Church Members Receive Local Awards
Ryan Epps Final Phase Needs List
Clayton News Star Article - May 19, 2010
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March 17, 2010: Ryan Epps Building Site, before
Here is the current state of the building site.
March 14, 2010: Vaccinations are provided to the Orphanage
The vaccinations have been delivered by Dr. Romain Athus and his team who have been in Port-au-Prince on a clinical mission trip. Dr. Athus, originally from Haiti, works in Smithfield, NC in family medicine and has kindly provided his services as well as the vaccinations themselves to help the Ryan Epps Home for Children.
March 13, 2010: Pilot tells story of week's work in Haiti
This is a wonderful video from a pilot who we had the opportunity to host here in Clayton one evening and then again upon his return from Haiti. Horne members provided him and his videographer with lodging and a meal during their stop-over.
- Example Building construction
March 5, 2010: Secured contract to build Orphanage
We are so very Blessed this week to finally execute the contract to build the new orphanage. So much needs to happen, but we are on our way down a path now.
Compassion Alliance, Horne UMC and Ryan Epps Home for Children have partnered to build a 4700 sq ft facility on the current property. This will be Phase 1 to include several multi-function rooms and bathrooms.
In Phase 2 an additional building will be constructed for more housing space, on adjacent land.
To "see" the type of construction we will deliver, look at the pictures in this album, http://compassionatealliance.shutterfly.com/466
We will be posting a list of needed materials to accomplish this project, stay tuned in!
We hope to have a work team in-country during week of April 18 to complete the project.
March 5, 2010: Stop Hunger Now
- Stop Hunger Now Boxes inside of recent container to Haiti
March 5, 2010: Stop Hunger Now donates over 10,000 servings
There were 50 boxes of meals put onto the 3rd container headed to Haiti today. These meals are the result of the Stop Hunger Now organization out of Raleigh. Horne Memorial has partnered with them to help distribute meals within Haiti, including field hospitals where many of the medical supplies have been flown to.
This particular shipment is part of another load going directly to Yvon Pierre and the orphanage. He will faithfully distribute this food to his community which will help with the nutritional needs constantly erupting.
You can help us with this ongoing mission of Hunger Relief by participating in our food packaging event on May 22, or by writing a check to Horne with "Stop Hunger Now" in the memo, which will help to fund the packaging event.
March 1, 2010: Continued Supply Movement
- Chris Milner of Maryland stops in Clayton for some Stop Hunger Now food and lunch with Patrick Tormey on his way to Port au Prince after collecting supplies in NJ for Romain Athus.
March 1, 2010: Dr. Romain Athus to vaccinate children
As a result of our affiliated work with Bahamas Habitat, we were contacted by Dr. Athus of Smithfield to help him ship supplies to Haiti in support of his March 10 mission trip. We have been able to get his supplies onto planes and assist him in advance of his journey on 3 flights, one of which is pictured here while at Johnston County Airport.
While in Haiti, Dr. Romain Athus will assist with the vaccination of the children of the orphanage and keep track of them on his upcoming return trips through the year. It is wonderful to have such a wide network of people who mutually care for these children.
Feb 25, 2010: West Johnston High School embarked on a "Hearts for Haiti" campaign to raise awareness at the school and also to raise money for Horne Memorial UMC. Our own Cameron Knight who has hands-on experience in Haiti attends the school along with Youth members Julia Lopp and Kyle Kelsay.
What a Blessing to have Youth in our community who care so much for people so far away. Thank you to all who participated and made this $1,025 donation to Horne's Haiti Relief.
Feb 24, 2010, another purchased container goes out, for the benefit of Yvon and the children. This included several tons of food, additional donated generators, tents and other shelter/clothing. We were so happy to have volunteers from Wake County-based UMC churches assist us.
We also included supplies for Hope for Haiti Foundation's (Cary, NC) needs who are building a hospital in the PAP area and have tons of supplies.
We are told that our containers will clear customs for $650. This is a major change from previous shipments. We will keep you up to date.
Feb 22, 2010, Horne UMC sent out 30,000 pounds on a purchased 40' container through a shipping line to Haiti for the benefit of Pastor Brucely Delma and the villages around Petite Goave.
Most of the supplies were donated by the people of Fayetteville Arkansas and included tents, food and some clothing.
Additionally, we included generators donated by Clayton's GXi for Yvon and the orphanage site, to assist with the building project.
