Haiti: Deaf & Blind Children Need Your Help
Dear Friends and Sponsors,
Thank you for your kind thoughts and prayers on behalf of the people of Haiti.
We are the Friends of Montfort, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) organization. We are a support group for the school, Institut Montfort in Haiti, which is run by the Daughters of Wisdom. Institut Montfort has over six hundred deaf and deaf/blind children in three locations in Haiti, the majority are in Port Au Prince. We have begun our work to provide relief for the deaf and deaf/blind children of Institut Montfort who are in need because of the earthquake.
We have learned that although the school in Port Au Prince has collapsed, the children who board there got out and are OK. We do not know what the situation is with those children who went home before the earthquake struck. The children and the faculty are sleeping in the yard. As you can imagine, they have a myriad of needs. The best way we get help to them at this time is by sending cash. If you would send any checks that you can to: Friends of Montfort, Inc., PO Box 314, Merrick, New York 11566-0314. You can be assured that every cent will go to the school to help the children. Checks should be made to Friends of Montfort, Inc. This included tax deductible. Since we have no significant overhead, virtually all of the donations we receive go directly to support the children. If you have any question, you can reach at Florence Marc-Charles at (718) 776-7034 or email at fmcfifteen@aol.com
We thank you for any assistance that you can give. We would appreciate it if you would forward this message to your friends.
May God bless you and the people of Haiti plenty,
Kathleen Collins,
President, Friends of Montfort, Inc.
