“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

nothing is going to get better. It's not.” ~Dr. Seuss

 Haiti is a
small country
on the island
of Hispanola.
Haiti is very
close to
Florida.
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Just like you do!
But most people
who live in Haiti
are very poor.

Haiti is the 3rd

hungriest
country in the
world
JUST TO GET CLEAN WATER
 Most families in
Fond des Blancs, Haiti
live together
in small huts
With no electricity

v e to
s t o
or a on
co ok

or an indoor bathroom

or a place to sit
and sometimes not even a bed to sleep on
In Haiti, families have to pay money to send
their children to school

Most
children in
Fond Des Blancs
cannot afford to
go to school.
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ab el?
Is Jack
Peyton Andrea? ?
Ma rissa? ?
Raul? Nathan?
Daniel?
Claudia? c y? Abby?
Lu
Jonil?
Oscar? Livia? Mariela Mia?
?
Cesar? Colin?
 $ 10 will pay for one soccer ball for the
children of Fond des Blancs

 $50 will pay for one child to go to

school for one year
 this includes:
 a uniform
 notebooks
 pencils
 one meal every day (which is
usually the only meal they eat for
the day)
 It is not only important
to give money.
It is even more important
to give of ourselves.
 For your donation, I will:
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$ Mr. Crimi’s 2nd Grade Class… Making friendships in Fond des Blancs,
Haiti

1. Ask an adult you trust if you can do a special chore or

job for them
2. Write the job on an envelope
3. Ask them to write a $ amount they will donate if you do the job
well
4. Do the chore WITH YOUR BEST EFFORT!
5. Collect the money and put it in the envelope
6. Bring the envelope into school and watch our fund grow!
Some suggestions……..
Make another family member’s
bed (mom, dad, brother, sister)
Clean you brother or sister’s room Write a thank you to someone
Read a book to an older or
younger person
Give up video games or TV for a
day
Set the table or do the dishes
without being told.
Take out the garbage
Help with dinner
Make your brother or sister’s
bed
who deserves it.
Bring in a neighbor’s trash
cans
Collect cans for recycle
Make a poem or a picture for
an older person
Bring in the groceries
Make mom or dad breakfast in
bed
Will you work hard?