Award Received by Horne Memorial, Clayton, NC
Feb 21, 2010: Horne Memorial presented Award
The Missio Deo award was presented by District Superintendent Jon Strother to Horne Memorial UMC to recognize us for our dedicated work and support of Missions locally and throughout the world.
Feb 14, 2010: The Children and Yvon make the News!!
Feb 14, 2010: See Yvon and the children interacting in a news broadcast
Medical Team Pictures
See the January 28th pictures.
See the January 29th pictures.
Update: Thursday, January 28, 2010
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Local Rotarian in Haiti; aid reaches orphans as efforts continue to bring them to Clayton
RICK MERCIER 27.JAN.10
Lee (left) speaks with Horne Memorial United Methodist Church volunteer Patrick Tormey before departing for Haiti via the Bahamas. Photo by Rick Mercier
Clayton businessman and pilot Jim Lee arrived in Haiti Wednesday to help get locally collected aid to survivors of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake in the Caribbean nation.
In an e-mail sent after his arrival, Lee said, "Well, it's surely not hell, but it's trying. There won't be much here for a long time. All the tons [of relief] we have sent is tiny.
Haiti Update - 26-Jan-2010
Update on Yvon and the children:
- Around 12 tents, sleeping mats, food, medicines, cooking oil, a brand new donated LAPTOP, and almost $3,000 in donated cash is being hand-carried by Jim Lee of the local Rotary (and First Baptist Church) to Yvon and Pastor Brucely tomorrow. The flight will be arriving in Jacmel, Haiti (about a 4 hour ride for Yvon).
- The children are reported as being in good health, thanks to a visit by Dr. George Poehlman of Fayetteville who visited with them yesterday.
- Thanks to our friends at Stop Hunger Now (Allen Renquist), Yvon was led to Mission of Hope nearby where they shared some food and supplies with him today. He was very grateful.
- Unfortunately, we are not gaining much ground getting the children to the US.
Update on Sending Doctors to Haiti:
- Burt Smith arranged for a generous donation from Godwin Mfg and Warren Oil who provided their corporate jets and pilots to transport 15 doctors from Wilmington, NC to Cap Hatien, Haiti where they will fly out Wed and return Sunday after working in the Hospital there. Sande Kirby from Wilmington arranged the doctors and link to the Hospital.
Update on MERCI shipments:
- We received word that all goods shipped out last Friday (a tractor-trailer load and 4 special pallets for Yvon) will arrive in Cap Hatien tomorrow. This is the result of the Royal Carribean Cruise Line.
Thank you all for your help today: Chip Habersetzer, Mike Marvel, Sandy Germann, Debbie Barnes and all those who donated tents and goods in the past 2 days.
Patrick Tormey
In the News
Church seeks waiver to bring orphans to N.C.
BY COLIN CAMPBELL - STAFF WRITER
Allowing 10 Haitian orphans to stay in the United States while their country rebuilds might seem reasonable, but a Clayton church has found out that it isn't as easy as putting them on a plane and finding families to take them in.
Organizer Patrick Tormey said he was told not to bother filling out the necessary forms because the U.S. government wasn't allowing it.
He is working with North Carolina's congressional delegation to change that.
Read more at the News and Observer.
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Church told it can't bring Haitian children
JOHNSTON COUNTY (WTVD) -- Members of the Horne Memorial United Methodist Church of Clayton have been working to get orphans from the Ryan Epps Home of Haiti to the U.S. after the devastating earthquake that ravaged the island nation.
But Tuesday, they suffered a setback. They got a letter from North Carolina Senator Richard Burr saying it's not possible. It says if a child isn't linked to a U.S. citizen, there's too much concern over child trafficking.
Read more at the ABC 11 News Page.
Haiti Missions Volunteers
SPECIAL EDITION OF NEWS BRIEFS - HAITI RELIEF - January 27, 2010
United Methodist Volunteers in Mission – Information in wake of Haiti Disaster
We know that many individuals and congregations are deeply wanting to journey to Haiti in response to the Haiti disaster. While such desire is appropriate and a picture of Christian love and unity, we deeply discourage such action at this point.
Here is a portion of a memo sent by Bishop Joel N. Martinez, Interim General Secretary of the General Board of Global Ministries:
“We know that the church seeks to respond to the great crisis in Haiti. We are in touch with many persons and groups wanting to reach out in tangible ways to provide relief for suffering people there. We have already received an outpouring of inquiries and offers for volunteers to provide a variety of services.
