Posted in Events, Photos, Voices from VHP on Apr 16th, 2013 No Comments »
Freshman James Landreth ’16 reflects on his first experience at the Haitian Art Auction and Sale this past weekend – the most important date on VHP’s annual calendar! Needless to say, thanks to all of you, the sale was once again a resounding success chock full of memorable and exciting moments. Is it 2014 yet? [...]
Posted in Events, Photos, Voices from VHP on Nov 24th, 2012 2 Comments »
VP for Outreach Cindy Fung ’14 shares her take on the event and seeing it to fruition:
For an event that required three months of preparation, thirty student volunteers, and too many excel spreadsheets, the Art and Soul Reception was worth every sleepless night. The reception, first of its kind in the history of VHP, turned [...]
Posted in Events, Photos, Voices from VHP on Jan 30th, 2012 No Comments »
Our Outreach Committee VP and sale organizer Lauren Maclean ’12 had a lot on her plate for this sale. Not only did she organize volunteers and oversee room set up, but she also had to quickly switch the date of the sale because of an unexpected snow storm. Here’s how she handled it all.
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Posted in Events, Photos, Voices from VHP on Jan 30th, 2012 No Comments »
Robyn Yzelman ’15, one of VHP’s photographers, shares her experience of the sale and some of her pictures.
Last weekend, Jan 20-22, VHP held yet another successful sale – this time in collaboration with CSH (Convent of the Sacred Hearts) in Greenwich, Connecticut. Hearts for Haiti was an event many months in the making, and it [...]
Posted in About, Events, Initiatives, Photos on Jan 14th, 2012 1 Comment »
The year we now leave behind was one full of accomplishments both for VHP and Haiti. In Chermaitre, our students scored second place in regional testing, our medical partners successfully held multiple clinics, and community members planted over 5,000 trees throughout the village! As for VHP, our committees and initiatives kept busy, hosting sales, organizing [...]
Posted in Events, Photos on Nov 4th, 2011 No Comments »
Vassar Haiti Project collaborated with the Office of Health Education to hold the Halloween Fun Run! This is a continuation of last year’s Reforestation run that we held in November. We are hoping to continue this work and hold annual Fundraising Runs in the future.
Many students from Vassar Haiti Project volunteered at the event and [...]
Posted in Events, Other, Photos on Dec 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
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The VHP spent the second saturday of the month (December 11th) in Beacon, NY participating in Beacon’s Second Saturday event for the very first time. We displayed and sold paintings, handicrafts, and newly minted Roots for Haiti reforestation gift certificates. With the outstanding work of our volunteers and the generous support [...]
Posted in Events, Other, Photos on Nov 2nd, 2010 No Comments »
Created with flickr slideshow from softsea.
Last week, the VHP was delighted to bring a slice of Haitian culture to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) Annual Meeting in at the Hilton hotel in New York City. From Tuesday, October 26th through Friday, October 29th, trusty VHP volunteers commuted from Poughkeepsie to Manhattan [...]
Posted in Events, Photos on Nov 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Hello, all! We have recently learned how to add slideshows onto the blog, so we have a little catching up to do. Here are the pictures from the fantastic Gala at the ‘Cakes, which happened on November 5, 2009. Keep an eye out for photos from our upcoming events!
Posted in Photos on Sep 28th, 2009 No Comments »
The table looked great, and it sure seemed like all the VHP members were having fun!
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