Hearts for Haiti

Our PK-12 Lipscomb Family will be combining our efforts to respond to the need in Haiti over the next few weeks. We are collaborating in order to increase our impact. This effort will be called "Hearts for Haiti." The French Club at DLHS has taken the lead in the project, with each of the three schools responding in different age-appropriate ways. From Feb. 1st until Feb. 11th, we will be taking collections to be donated to Healing Hands International for Haiti Relief.

Here at the elementary school, our students will bring in coins (we would also take bills) to add to the collection jar in each classroom. A small paper heart will be hung in the hallway to represent each quarter given in the classroom. We are hoping to connect each grade level’s hearts to form a long chain in several sections of the building. We will be totaling our donations through Feb. 11th and adding them to the middle and high school’s donations.

If you want to send a check instead of cash, you need to make it payable to Healing Hands International with “Haiti Relief” written on the “for” line. As announced last week, until March 1st, donations can be made to Haiti Relief and reported as charitable donations in 2009 or 2010.

Thank you in advance for the money you will send. Whatever the amount, we know God can achieve big results with any gift. It is through this kind of service that young children learn to be responsible adults who truly treat others as they would like to be treated. We hope you will talk with your child about sharing with others; here at school, we will be seeking ways to make this experience not only a service project, but also a teachable moment.

From the heart,

Sharon Farmer
Elementary Principal
David Lipscomb Campus School