There will be a big fund-raising drive for Haiti Friday at several locations on St. Croix.
Several groups on the island – the St. Croix Firefighters Union 2832, Virgin Islands Fire Service, Haiti Community Support, a 501(c)3 non-profit and St. Croix Rescue are working together to raise money for medical supplies with a "boot" drive.
Trucks will be positioned in Sunny Isle, next to Red Cross, at the Christiansted waterfront next to the fort and in Frederiksted by the police station.
All proceeds will be used to purchase medical supplies to support the clinics that HCS has set up in La Plen providing direct assistance in the earthquake victims.
HCS was established by U.S. Virgin Islander Bruce Wilson and his Haitian-born wife Mathilde a number of years ago to assist her home village of Au Centre. With the recent earthquake their mission has expanded exponentially.
Mathilde Wilson and volunteers from HCS, St. Croix and St. Thomas Rescue Squads are in Haiti assisting the community by providing medical care and basic necessities to those injured and displaced by the earthquake. However, they are in desperate need of simple medical supplies used to treat the most basic injuries. Injuries that normally would not be life threatening are now jeopardizing the life of many Haitians because of the lack of aid and supplies. HCS will continue to send volunteers from the Virgin Islands to Haiti biweekly to provide their services; supplies will be carried to Haiti as new teams depart.
The donation process is simple; drive or walk by one of the collection points between the hours of 2 and 7 p.m. and toss your contribution in the boot.
Further information can be obtained and updates from local relief teams followed by logging on to www.haitisupport.org.
