Hello and Rich Blessings 

We are thrilled to bring you the Star of Hope Giving Guide.

By participating in this “Pay it Forward” gift program, you can be a “Star of Hope”. Give children and families a bright future. Together, with your help, we can impact lives around the world.(Quickstart: Print the guide - Go to Web Shop)

  To print scroll down, or click the image to visit the Christmas shop. 

Star of Hope works with local people groups in 13 countries to identify the greatest needs. Your donations will purchase real gifts, from goats to books, and everything in between to fill those needs.

“I have seen with my own eyes the positive impact your generous giving has had on the families and communities we serve,” states Maria Presson. “I had the privilege to travel to Haiti this year. While there, I met many children and families who are blessed to be recipients of Star of Hope’s support, thanks to donors like you. It is a blessing that the education programs and the “pay it forward” program are helping. They will continue to give hope, by changing lives both now, and in the future.”

When our "Star of Hope local teams" deliver these life-changing gifts to children and families, we personally witness the hope and gratitude in their eyes. Together we can create real change in the lives of children, families, and communities through your generous contributions. Thank you for giving hope, prosperity, and a future to so many in need.

Blessings and wishing you and yours a beautiful holiday season.

Print the Christmas guide now. - Thank you. 

Print the smaller guide now. - Thank you

Maria Eriksson Presson 

PS. PLEASE Help me distribute the 2021 2-part catalog to like-minded people, save or print from this link:

Print on letter duplex color or B&W

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Print on legal duplex color or B&W

Fold and combine - or send to your printer!

Here is a mini 2-up Christmas bulletin insert for printing:

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Print  instructions mini:

Here is how, print in color or B&W, duplex flip on the short edge should be used if you can, then each letter-size sheet will have 2 mini catalogs.

The size is perfect for bulletin inserts at church too. No worries, If you have no duplex then just print as is, and that works well too.

I think it is such a blessing to send a small gift to those who are in need this Christmas.

Need help or want printed copies, call us at 866 653 0321 

The online version is also open for all at www.starofhope.us/shop

God Bless you and yours!

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The loaded backpacks made it!

Report from Tony in Haiti:

The distribution of school backpacks with materials in Cavaillon went well. It did transpire during a very intense crisis-ridden time.

Protests are happening all over the nation. Dangerous armed gangs are operating in the open all over the country. It was a blessing we all made it here.

Due to all the unrest, we made the program short and effective. We gave 710 kits (backpacks and supplies) to children of two local groups. The first, "Lights for Living", on Saturday 16 at 4:00 PM, and another group of 700 children of "Pyramid Production" organization on Sunday at10:00AM. We will come back for children in the other areas later this month.

Think about driving through all the dangers to get the kids a backpack.

Next thought, for 28 years, Star of Hope has distributed Christmas presents to needy families.
For those who give out, Christmas presents it is a very nice tradition. For those who get them, it is much more than that. In many families, Christmas Eve is not the highlight of the year. The highlight is the moment they receive the Christmas present from you.

Some people dream of getting a Christmas present from you!
Spread the Christmas light where it is darkest!

Give a Christmas present on our webshop.

The goal is to get loaded school backpacks to 3000 kids in Cavaillon! 

Tony Bboursiquot's report from Haiti 

As planned, we are now ready to carry out the second humanitarian intervention in Cavaillon with school supplies to help 3000 children who are going back to school.

This intervention will help them get back to school by providing them with a complete school kit consisting of a backpack, 9 notebooks, 2 pens, 2 pencils, a pencil sharpener, an eraser, a ruler, and a set of geometric instruments. Each kit costs an average of $ 30; this is the cost that we bear for a parent affected by the earthquake who has only one child to send to school but for those who have several children they will benefit several times more from $ 30 for assistance.

Without a doubt, this is one of Star of Hope's humanitarian aid that they are most hoping for. We initially thought to provide a larger school kit estimated at $ 48 but since the funds available are less than we expected, we had to reduce the content to lower the price of a kit to $ 30
The 3,000 backpacks and 3,000 school supply kits that we ordered a month ago from our supplier were delivered today.

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Backpacks before they are loaded

These school kits will be transported in a large truck to Cavaillon (today) Friday, October 15 to be distributed to the children of parents who were victims of the earthquake of August 14. These kits will be given to 3,000 school-age children in emergency aid to facilitate the sending of children by parents to start off the school year. The school year started on October 4 in the South of Haiti. We had to give this emergency aid last Saturday but as the delivery arrived a week late, we had to postpone the date of this intervention to Saturday of this week.

But nothing says that this will be easy or even possible because it is always dangerous to cross Martisant by vehicle or on foot in order not to be a victim of acts of kidnapping, looting, theft, or murder. The armed gangs occupy the exit of Port-au-Prince to the south as reported before. Once again, I ask you to pray for the safety of the driver and the school kit truck to arrive safely in Cavaillon on Friday, October 15th.

We will welcome three groups of children in three different distribution points, a group on the sports field at Passe-Clos on Saturday 16th, a second group on another field at Matineau on Sunday 17th, and a third group in the schools of the sector on Monday 18th. All the students live in close proximity to Cavaillon.

