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Health & Fitness

Rain Or Shine Have Fun Supporting HHN

Attracting hundreds of supporters, the annual walk through West Hartford Center and Blue Back Square! This event raises funds for established Haitian charities like Haitian Humanitarian Network. 

On Saturday April 5th, Walkers gather at St. Peter Claver parish center for the 2.5 mi. walk and the Haitian-themed festival, offering authentic Haitian cuisine, crafts, music, and a silent auction, with items ranging from Red Sox tickets (This package includes the opportunity to watch, from the warning track, as the Red Sox take Batting

Practice and the opportunity to watch 2 innings from the WEEI Radio Announcer's booth!) to gift cards from local businesses, and more.

Haitian Humanitarian Network (HHN) http://www.hhninc.org/ wants to provide solar electric power to their medical clinic for refrigeration for medicines, laboratory test

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equipment, lighting in the exam room, and a water pump to pump water from the cistern. Funding desired: $5,000 at this years Ct. Walks For Haiti Walkathon: www.ctwalksforhaiti.org

Haitian Humanitarian Network is a 501C3 nonprofit established in 2003 to provide basic health care and humanitarian aid to the poor and needy people in rural Haiti. HHN established and supports the Erline and Armelle clinic in Beaulieu as part of the primary mission to assist all those in need in Beaulieu and surrounding areas.

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Other Organizations You Will Be Supporting:
Haitian Health Foundation, Medical Aid To Haiti, Outreach To Haiti and Operation Unisson

Click to see videos of all the fun you can have at this event: http://www.thecommunityservice.org/cwh13.html

The event will take place rain or shine. For more information about the walk or about making a donation, access the website: www.ctwalksforhaiti.org. or contact Nancy Pelletier at (860) 803-6270; Nancy.Pelletier@comcast.net.

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