While we are encouraged by this spirit of support, we strongly advise that teams and others not set out for Haiti at this time.
There will be great need for short-term and long-term volunteer mission groups in due course—for medical care, rebuilding, and responses to many other needs. However, the current state of Haiti is not conducive to the safety and welfare of the volunteers; security is a major concern; infrastructures are shattered. There is little access to water, power, fuel, and even roads.
An UMCOR Team is on the ground, coordinating with relief partners on appropriate courses of action. As you know, the United Nations (representing government) and the Red Cross go into to massive disaster areas first. This is long-established international protocol. Church-related and other relief organizations follow. Objectives of our initial team include the assessment and organization for the reception of volunteers.
In collaboration with jurisdictional coordinators of UMVIM, we are making a registry of potential individual volunteers and teams. The time for volunteers will come and their assistance will be crucial.”
If you would like to volunteer now, the MERCI Mission Center is receiving names of those who would like to serve in the center to help coordinate our disaster response and relief efforts that will be ongoing for several months.
If you have specialized training in the medical field, there are international disaster response/ medical relief agencies working in Haiti that might be able to use you. Please call or email the MERCI Mission Center (888-440-9167 or email merci(at)nccumc.org) and we will help connect you with those agencies.
It will be some time before there are opportunities to send United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) teams into Haiti. UMVIM, SEJ is maintaining a list, however, of persons interested in volunteering in Haiti once the situation has stabilized enough for UMVIM teams to enter. Volunteers will be contacted with more information as it becomes available. To register, please visit UMVIM, SEJ at www.umvim.org. The director of SEJ UMVIM and chair of UMVIM, NC are in discussion regarding UMVIM training specific to the response efforts in Haiti. We believe we will have more information in this regard in the near future. If you are interested in attending an upcoming session of Team Leadership (Basic or Advanced), or Early Response (ERT) Training offered through UMVIM, NC, please visit www.nccumvim.org to register.
Wed. Night Invitation, Jan. 20 - From Pastor Alan Swartz
I would to invite you to bring items for a Food Kit with you to our Wednesday evening gathering and to worship services on Sunday.
Food Items - $12 Value
· New, unopened & sealed bag of dried beans
· New, unopened & sealed bag of rice
· New, unopened cans of vegetables (any size with pop top lid)
· New, unopened cans of fruits (any size with pop top lid)
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Update from Pastor Alan Swartz, Jan. 19, 2010
Hope With Haiti (Food Kits)
In the Hope With Haiti response plan, the following districts were asked to collect food items:
· New Bern
· Raleigh
· Rockingham
· Rocky Mt.
· Sanford
· Wilmington
Food Items - $12 Value
· New, unopened & sealed bag of dried beans
· New, unopened & sealed bag of rice
· New, unopened cans of vegetables (any size with pop top lid)
· New, unopened cans of fruits (any size with pop top lid)
We want to provide you with packing information for the food items:
- Food can be boxed in containers with the weight being no more than 60 pounds.
- If possible, please box items in “like” parcels, i.e., all bags of rice in one box, all canned goods in one box, all beans in one box.
- Packed boxes should be no more than 60 pounds.
- If you have already "containerized" your collected goods in another manner, it is fine. Take them to your district collection sites as you have "containerized" them.
This is only for the food items. Health kits, for those who have packaged them, should be placed inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.
Haiti Update - Jan. 13, 2010
I wish to thank you on behalf of the people of Horne Memorial UMC who are engaged in missions work in Haiti. Horne Memorial operates the Ryan Epps Orphanage in Haiti. We also have ongoing projects building wells and providing food, clothing, and improved housing. Helen Little leads our efforts in Haiti, and she is on her 44th trip to Haiti right now with a medical team hard at work helping people injured in the recent earthquake. We are doing all we can to get medical and health supplies to them. Any help that you can provide us in these efforts would be greatly appreciated.
God bless you, Dr. Alan P. Swartz, Lead Pastor
Items Needed for Haiti Right Away!
