Dear fellow Hanoverians:
By now you have surely heard the terrible news about the earthquake in Haiti
and the devastation it has caused. Long-time ATOTW readers will also
remember the previous efforts of Jou Nouvo founder and Hanover resident
Kerline Tofuri to help residents of Bon-Repos, Haiti. For more information
about Jou Nouvo, please go to http://www.pidonline.org/Jou_Nouvo_Branch.html
.
I was so thankful to learn that Kerline’s family is safe and well, but as
she writes, she is "very anxious to hear from friends and co-workers in the
Partners in Development/Jou Nouvo projects". Kerline "was scheduled to fly
out this morning; now I am planning to go down with Partners In
Development’s medical team and a group of Haitian organizers in Somerville
on a rescue mission in the days to come".
Kerline’s further words say it best:
"Please help spread the word to the Hanover community. For the relief
efforts, I am asking for donations of gauze, bandages, antibiotics, and pain
relief medications. People who would like to donate can (e-mail me at
kerline@pidonline.org), call me (at 781-826-9164) or drop off medical
supplies at my house (168 Grove Street, Hanover). Partners In Development
has also set up an emergency relief fund for the earthquake victims in
Haiti. Donations can be made by on our website www.pidonline.org
or they can send a check payable to PID/Jou
Nouvo, PO Box 9, Ipswich, MA 01938."
Around Town on the Web readers know how to step up to the plate. Let’s do
so again for a country that needs help.via one of our very own, the
inimitable Kerline Tofuri.
For "Around Town on the Web",
Cathy H-B
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