Kick Off Party Unveils Exciting April Event

Our event committee -- Whitney Allen, Andrea Price and Christy Belz -- with Noel Cunningham of Strings restaurant who generously donated the space, drinks and food for our kick off party.

We have officially started our "launch" towards our big event in April! Thank you to those who were able to attend last week's Kick-Off Cocktail at Stings - it was truly fun and inspirational for everyone there.

We are ready for "next steps" and your help is critical in spreading the word to as many potential friends and "neighbors" as you can.

1) As a way to help you fill your tables, we will be forwarding you a Save-The-Date email in the next few days. We ask you to add a personal note to the email and forward to as many people as possible - those who may be interested in attending, supporting, or sponsoring our event on April 20th. The email will have all the information you need about World Neighbors, the event, how to register, etc.

2) Just after this email goes out, we will need the quantity of hardcopy invitations you estimate you will send out to your list of friends and colleagues in March. We will need this number by Feb 5th. You can email me your estimates anytime before then.

3) Please mark your calendars for March 16th. We will host another party so we can get together, get inspired, and get our invitations addressed. If you prefer to give us your list, we are happy to have labels printed for you and we can get them sent out. Please let us know what you prefer to do. We are providing the addressing "party" as a way to let each of us manage our own lists of contacts.

If you have any questions about any of these requests, please do not hesitate to call one of us for more clarification. We will support you however we can!

Thank you so much for your enthusiasm for the work of World Neighbors.

Women Are Central to Haiti's Recovery

At the January kick off, we were all touched by the story that Chris Price shared about Roseanne, a remarkable woman in Haiti who took enormous personal risk to help her community gain access to desperately needed medical supplies.

We all now know the horrific devastation that Haiti suffered from the January 12 earthquake. As Roseanne and the millions of other Haitians come to grips with the aftermath and rebuild their nation, they know it will be a long struggle.

World Neighbors has worked in Haiti uninterrupted since 1966. Much of its work focuses on gwoupmons, village development committees that address the people's urgent needs. Women are often at the center of these groups and among the most dynamic gwoupmon leaders.

These groups will be an important to the ongoing recovery. You can learn more here about World Neighbors response to the Haiti earthquake

Meet Our Guest Speaker, Dr. Susan Chambers

Dr. Susan Chambers, a former World Neighbors trustee and founding member of WOW! (Work of Women) will be the guest speaker at the April 20, 2010, International Celebration of Women Luncheon in Denver. In this interview she shares how she has been touched by women she has met in Ecuador, Mali, Nepal and other countries she has visited with World Neighbors.

In August of 2009, she traveled to see World Neighbors programs in Kenya and Tanzania. You can learn more about her Journey by following her blog here.