Basic Needs
Blankets, Sheets, Towels, Wash Cloths, Health Kits*, Food, Tarps
Medical Needs
Plastic or Fiberglass Casting, Suture 3-0 and 4-0 Nylon, Suture Instrument Kits,
Betadine, 4x4 Dressing, Roll Gauze, Web Roll for Casting, Saline IV and
Irrigation, Injectible Pain Medication, Injectible Antibiotics IV and IM Rocephin,
ANCEF, KFLEX, External Fixture, Tools to put them in (tool boxes??),
Traction Bows and Pins
*A Health Kit contains specific items:
1 hand towel (15” x 25” up to 17” x 27”), 1 wash cloth,
1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized),
1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers),
1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz and up),
1 toothbrush (single brush only in original wrapper; no child-sized brushes),
1 large tube of toothpaste, 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
All items should be placed inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag. No money, notes, religious or political literature, or other items should be placed in the kits.
Items can be brought to Horne Memorial UMC, the corner of 2nd and Church Streets; Truckloads and large donations should be taken to CGP, 501 Atkinson St., Clayton
Checks and Cash donations also accepted. Checks should be made payable to Horne Memorial UMC and designated for Haiti Disaster, P.O. Box 475, Clayton, NC 27528
Horne Memorial UMC – 919-553-6464
Alan Swartz: 919-553-6464 x122 office; 919-210-9120 cell
Ryan Epps Orphanage
Horne is very involved in ministries to the people of Haiti. If you wish to make a contribution to the Haiti School or the Ryan Epps Orphanage in Haiti, please send those checks payable to Horne Memorial UMC and mail to...
Horne Memorial UMC
PO Box 475
Clayton, NC 27528
Please designate the gift for Haiti School or for Haiti Orphanage, and God bless you. You can read about Helen Little’s work in Haiti in this article from Reader’s Digest. The article includes a video.
Ways You Can Help...
Sponsor a child to attend school for $360/year or $30/month. This pays for tuition, books, uniforms, and lunch. Send gifts to Mission to Haiti.
Buy 1 goat for $60 or a flock of chickens for $30. This will provide milk or eggs for a family. The family contracts to provide the first offspring to another family.Send gifts to Horne Memorial UMC.
Provide food for a family of six. The cost of rice, beans, and oil for a family is $30/week. Prices have increased so much that many families cannot afford to eat 1 meal a day. Send gifts to Horne Memorial UMC.
Help support Ryan Epps Children's Home in Haiti. This orphanage now houses 10 children who need food, clothing, and schooling. It costs $100/child/month to provide food and care. Clothes are shipped or carried in when we travel for mission trips. The school costs are about $450/year. If these costs are not paid, the child is sent home. Send gifts to Horne Memorial UMC.
Collect toiletries: soap, toothpaste, and toothbrushes. In a country where food is so expensive, basic needs are out of reach. Collect in shoe boxes and mark Haiti. Send to Horne Memorial UMC or MERCI.
Help to finish the Fond Doux School at Ti Goave. This school has been under construction for 2 yrs. Eight of the ten rooms have a roof. Desks and blackboards are needed for each room. The cost for these rooms is $2,000 each. Send gifts to Horne Memorial UMC.
Help with salary for English teacher at the Ti Goave School. The director feels that students who speak English will have better opportunities. The teacher's salary is $150/month. Send gifts to Horne Memorial.
Collect school supplies for shipment to Haiti. Most children cannot afford the cost of pencil and paper. Send to Horne Memorial UMC or MERCI.
Collect summer clothes and shoes for Haiti children. We ship a 40ft. container in late fall. Send to MERCI.
Collect small toys and stuffed animals for a Christmas Party for street children in the Carr-Four area of Port-au-Prince. In the last ten years this party is the only celebration these children experience and the only toys they receive. 700 children attend. Send to Horne Memorial or MERCI. Please, do not send war figures or action heroes.
Questions and information contact: Helen Little, 2252 Cooper Branch Rd., Clayton, NC 27520 or 919-553-7631, littleheleno5@embarqmail.com.
Horne Memorial UMC: Send checks to P.O. Box 475, Clayton, NC 27528. Bring containers and items to 121 East Second St., Clayton, NC.
Mission to Haiti, P.O. Box 523157, Miami FL. 33152-3157.
MERCI Center, www.merciumc.org, 676 Community Dr., Goldsboro, NC 27530 (919) 739-9167.
Earmark items: Sponsored Child; Goats or Chickens; Rice&Beans; REHC(Orphanage); Ti Goave School; Teacher Salary
