A group of ten individuals from the Outer Banks will be traveling to Jacmel, Haiti in April. The team will working on the building site of the Haitian Children’s Home. Presently the HCH is home to more than twenty orphaned or abandoned children. When complete the site there will be eight homes with twenty children each. There are also plans for three schools, a church, a clinic, a community center and a water plant.
Gwenn Goodale Mangine, formerly of Manteo and who is the daughter of Stephen and Denise Goodale of Manteo and sister to Gretchen Bender of Manteo will be moving to Haiti in May. Gwenn along with her husband Nick will raise their three young children in Jacmel where they will be house parent in one of the HCH houses.
The Outer Banks mission team in seeking funding for their trip is asking the Outer Banks community to come up with creative ways of giving. “What’s in your Hand? What’s in your wallet? What’s in your heart? “ If you have any questions or would like to make a donation you can call Denise Goodale at 252-305-4031. Donations are tax deductable and can be made out to Haitian Children’s Home/Outer Banks team and sent @PO Box 474, Manteo, NC 27954.
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