St.Matthew Church has opened its heart to the people of Haiti. We ask that you do the same. Help is needed. Here's how...walk and raise money to send relief to the people of Haiti.
The Walk for Haiti will take place on April 23rd, 2006 after 11:00AM Mass beginning on the athletic field at St. Matthew Church located at 535 Sneed Road West, Franklin, TN. Registration for walkers will be at 12:00PM. Following the walk we will be hosting a cook-out featuring a live entertainment. This will be a fun filled atmosphere for all as we come together to assist a community in need of our financial and spiritual support.
1st Annual Walk for Haiti
Interested in participating? You can register online and get sponsors as a Family or as an Individual
As a Family registrant, your entire family will be able to participate for only $40. Only 1 adult size t-shirt will be included with Family registration but you can always purchase additional t-shirts including youth sizes the day of the event.
One adult size t-shirt per participant is included with Individual registration and the cost is only $20.
If you are not able to walk at this time but would like to support the people of Haiti through our mission, please Click Here to make a secure online donation.
Haiti is a poor and struggling nation in need of help. Many suffer from starvation as their crops have been devastated and their water supply contaminated. All of which leads to communities filled with a host of medical problems.
St. Matthew Church has adopted a four parish community in Gobert, Haiti. Father Rexilien Pierre serves this community of more than 25,000 people including his rectory in the mountains of northern Haiti. Since 1995, the church of St. Matthew has been sending monthly collections to support this community. In February of 2004 St. Matthew organized its first medical mission to Gobert to treat the most acute problems. More than 2,000 people were seen by the medical team treating a myriad of health issues including a variety of infections, burns, parasites, malnutrition, wounds and daily aches and pains.
St. Matthew has recently completed a medical mission in March, 2006 and is planning a service mission in Novemeber2006. The goal of these trips is to provide medicines, food, vitamins and a system for water purification and simply to show these poor people some compassion.
With the needs being so great one must wonder how they can help:
Please make this simple gesture a part of your commitment to those in need.
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