LCU coordinates Valentine for Haiti
 The collection site will be Taylor Hall, which is located in the Student Apartment Complex east of the main campus (off of Route 10). The collection site will be staffed weekdays from 3 - 7 p.m. and on Saturday, February 13 from 9 a.m. until noon. This Lincoln area collection is being coordinated with Haitian Christian Outreach (HCO). LCU students will pack items that are delivered to the LCU collection site for shipping to Haiti at the end of February. High priority items include things like work gloves, bottled water, crutches, over-the-counter pain relievers and anti-itch creams, as well as baby items (cereal and powdered formula). A complete list of items being collected can be found online at haitianchristian.org. If you'd prefer to make a cash donation we encourage you to do so online at one of these trusted organizations: www.haitianchristian.org, www.nmsi.org or www.go-ministries.org. Individuals and organizations who would like to drop off their donations at LCU Taylor Hall are encouraged to sort, pack (in cardboard or plastic boxes), and label items before dropping them off at the collection site. HCO Executive Director Mac Burberry teaches in the School of Adult & Graduate Studies and is an LCU alumnus. More than a dozen LCU employees have served in Haiti over the years and students regularly serve there on short term trips. It was a natural instinct for Burberry to ask LCU to be a collection site for needed relief items. This collection effort is a way for LCU to show their love and support to the two Seminary students, cafeteria manager and five LCU alumni (and their families) who call Haiti home. To be part of the discussion on Haiti, visit our blog. If you have information to contribute to the blog you may send it to the webmaster for inclusion. |