FYI: If you can attend, please do.
LACONIA, NH—The people of Haiti are dying for a lot of reasons. The earthquake in January and Hurricane Tomas in November has dealt an already struggling country a severe blow. Now, Cholera threatens and more people are dying simply because they have no soap and water to wash their hands.
There are many reasons to be discouraged by world events and believe that you can do nothing to help. But, as fellow humans, how can we accept the fact that people, anywhere, are dying simply because they can not wash their hands?
This event has pushed me over the edge and I need to do something about it. I need your help.
I am announcing a new challenge to the Lakes Region: Wash Their Hands, Save Their Lives.
It's pretty simple. I am asking for help in collecting soap on Saturday, November 20, purchased by our fellow residents, to send to Haiti.
There is an organizational meeting tonight, Thursday, November 18, at 6 pm in the Busiel Mill's Community Room, located at One Mill Plaza (adjacent to City Hall) in downtown Laconia. One Mill Plaza is the middle brick structure between the Belknap Mill and Laconia City Hall.
I am asking each of you to send a representative of your business, civic organization, church group, school and youth club to this meeting and be prepared to donate your time on Saturday, November 20 to the cause.
I firmly believe that we can pull together to send collection crews to every Hannafords, Shaw's and Market Basket in the Lakes Region to collect soap.
We need local businesses to provide trucking; a warehouse for storage and help and materials to palletize and shrink wrap the soap.
Leave all the reasons why this can't work behind and bring the one reason why it will work, you!
Let's fill a cargo plane!
Thank you. Kevin Sperl, Gilford. Feel free to contact me via email:
kjsperl@lakesregionspirit.com.