you guys have been done while your short time here but on the people sights,you’ve done such great things that our Haitian President I mean Preval has never even thought about so as for them,you’re worth to be their president,they also clap deeply for that and say:it’s been for years we’ve been attended Church of God at Saintard,they have never looked down to see those who are really in needs  and to see where they live so that they can be aware about what’s going on,but they don’t do it that way,so it was like Godsent when you guys came around.My Request to you is to pray hard my men for there is nothing too hard for the Lord in Gen 18v14 but only believe and it will be happen the way we want it.I pray that the Lord will bless you richly so that you can bless others in Return. Secondly:I’ll send you all the receipts and Pictures by DHL so that others can have an Idea about what we already do. Here some informations about what we bought for Venante’s mom house and so others: a)150 blocs with $5 each=$750 haitian b)50 Metal sheets,$ 50 each=$2500 c)45 poles for the Roof,$35 each=$1575 d)50 bags of Cements,$60 each=$3000 e)5 concrete iron ½,$ 70 each=$350 f)we also rent some materials for the Concrete for :$500 g)we bought 5 doors with $ 400 each=$2000 such as:3 doors for Venante’s,1 for TiJunior’s Mom and 1 for the house that we already built for the family of 8. h)we bought foods,coffee and drinks for $ 700 from Mon to Sat. i)We had 7 labors ( workers ) with $ 100 each for six (6) days from Mon to Sat=$4200 we have a big Total of:$15575 haitian which is:$ 2022,72Us with the Amount of:770%,so you gave me $8400 when we subtract it from $ 15575 then we have:$7175 haitian which is :$931.81Us that we owe . God bless you!  Sincerely, -              LUXON BELIZAIRE