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Merry Christmas….Bag Packing Style
Posted on September 21, 2011
Zip, snap, shove, tape, shove more, tape tight. DONE. That’s the sound of Operation Haiti Christmas Bag Packing! Kampers right this minute are working hard to raise funds and gather goodies to pack into Christmas bags that serve as gifts for children in Haiti. Want to know how to join in on the fun? Click the Get Involved green tab at the top and sign up by October 8th to pack bags for the children of Haiti! This could be the ONLY gift they receive, so every bag counts!
If you are already packing bags, email in pictures of your progress at Haiti@kanakuk.com so we can post them up on the blog!
Happy packing!!
The Christmas Bag Sign-Up is Open
Posted on March 7, 2011
The Haiti Christmas Bag contribution sign-up is now in full swing. Registration to send bags will be open from March 1 thru October 8. We are so excited for another year to have the opportunity to serve the people of Haiti. Our goal this year is to send 10,000 bags to the kids from the 18 schools. Anyone and everyone can commit and contribute! Just seeing the joy on the faces of all the children when they receive their bag is immeasurable. Thank you for supporting Haiti and being on this journey with us as we continue our mission to educate the students and glorify God.
Christmas Bags Are Packed!
Posted on November 1, 2010
Packing Christmas bags for kids in Haiti this year is complete! Over 75 families along with friends, classmates and churches participated in bagging toiletries and treats for 6,000 kids in Haiti. We met and surpassed our goal to get 7,000 and ended up with nearly 10,000 bags!
Kampers were creative as they pulled their friends and resources together to pack bags. Meredith Waites and Abby Lee, K-West kampers, hosted a bake sale. 
Selby Perkins hosted a talent show. Blake Bringham recruited a couple of his buddies to pull off the big task, as did Ross Brown. Some got donations from local stores, while others reached out to their churches to help support their endeavor. However the method, many kampers were successful in meeting and surpassing the Christmas bag goal. Way to go everyone!
The gifts will be distributed to the school children in Haiti during Christmas.
Registration for next year’s Christmas bag project will open March 1, 2011.
A Precious Download for Haiti
Posted on March 16, 2010
Joe White’s “Disney daughter-in-law” (Brady’s wife, Jennafer) recorded this for Cross International and the wonderful work that they are doing in Haiti with Kanakuk’s kids there. Joe would like to share this with you and remind you that when you support Kanakuk Haiti you are helping put smiles on many children’s faces and providing relief in so many ways. Please enjoy this download, compliments of Jennafer. Thank you for supporting Haiti and being on this long journey with us as we help rebuild a beleaguered nation. http://www.salememail.com/SpecialOffers/CorssInternationalSong/default.aspHope Despite Tragedy
Posted on February 15, 2010
On Jan. 12 of this year, Cross International staff members were on the ground in Haiti when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, destroying most of the capital and killing and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. Immediately, we began reaching out to our ministry partners to assess the damage and to coordinate emergency relief efforts. The extent of the catastrophe was a shock to us all. Already, we have distributed millions of meals throughout Haiti and containers of medical supplies to partners working with earthquake survivors and refugees outside the capital city. We also have been working diligently to meet the needs of our ministry partners, including Calvary Baptist Church (CBC). Thanks to the generous response of friends at Kanakuk Ministries, Cross has been able to help many desperate earthquake victims.
Status Update: CBC’s SchoolsInitial reports from partners in Haiti had said that 10 of the 18 CBC schools Cross and Kanakuk Ministries support had been destroyed by the earthquake. Thankfully, we have now learned that only four have been confirmed as destroyed. We did receive some sad news that Pastor Guy, the director of CBC’s Butte Boyer School, was killed when the four-story school collapsed. He was preparing for teacher training the next day and was the only one in the building. Had the earthquake hit a little earlier, there would have been several teachers inside the building. Praise God, their lives were spared. Cross International Projects Director Michael Wilson visited Pastor Guy’s widow to offer condolences on behalf of our staff. He assured her that Cross would help the church and the school recover from their loss. Right now, we are working with CBC to assess their current and long-term needs. In the meantime, Cross funding that would normally go for student feeding at the CBC schools is being directed toward immediate earthquake relief. Though all of the CBC schools are closed for the time being, Cross will continue to pay the salaries of the teachers. Many have lost everything in the earthquake and need our help more than ever. It will be several months before schools in Port-au-Prince and the surrounding areas reopen. However, the Haitian government announced Monday that some schools in Haiti’s outlying provinces, which were not as affected by the quake, have reopened. More are expected to open this week.
Urgent Update!!
Posted on January 19, 2010
Tuesday, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake devastated the Port-au-Prince area where most of the schools and orphanages are located. One of our project officers in Haiti just contacted our home office and said, “It looks like Dante’s Inferno. There are dead bodies everywhere. It’s hell on earth.”
Our schools and orphanages are in shambles. The kids were living on the edge of a cliff. Now, the cliff has crumbled. Our many pastors, teachers, and health care providers are working directly with the kids and families in Haiti’s most impoverished sectors. We believe the key to efficient and effective assistance in Haiti is to get the resources directly to those Haitians we have a relationship with, who are longtime trusted friends, and who work with the poorest of the poor.
If you would like to help, our short term focus will be food, water and medical supplies. Long term, we will need to rebuild the schools, orphanages and housing for the kids and their families. We have partners on the ground ready to distribute food and get to work rebuilding. Any contribution will be put to use with great efficiency. - Joe White
Dear Friends
Posted on January 1, 2010
Imagine a place where thousands of children are dying each day, where voodoo has become the major religion, where mothers and fathers are unable to provide for their families and the daily amenities of food, running water, toilets and medicine are almost nonexistent. Imagine no more, that is Haiti. If we want these children to survive, we must educate them. We must give them the ability to break free from the chains of abject poverty and have a say in the future of their country.
I cannot tell you how much pain I feel for these children. They are not only starving for food, but starving for Christ. Christ spoke of that when He said in Matthew 25:40, "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me." I can promise you that what we are doing in Haiti is making a difference. But there is much more that can be done. Join with me as we reach out to these kids and show them the love of Christ!
Joe White, President Kanakuk Kamps