Fete for Haiti 2023
St. William Catholic Church 2300 Frederica Road, Saint Simons Island, Georgia 31522
The Fête for Haiti dinner, catered by Del Sur Artisan Eats, will be held in St. William parish hall from 6:00-9:00 p.m. on October 21.
This year, the focus of this year's event benefiting Helping Hugs for Haiti is on introducing a new five-year program to a rural community in St. William's twin parish of St. Joseph Church in Côte-de-fer whereby farmers earn credits to exchange for crops seeds, tools, and farming education through growing, transplanting, and taking care of trees. The Tree Currency Program, aimed at reversing the damaging effects of deforestation, was developed in 2010 by the Smallholder Farmers Alliance in Haiti, and has proven to help farmers increase their crop yields an average of 40% and household incomes by 50-100%. Over 4,000 seed bags have been filled to launch the program. Accordingly, the theme of this October’s annual Fête for Haiti dinner fundraiser with live and silent auctions is “Growing a Brighter Future.” Guest speaker Sue Carlson M.D. will be sharing Tree Currency success stories and hopefully stimulate interest in this new five-year program. Carlson is the President of a twin parish in northern Virginia and the Executive Director of the Raising Haiti Foundation.
Tickets are $65 each and can be purchased online at helpinghugsinc.org. You can also promote your business by becoming a sponsor of the event with a monetary donation (please mail to Helping Hugs Inc., P.O. Box 24477, St. Simons Island, GA 31522) or by donating a new item or experience for the three auctions planner. There will be an online action October 13-22, as well as silent and live auctions at the Fête for Haiti event. Please contact marylynch45@gmail.com to donate auction items. All business donors will be promoted in the printed literature for the event. Shopping the online auction on the Helping Hugs website October 13-22 is another great way to show your support!
