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A Dream Has Come True........
On October 20, 2010, we celebrated the Grand Opening of our orphanage. It was indeed a dream come true. Over 300 people came out to help celebrate. In addition to the people of Hinche, led by the Andre Renard, the mayor of Hinche, we had members of our Board and Advisory Board and other guests from the United States. Our program opened with a march down the main roadway with the people (led by the choirs of the Morique Baptist Church) singing the official song of COHH – Marcher Dans La Lumière (Walk In The Light). The people we welcomed by James L. Lipscomb, Executive Director and Pastor Geffrard Wisny opened with a prayer of thanksgiving. Dustin and Jenna Wadley (our Director of Field Operations and Administration and Staff Coordinator) then raised the COHH flag.
Our Beginning.......
Pastor St. Juste, Chairman of the COHH Board, reviewed our long journey and thanked the people of Hinche and all those involved in helping COHH to bringing the dream to a reality. It was indeed an emotional moment felt throughout the crowd of well wishers. He reminded the people that we were at the beginning, not the end of a journey and that we carry a burden to bring the orphanage to life. Mayor Renard expressed his deep appreciation to Pastor St. Juste and COHH for building the facility in Hinche. He emphasized the great need for better education of the children of Hinche. He expressed his appreciation for the help received from the international community and the many volunteers involved in the project. The ceremony concluded with the ribbon cutting – marking the official open and a new beginning.
Fifth Annual Gala - 2010 Hope Awards
November, 2010 (New York). At its Fifth Annual Gala at The Ballroom at The Prince George Hotel in New York City, COHH presented its Hope Award to Dustin and Jenna Wadley. Gaston Michel and Pastor Wisney Geffrard were also recognized at the Gala as 2010 recipients of the COHH Hope Award. Those awards were made in Hinche, Haiti at the Grand Opening of the Orphanage on October 20, 2010. The Gala was held for the fifth year to raise funds for developing and operating an orphanage in Hinche, Haiti. The Hope Award, introduced at the Inaugural Gala, was given to the honorees in recognition of their contributions to the development of the orphanage leading to its opening in October, 2010.
The evening was a festive occasion featuring Haitian jazz music. The highlights of the evening were the performances by the Youth Choir of the French-Speaking Baptist Church of Stamford and the world-wide webcast of the program featuring a short film on life in Hinche, Haiti by Robin Fryday, a volunteer from Novato, California and a video presentation of the Grand Opening of the Orphanage in Hinche, Haiti on October 20, 2010. The video was prepared by Will Frager, a volunteer from Topeka, Kansas. James Lipscomb, COHH Executive Director, concluded the evening with a gift of a gold key to the audience and reminder to them and the webcast audience that they hold the key to the future of the children to be served at Center of Hope (Haiti). The complete webcast can be seen at http://mediasite.yorkcast.com/webcast/Viewer/?peid=
January 12, 2010
Our candle in the wind, our eternal flame, in remembrance of the most fateful day in the history of Haiti. Over a quarter of a million people perished in a 7.0 earthquake in a matter of seconds. As we move forward, their light will be with us and our thoughts will be with them - now and forever.