Planning Cavaillon

Planning at Port-au-Prince

With the help of two local associations, a program rich in dance, songs, games, and welcome will be organized on this occasion for the children who are all traumatized by the frightening and disastrous effects of the earthquake of August 14th. As the sports fields are very sunny, we will set up tents to accommodate them in the shade. we are not going to put them online as we had done for the parents, they will be received in an appropriate and attractive environment for the children.

The third humanitarian aid intervention will be the second round of food package aid that will take place on the first Saturday of November. The last humanitarian intervention effort will be the housing project, we hope that the funds will be available for this project which is the most important project of the overall humanitarian plan that we have proposed for funding.

We work with a group of architects who are experienced in building rural houses that are more weather resistant. If the funds will be approved for the last intervention in Cavaillon we will delegate the task of execution to this group of architects so that the project could have a better impact on the life of the population of the district and of those who will benefit from it.

Thank you for your help and prayer and special thanks for the fundings
that we are using to carry out 3 first priority emergency humanitarian interventions (food package 2 times and back to school kits supplies)
Tony Boursiquot

The goal as in earlier distributions (above photos from earlier) is to make the kids happy, feel loved and have the equipment they need to learn.

Tony Boursiquot

End of Report 

What a report, please pray for the team, men, and women to be safe during the trip.

Tony talks about the need for more school supplies and that is something we are working on now. 

However, more food packages are needed too. The kids need to have good food to learn. Below you can give one food package if your heart or your mind makes a decision to help.

We are asking, can you help just one family?

Here are some new images and information from Haiti, this time from the schools starting back up. This time the photos are from Dano.

Dano school, the leaders expected 550 children from preschool to high school, but yesterday 475 were present. The kids received the following; bookbags, notebooks, pens, pencils, geometry supplies, a pencil eraser and sharpener, and a 3-foot ball just for fun. Star of Hope also gave the school new furniture like chairs, tables, and food for school lunch.
Thanks to all who helped the kids get a better start in life.

Bless you 

Video report from Haiti

"Blessing and thanks" is what the Men, Women, and even the children are saying to you the donors!

Thanks to you and people who bought a food box we could, in spite of dangers, get the food delivered!

See the video report and consider another box as we will do a new delivery in just a few days.

Give one Box here.     

Give a cash gift here.     

All cash gifts will go to Haiti for the most needed earthquake response items.

Dear Friends,
Under God's protection and thanks to your prayers, Star of Hope's emergency food aid to those affected by the August 14 earthquake went well. 700 victims were served with a food kit in less than 60 minutes with dignity, respect, and pride. with gratitude, they addressed special thanks to all of the Star of Hope donors for their gesture of solidarity, love, and generosity.

Thank you also for your unconditional efforts to help us achieve this emergency response to families affected by the earthquake of August 14. This intervention was also a success thanks to the help of the local authorities, the leaders of the local organizations, the Star of Hope Haiti Board, and friends like the agronomist Willio Roche in Cavaillon.

May God bless you all abundantly.

Tony b - Haiti

** It is not too late to help, we will deliver again in the next weeks.

Can you give them one food box, please?

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or give a box of food below:

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See the aid reaching Haiti's earthquake victims.

Finally, good news from Haiti!

Despite the security situation, the Star of Hope managed to transport 700 emergency packages from the capital Port-au-Prince to the survivors of the disaster zone. The precious cargo of food and other emergency items was loaded on three trucks then the journey to the delivery area took 6 hours.

"I think we traveled under God's protection thanks to your prayers!" says our field manager Tony Boursiquot.
On Saturday morning, we began our emergency distribution on a football field in Cavaillon. Tony, Myrtha, Reginald, and the team members made sure that 350 selected families received a package of dry goods, preserves, and cooking oil. At 10 a.m. on Saturday, the distribution continued on a basketball court where another 350 families each received a package. Wow, what a blessing.

In both places, the air vibrated with joy and relief. Parents who have been forced to watch their children grow thinner every day now suddenly have enough food to feed their entire family for at least a month.

"We were met with so much gratitude", says Tony. These families asked me to say a special thank you to the Star of Hope donor. "Thank you for the enormous generosity and love you have shown us!"

Preparations for the distribution have been going on for a long time.

Step 1 was to find out where the need for help was greatest in the area.

Step 2 was to select 700 families based on that information.

Step 3 was to make 700 numbered coupons with their names.

Step 4 was to look up each family, give them their coupon and tell them where they would be on time on September 11th.

Thanks to this approach, which we have used in Haiti many times before, the distribution was free from congestion and trouble. The oldest and the weakest never had to worry about someone else grabbing their life-saving food package.
"The distribution went exactly according to plan," says Tony. I thank everyone who has been involved and fought for us to be able to implement this!"

* Mark Presson CEO comments - What a great report, we will be doing more interventions and deliver more food, can you supply one box? Fill out the form below or contact us the way that suits you.

GET ONE FOOD BOX TO THE MEN,WOMAN AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE LOST ALL! - SEE BELOW PLEASE