Vassar Haiti Project

* Sunday, January 31st Soloman Schechter School of Westchester Sale 9 am- 6pm 555 West Hartsdale Ave., Hartsdale, NY Call 845.797.2123 if you have any questions!

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From the Vassar College Forum for Political Thought: Concerning the recent catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, we want to start the discussion by talking about our (potentially different) understandings of solidarity and perhaps about if and where we see ourselves in relation to what is happening to Haitians. The following questions might stimulate but will not […]

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Upcoming Vassar and area events: * Tuesday, January 26 Panel discussion of “Understanding Haiti,” 6pm in the Villard Room. From the Vassar College events announcement: In the wake of the major earthquake and the severe aftershock in Haiti this month, Vassar professors Brian McAdoo and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert have worked with the local area Haitian and […]

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As we attempt to cope with the devastating news from Haiti, come celebrate the beautiful, inspiring Haitian culture at our upcoming art sale at the Solomon Schechter School on Sunday, January 31st, from 9am to 6pm. The sale will feature 200 original Haitian paintings, unique gifts, silk scarves, jewelry, and iron sculpture . Solomon Schechter […]

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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!

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The Trinity Episcopal Church of Fishkill is having a Haitian Art and Handicraft sale, and it started TODAY! For informations on the art sale, go to www.trinityfishkill.org Directions to the church can be found here http://trinityfishkill.org/parish-map.html Hope to see you there!

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written by Michael Xie This year, Michelle Duong and I (Michael Xie) co-chair the Health Initiative of the Vassar Haiti Project. While almost everyone in United States these days is debating over the trillion dollar bill on health care, do you know that per capita, Haiti spends about $83 annually on health care (in U.S., the number […]

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On Thursday, November 5th, Babycakes Café graciously opened its doors to members & supporters of the Vassar Haiti Project for a stylish gala event.  The gala was a fundraising and advertising effort for the VHP’s education initiative in Chermaitre.  Richly colored Haitian art for sale already decorated the walls, as part of Babycakes’ excellent continued […]

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Saturday the 24th, Andrew and Lila invited VHP members to their home for a grand meal and night of group bonding. I along with Livia and Charlene (one of our great new freshmen ) got there a little early to start helping Lila and Kristen prepare the grand meal they had planned for us. Soon […]

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The Vassar Haiti Project and BabyCakes Café present: Gala at the ‘Cakes – a semi-formal, three course dinner to support the education initiative in Chermaitre, Haiti. November 5th at 6:30pm Tickets: $40 – for reservations call (845) 485 8411. For more information, visit our website.  Good food, good cause, great time!

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