Will you Give? Thank you and God Bless you! 

Nov 30th, 2021 you and Star of Hope 

It's #GivingTuesday TOMORROW and we want you to come alongside the kids! 
Give Now and be done with your good deed!

#givingtuesday 2021 is tomorrow!

This year, on Tuesday, November 30th, 2021, Star of Hope is participating in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving. Last year, thousands of organizations in 150 countries came together to celebrate GivingTuesday. Over one billion dollars was collected.

The goal is more important than most, to do emergency food relief in Haiti, people will receive hope, love, and food. How much is unknown as it is up to you, right now it is giving time.

Give Now

What is it?
Oh, you want more information, ok the short story is "give" today to your favorite charity or cause. #GivingTuesday™ inspires personal philanthropy and encourages bigger, better and smarter charitable giving during the holiday season, showing that the world truly gives as good as it gets.

#GivingTuesday is a movement grown from a simple idea an idea where anyone, anywhere can join and be a participant in any way shape or form; donating money, volunteering time or raising awareness of a cause you can be a part.

Why now?

This year Star of Hope needs your #givingtuesday gift to help restore dignity to Haitians due to continued social-economic violence. In simple terms folks who are starving, then need you and me to help with food. It is that simple.

Prices in Haiti continue to rise since last year and there is tremendous social-economic unrest. Food agricultural production is down and insecurity is up. Star of Hope staff reports limited travel possibilities in the country as roads are still blocked. Still today only half of our schools are running as semi-normal. Most of the ones that are running are far in the countryside. Star of Hope has a huge budget deficit with increased pricing and price gouging.

The world food program lately reported that 3.7 million people need help and that 1.7 million are in severe need of food assistance. That would be similar to the populating of Oklahoma being hungry while all in Montana were starving.

Star of Hope CEO Mark Presson says some of these reports from international governmental organizations use words like “food insecure populations”, that's great for international bureaucratic updates but I would like to express to the working man and woman that the term “food-insecure populations” mean people are worse than hungry, they are starving; perhaps not at risk of death but still starving. I wonder if the 8-year-olds who are starving in Haiti contemplate syntax over their hunger. What about you as an eight-year-old, hungry, starving...

I bet you would pray for relief, for food! Let's answer the prayer. Food insecurity is gone up at least 450% in the last 3 months in the rural areas and in the capital Port-au-Prince and the other larger cities food is worse than scarce.

The figures are old but due to the situation they are the best we have, Haiti is too dangerous to get good information. 
Security concerns, political unrest, roads being closed all add to increasing prices during an already inflationary period.

Our Team

Our Manager in Haiti Tony Bursiquiot says “The least that can be said so far is that the situation has not changed yet and that majority Haitians continue to be afraid, armed gangs kidnappings all are abundant. The main roads leading to provincial towns are still blocked by trucks, trees and fired tires protected by sometimes armed gangs. Businesses and schools remained inactive, waiting for a positive outcome to the crisis, the things causing the severe food crisis.“

Food insecurity looms.
Our Director Myrtha Dor says simply” ...the kids are hungry and scared, it is the worse situation as the children suffer the most, we need food help more than ever.”

Star of Hope is responding first and foremost by assisting the people in and around our projects with emergency food boxes. In Haiti, the staff says a “food kit” can sustain one family of 4 for about 1 month.

Star of Hope is accepting donations here www.starofhope.us/give and also via a crowdfunding solution reached by texting the word foodkit to 71777.
This year let's help Haiti.

Still here? Please Give Now

Thank you and Rich Blessings to you and your people!

Mark Presson CEO - so you know the kids say thanks too!

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We are thankful for you

Did you know Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November and that was set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 but where did it come from? Many opinions abound but the accepted account is this; in 1621 the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.
Of course, this was the time of giving thanks to God by the pilgrims and to “the creator” by the Wampanoag. The Wampanoag are one of many Nations of people all over North America who were here long before any Europeans arrived, and have survived until today.

Thanksgiving is a rare holiday in the world. Canada and the USA are the two countries that celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday in a form that we would recognize.
Most of the sixteen countries where we have projects do not celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday. However, Star of Hope staff and the children in our projects take a moment to be thankful for each sponsor, donor, and prayer that provide hope. So if you are a donor or a sponsor we say thank you from all of our hearts.
If you are not a sponsor why not become a Lunch Buddy today and help feed our kids lunch at school. CLICK HERE

Easy as 1 2 3 "Thanks"

Follow us! Meet the kids of Osae Krodua, Ghana.
At Christmas time, the children will enjoy a Christmas party, a present and usually something nice for their families too.

With 20,000 kids on our Santa list, we could use a hand up this Christmas, enjoy the video and then consider a gift on our shop.  
Click here: www.starofhope.us/shop

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.( In a hurry? Print the Christmas guide - or- Go to Web 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

Christmas-Giving-Guide-2021

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:

2021 Churches Bulletin Insert small

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!

GO TO THE SHOP

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.

After a 7.2 earthquake in Haiti, children and their families need your help.

This is what happened-

On Saturday, August 14th at 08:29, local time, Haiti was hit with a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. Soon after, a hurricane passed over the area, making things even more devastating. The large-scale damage included 18,168 houses destroyed, 8,456 homes damaged, 48 churches destroyed, and 43 schools destroyed.

So far, we have-

Our team has consoled people who have lost their homes and loved ones. We have served thousands of meals to the people in the community who have lost everything. Many women from the surrounding area have volunteered to cook food. They cook all day long, but the lines continue to grow longer. 

In addition, we are building temporary shelters for the homeless as well as sanitation systems. 

As of yet, no government help had arrived in the rural area of Cavaillon where Star of Hope's pastor, Reginald Celestin, was when the quake struck.

This is the plan-

Tony Boursiquot, the operations manager for Star of Hope Haiti, says

The short-term goal is to quickly supply emergency food kits to 700 families (4200 people). Simultaneously they hope to disperse back-to-school bags to 3,000 children who lost all supplies when their schools collapsed, and the storm drenched their books and papers!

What we need-

Prayer! Above all else, the country of Haiti needs prayer. Prayer for food supplies, civil order, government help, and the Gospel of Christ to penetrate the hearts of the people.

We also need fifty-dollar gifts. That amount will provide food for a family for 2 weeks and replace their school supplies. 

Please, feed one or more families who lost their whole world to the quake and storm.

Please pray for the people of Haiti.

You can give a cash gift here www.starofhope.us/give

or

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