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As most of you have started to realize at our farewell party, our lovely seniors are graduating and leaving Vassar Haiti Project for now. They have all been such a treasure for Vassar Haiti Project, and nothing would have gotten into place if it weren’t for their guidance. Many of them have spoken their thoughts […]

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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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VHP co-presidents Fiona Koch ’12 and Caitlyn Anderson ’12 take a look at how VHP has expanded and improved over the past three and a half years.  We’re only four weeks into Spring Semester, and the Vassar Haiti Project has already accomplished an unprecedented number of wonderful fundraisers and events: from the fabulously successful Sacred […]

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For VHP volunteers going to Haiti this spring, fundraising will be essential in the weeks leading up to the trip. Cindy Fung ’14 explains some of the group’s plans for the coming month. In exactly one month, we will be in Haiti. Even though we’ve already had two info sessions, the fact that we are […]

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Tamsin Chen ’15 is a member of the group of VHP volunteers heading to Haiti in March. Below she reflects on her upcoming journey. Senior VHP members have been telling me to get ready for a life-changing experience, to mentally dip my toes in the water before plunging into a world so far removed from […]

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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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Laura Livingston ’12, head of our Merchandise Committee reflects on the connections between art, hope and spirit of creation in Haiti, and where VHP fits in the picture. As members of VHP, we become accustomed to working with and getting to know to a variety of Haitian paintings and handicrafts. This artwork gives us a […]

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Manning Wu ’14, head of our Reforestation Initiative and member of this year’s Outreach Committee reflects on upcoming art sale in Greenwich, CT, expected to be one of our largest sales of the school year. This week, the Vassar Haiti Project had it’s second meeting with the Haitian art sale committee of the Convent of […]

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