Volleyball Reaching--What Your Donations Helped to Achieve!

Child in Hand provides medical and psychosocial intervention by treating and training children and caregivers of post-conflict disaster environments. Currently our efforts are focused on six orphanages in Haiti. Child in Hand UPdate February 2013                                    Donate Now! Child in Hand Volleyball Clinic: SUCCESS! The first ever Child in Hand Volleyball Clinics  killed it last December (pun intended), raising over $12,000 and involving 154 players and 30 coaches in Boulder, Englewood, and Colorado Springs. YOUR Efforts Make the Difference! YOUR DONATIONS enabled Child in Hand to accomplish important projects in Haiti the very next month, January 2013, at six regularly serviced orphanages and two new locations. The CiH team’s five primary completed objectives: Psychosocial: Improve self-care for caregivers through the Stress-Management and Self-Care Workshop. Psychosocial: Help children sleep well by giving caregivers educational resources and tools to help children cope with and reduce sleep disturbance. Medical: Establish medical records for each of the orphanage children Medical: Provide second round of deworming medication—400 mg chewable tablets of Albendazole, one tablet at bedtime for 3 days for both children and caretakers. Medical: Provide anti-fungal treatment medication due to the overwhelming need identified in August 2013. Therefore, systematic treatment of Tinea Capitis began. The prescription included 1 Tablet Griseofulvin per day, every evening after food for the next 6 weeks (42 days) for both children and caretakers. Do You Know What STRESS Is? Thanks to the Stress Management and Self-Care Workshop, led by CiH Psychosocial Director Dr. Moira Hennessey in January 2013, caregivers in Haiti can now, for the first time, put a name to what they have been experiencing. Thoughts from two of the hardworking women at the workshop: “When I got here this morning I was so tired because I do everything in this place, I feed the children and clean everything and wash the clothing, now I feel like I just had a long rest and I am ready to go and help the kids and I am not mad.” “I did not know what stress was or if I even have stress until you taught me about it. I have always gotten very bad headaches here and sometimes I am so mad at everyone and I don’t know why- now I know that it is normal and it is stress, sometimes I was worried I was getting very sick in my brain but now I know that is something I can change.” Remember, YOU HELPED MAKE THIS POSSIBLE! How cool is that?! And Guess What? Child in Hand is returning to Haiti March 10-16, where we plan to distribute more of your donated goods and continue follow-up in our medical and psychosocial interventions. We will also begin the process for laptop distribution to the orphanages, thanks to One Laptop Per Child! Stay Tuned for Pictures! UPCOMING VOLLEYBALL EVENTS COLORADO CROSSROADS -- NEXT WEEKEND! Child in Hand will once again be hosting an exhibit at the 2013 Colorado Crossroads Junior National Qualifier in Denver, Colorado, thanks to the kind space donation by Tournament Magic and Colorado Crossroads Director, Kay Rogness. We have new SURPRISES at our space this year- a creativity challenge, silent auction, and more! Plus, if you wear your Colorado Serving Haiti T-shirt to the tournament, you get a special prize! Hope to see you there... CAN YOU HELP US? We need art supplies that would work well on polypropylene (drawstring bags). Got any?   Come hang with us and help behind the booth (jewelry, art, donations, etc.). Sign up for a time slot below! CiH Exhibit Schedule: Friday, March 1 8am – 3pm Set Up* Friday, March 1 4pm – 8pm Pre-Event Show* Saturday, March 2 8am – 8pm Main Show Sunday, March 3 8am – 8pm Main Show Monday, March 4 8am – 2pm Main Show/Shut Down Thursday, March 7 4pm – 8pm Pre-Event Show* Friday, March 8 8am – 8pm Main Show Saturday, March 9 8am – 8pm Main Show Sunday, March 10 8am – 2pm Main Show Sunday, March 10 2pm – 4pm Show’s Over/Move Out!  *Volunteer slots already filled If you are interested in being a Volunteer, please email Tracy your time block preferences and she will contact you to find the best fit: t_stalls@childinhand.org. Colorado Serving Haiti, a campaign of Child in Hand, will be hosting another volleyball clinic in Colorado Springs with the Olympic-level staff Tom Hogan and Tracy Stalls. Where: Aces Volleyball Facility 16815 Mitchell Road, Monument, CO 80132 Who: Colorado Juniors Volleyball Club is donating $2,000 of profit to Child in Hand during Middle School Camp When: July 13, 2013 Register HERE: http://www.coloradojuniors.com/Camps2013/CampRegisterMS.html or Call 719-661-4491 More details are on our Facebook page! Get Your Team or Club Involved!   Do you want YOUR club to host a Child in Hand clinic? Please contact Tracy at t_stalls@chlidinhand.org GROWING THE GAME!!! An opening celebration in the remote city of Borgne in northern Haiti. They are using some of the volleyballs CiH passed on last summer!  According to Margarette Graham, Director of the Haitian Volleyball Federation, 72 zones are participating in the school volleyball program throughout Haiti. This number is increasing rapidly—up from 32 in 2012 and only 15 in 2011. There is a total of 427 schools and 996 teams participating in the national program.  In Milot, a small town in northern Haiti, four schools are now participating in the volleyball program, with a total of 12 teams: six teams 14-15 year olds and six teams with 16-17 year olds. They begin the day’s tournament by raising and honoring Haiti’s flag.     Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences  *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*

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It was a cold, windy weekend in January in Richmond, Virginia… as native Floridians it was surprising to see snow on the sides of the highway. With our car packed full of bracelets, earrings, and artwork my husband and I set out on a mission, to help children in Haiti through Child in Hand.

We arrived early Saturday morning to a convention center full of people. The sounds of buzzers and cheers swept through the building, while teams of girls hurried to their next competitions. We navigated our way through the crowds to find our table, “prime real estate” as we called it. We got to the business of setting up our booth: life size stand-ups of Haitian orphans, beaded jewelry, beautiful art pieces. It was a feast for the eyes.

Almost immediately the volleyball community recognized us, with many people saying “I still have my bracelet from last year!” and “I remember you guys!” Over a three-day period, my husband and I were greeted with kindness, curiosity, and friendly faces. It was such an amazing feeling to know that every dollar donated was truly making the difference in someone’s life.

It was an inspiring experience to spread awareness of the plight of children in Haiti. It was heart warming to be received by all so kindly, with such amazing support and selflessness. Many people shared their stories, of how they were connected to Haiti in one way or another. Whether their connection was through a mission trip, or even one couple, who shared that they had adopted a daughter from Haiti…and were in the process of adopting another.

We left Richmond Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a great sense of humility. We were so humbled by people’s generosity. What a wonderful way to spend a weekend: helping the children of Haiti. Thank you everyone at the Monument City Classic!

I’m also excited to announce that shortly after my husband and I volunteered for this event, I was lucky enough to be offered the position of Administrative Assistant with Child in Hand. Words cannot express fully how thrilled I am to be able to be part of an organization that works towards changing the lives of children and making the world a better place.