SO proud of our Folsom, LA Crew - Today they dropped off 300 new toys to David Miller in Pratt City Alabama. This Christmas, these toys will go those families affected by this year tornados. Thank you - Felicia & Alexander Stallard, Cole, Jonathan, Natalie, Justin, Ben & and Alexander's buddy- Also, thanks to Jeanne for helping wrap everything! Nice work!! ;)

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CAN-DO's Folsom, LA crew heading to Birmingham, Alabama tomorrow to deliver toys to families effected by this years tornado- Thanks Felicia Stallard and CAN-DO South East Division for making this happen!! Check out David Miller's story tonight on Weather Channel's "Epic Christmas-Alabama" Weather CH link to story ( http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/epic- ... 2011-10-25 ) - thanks! ek



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We are making AMAZING progress!! Tomorrow is a BIG day...we start drilling for water... also, we hope to finish the interior and exterior, the bathrooms, showers, security walls, elect and start painting, the kids room, kitchen, backside exterior, fan(s) installation and the garden.... and as always we will have activities for the kids throughout the day. Thank you to our friends in Sweden...we couldn't be doing this without you!! We'll keep you posted! ;)

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We are on day 3day- making some great progress! Half way through the exterior. Tomorrow we start on the interior, the well, the electrical, the garden the bathrooms and the shower- we will keep you posted!! Thank you!!



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After the January 2010 earthquake, the Bless A Child Children’s Orphanage suffered structural damage, a decrease in support and an increase in orphans.

Located 15 miles outside of Port Au Prince, Haiti, Bless A Child is home to 30+ orphans. Jean Alexandre, founder of Bless A Child, works tirelessly and does the very best he can with extremely limited resources. The kids, ages 4-14, are happy with very little and have welcomed the additional orphans placed at Bless a Child with open arms. The feeling we got during our visits were that this orphanage operates very much like a family unit and that with some help from the CAN-DO Team and our donors we will be able to make a huge impact in the day to day quality of life for these children.

Our goal is to fix the 5 x 6 hole in the roof, complete some patchwork on the building, rebuild the south wall where the rain comes through and security is an issue, finish the walls, paint, work to make the kitchen and bathroom more functional and resurface the unfinished floors. CAN-DO will also provide much needed furniture items and food to the orphanage.
In addition to the above mentioned items, CAN-DO will complete a water well to provide an ongoing source of clean water, plant a garden to provide fresh vegetables and implement programs for the kids.

The CAN-DO Team will work alongside locally hired Haitian labor including; electricians, masons, plumbers, painters and other support staff. The majority of the supplies needed to complete the project will also be purchased in Haiti.


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