2012	2013
February 9-18 (FILLED) Roger Richards and Jim Green	January 3-12 Patty Kauffman and Donna Hamill
February 16-25 (FILLED) Barb Gay and Nancy Brooks	Feb. 21 - March 2 Barb Gay and Nancy Brooks
March 8-17 (FILLED) Jodi Crimmel and Jeanne McCloe	March 7-16 Jodi Crimmel
April 5-14 (FILLED) Roger Richards and Steve Crowle	April 4-13 Roger Richards
May 3-12 Duane Powell and Jim Kells	October 17-26 (Leaders TBA)
June 7-16 Ronda Macedonio and Holly Stanton	November 7-16 Jeff Hale and Diane Alexander
October 18-27 (Leaders TBA)
November 8-17 Jeff Hale and Diane Alexander

If you are interested in applying to be a Volunteer in Mission for one of these trips,

please go first to our Volunteer Information page,

and then to our Application Packets page to download an application.

Also, please remember that all NEW volunteers MUST attend a mandatory training session before their scheduled trip.

Go to our VIM Training page for more information about these training sessions.

NOTE: The cost of a trip in 2011 is $1,200. The cost for a trip in 2012 is $1,300.

We are very grateful to Barry and Diana Watkins for sponsoring a new FIRST TIMERS' SCHOLARSHIP for Volunteers in Mission going to Haiti. Through their generosity, many first time volunteers will receive help with their travel expense cost. Since 100% of all donations to the Haiti Partnership go directly to helping our brothers and sisters in Haiti, all volunteers are responsible for their own travel costs. We cannot thank Barry and Diana enough for their involvement and this generous continuing gift.

HELP WANTED!

The Haiti Partnership needs van drivers to shuttle our mission teams to and from the airport in New York City.

If you are interested, please send an email to Holly Stanton (stanton1989 [at] yahoo [dot] com).

PLEASE NOTE: Regardless of what you may read elsewhere, all checks should be made

payable to "Upper New York Conference" (and please spell out "New York").

PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS SERVING IN HAITI

Two members of the Haiti Partnership have recently served in extended mission projects

in Haiti to help with post-earthquake relief.

Rev. Mike Willis, senior pastor of Vestal United Methodist Church, served for almost 7 months

as the Haiti Volunteer Management Coordinator based in Port au Prince.

CLICK HERE to read Mike's messages about his mission experience. NEW UPDATE: October 9, 2010

Dr. Tom Holmes of Norwich, NY recently served on a medical mission in Port au Prince.

CLICK HERE to read Tom's messages about his experience.

DONATE TO THE HAITI PARTNERSHIP

We are now an Advance Special of both the Upper New York and Susquehanna Conferences of the United Methodist Church!

You may make a monetary donation to either conference.

Upper New York Conference	Susquehanna Conference
Check payable to: Upper New York Conference	Check payable to: Susquehanna Conference
In memo line: Advance Special #3148	In memo line: Advance Special #63502
Mail to: Sherri L. Mackey, Treasurer Upper New York Conference of the United Methodist Church 8422 North Main St. P.O. Box 1515 Cicero, NY 13039	Mail to: Finance Office Susquehanna Conference, UMC 303 Mulberry Drive P.O. Box 2053 Mechanicsburg, PA 17055-2053

REMEMBER: 100% of all monetary donations goes directly to help the people of Haiti. The Ministry Shares paid by our local United Methodist Churches cover all administrative and overhead expenses!

PERSONAL HYGIENE KITS

The earthquake has created a great need for personal hygiene kits. For more information, click here.

PLEASE NOTE: you no longer need to include toothpaste in the Hygiene Kits.

Welcome to the Haiti Partnership!

Since 1995, the Haiti Partnership of the Wyoming Annual Conference has been sending volunteer mission teams to Haiti to build schools and churches, to provide humanitarian aid, and to do God's work along side the Haitian people. So much has been accomplished and so many lives have been changed. But there's still so much left to do.

Men, women, and youth age 17 and older are invited to join the Haiti Partnership as a mission team member. This year, we are sending six teams and over 65 Volunteers in Mission, many of whom are traveling to Haiti for the first time. Each volunteer raised $1,200 to $1,300 for their expenses, and the Helping Haiti Heal Offering taken by local churches helped to pay for project costs and other ministries.

For more information about becoming a Volunteer in Mission (VIM) volunteer, click on the links at left, or email Roger Richards at rrichards52@gmail.com.

Local churches are invited to participate in the Haiti Partnership by providing financial assistance or by making school bags. Check out the links for more information.

Is God calling you to serve the people of Haiti?

UPCOMING TRIPS

February 9-18, 2012 (FILLED)

February 16-25, 2012 (FILLED)

March 8-17, 2012 (FILLED)

April 5-14, 2012 (FILLED)

May 3-12, 2012

June 7-16, 2012

October 18-27, 2012

November 8-17, 2012

If you are interested in serving on a team in the future,

click on the links under "Becoming a Volunteer" on the left side of this page.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE HAITI PARTNERSHIP

Haiti has long been known as the poorest county in the Western Hemisphere. They have a very sad history of exploitation by outsiders and by fellow Haitians. But being so close to the United States, Haiti has also been a very popular site for Christians who want to be Volunteers in Mission (VIM). In any given year, as many as 100 United Methodist teams from across the country travel to Haiti.

Those who have traveled on any of these trips have been inspired by the Haitian people who work out of hope and faith rather than out of despair in the midst of their severe poverty.

Great things have been accomplished in recent years in our current project. Many lives have been touched. There are more than 140 students active in a school where there was just a field of scrub brush in 2004. Our mission is alive and growing! We pray that God will continue to use us as vessels for extending God's love to those in great need.

You are encouraged to pray for the people of Haiti and our mission with them.

Looking for the West Tennessee Haiti Partnership? Click here: www.haiti-partnership.org