While the devastation of the Coronavirus rightfully occupies most of our headlines these days, we sometimes wonder if there is any good news. This is not the first time in our history that a little good news would be appreciated. If those lines, “a little good news” seem like they should be in a song, you are correct. In fact, they are already in a song released by Anne Murray in 1983 titled, “A Little Good News.” It is worth the time to google it!
Here is a little good news from Helping Hands for Haiti. After almost a year of limited shipments of Kids Against Hunger/Mercy Meals being shipped to Haiti, our partner, Orphan Grain Train from Norfolk, Nebraska, was finally able to ship two containers to Haiti. Fritz was able to pick up rice meals from both shipments (100 boxes = 21,600 meals). While school is not in session in Haiti due to the Coronavirus, we have plenty of opportunity to get rice meals into the hands of needy families. Helping Hands for Haiti is once again on a more regular schedule to receive meals with a third container currently in port and more rice meals expected…another 478 boxes equaling 100,000 meals!
Unfortunately, social distancing has kept another Helping Hands for Haiti partner, Steve & Carmen Mach with Mercy Meals in Yankton, South Dakota, from conducting meal packs. Steve & Carmen have volunteered for many years to organize and lead meal packs at the Calvary Baptist Church location in Yankton. Many of the meals packed in Yankton end up in Haiti for distribution by Helping Hands for Haiti. You can find Mercy Meals at: mercymealsyankton.org . Please check out the work that Steve and Carmen are involved with and when conditions get back to normal, have your group look into doing a pack.
That’s all for now…but stay tuned….we expect to have “a little good news” in the near future!
