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The necklaces will be given for a minimum $25 dollar donation. It’s a great gift and every bit of the money you give goes toward bringing beauty from the ashes! People will also ask about your necklace because it is so unique and that gives us all the chance to keep Haiti active in conversations among your communities.
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Shortly after returning from a trip to Haiti in mid-2010, Kelly brought me a piece of rubble. It was from the destroyed neighborhood where Lovencia (who Kelly is adopting) used to live. I took this piece of rubble and turned it into a sun-catcher and gave it to Kelly as a gift.
Kelly being Kelly, wore the sun-catcher around her neck. Next thing you know people were constantly asking her, “What is that?”. As she explained to people where the necklace came from, conversations about Haiti grew within her circle of friends and among strangers...
THE STORY - Beauty From Ashes
Filder Jean Hilaire
Glorieuse Richarde
Marian Heintz
RUBBLE-WEAR STAFF
HOW THE OAK LANDED IN HAITI
The People of Maison Orphanage
by MARIAN HEINTZ