Posted in Events on Sep 13th, 2012 No Comments »
There have been a few campus social events on VHP’s calendar to kick off the semester, and it’s been really nice meeting new and familiar faces alike! Seeing everyone bringing fresh energy and interest in Chermaitre to the table was certainly heartwarming :-) Last week we had a successful ice cream social: And tonight’s “speed […]
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Posted in Events on Jul 28th, 2012 2 Comments »
Li Zhang ’13, one of our newest additions to the Vassar Haiti Project family, reflects on her experience at the Sag Harbor sale last weekend. Photos are forthcoming! My name is Li. I’m a rising senior at Vassar and I joined VHP only a week ago! Last weekend, I attended my first event—the art sale […]
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Posted in Events on May 5th, 2012 1 Comment »
Dip Patel ’14 is a highly dedicated member of Vassar Haiti Project and has taken on many initiatives during our largest sales. For the Cos Cob sale in Greenwich on April 25, the last Wednesday, he was a leading organizer. Here, he recounts his experience with the entire event. The sale at the Cos Cob School […]
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Two week has passed since our Annual Artsale, but many of our volunteers are still looking back on it as they review their time with VHP. Here are some of their thoughts on the sale, from two of our dedicated volunteers. Alex Ciucu ’12 (student in the middle of the picture below) is currently the […]
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Posted in Events on Apr 7th, 2012 No Comments »
Below, VHP co-founders Lila and Andrew Meade recap our 11th annual art sale and auction: The Parent’s weekend sale was a fantastic event from EVERY perspective that one can possibly think: we would like to say THANK YOU to every participant who made this an unforgettable sale. At times there were up to 20 volunteers […]
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Posted in Events on Feb 21st, 2012 No Comments »
Delicious home-cooked food, fine entertainment, and environmental friendliness: you can have it all in a single evening at The Dinner Party this Thursday. Charlotte Ong ’14, co-VP for Programming, gives you the scoop. VHP’s very first on-campus event of the year will be taking place on Thursday, 23rd Feb, 6pm – 8pm at the Villard […]
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Sahara Pradhan ’15, one of our most active volunteers, talks about her experience at the sale. The Sacred Heart Sale was one of the most exciting sales that I’ve been a part of. We saw a great flurry of people and energy as students, parents and members of the community joined us to admire and buy […]
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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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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 […]
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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, […]
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