APPEAL for the Vulnerable People of Haiti:

As many friends and collectors of Poetry Art know,

my passion is for outreach and being able to help those who for a variety of reasons cannot help themselves. My husband Marty and I formed Global Impact in 1999 to do just that...

our mission statement specifies that we aid those who are hurting

because of disease, poverty, wars and natural disasters.

The moment I heard of the horrible earthquake that occurred on January 12, 2010 in

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, I knew we HAD to do SOMETHING!

Let me share a bit of our history...early on, right after we gained Non-profit status, we did a mission to Turkey. An earthquake in that region had decimated the towns of Duzce and Izmit. Because of the outpouring of generous Global Impact supporters, we were able to give physical aid and support in a tent city and finance the building of sanitary latrines and showers for the refugees as well.

In December of 2001, the worse earthquake in India's recorded history crushed the Gujarat region. Again, our hearts were moved to something. As soon as the major relief organizations moved on to the next disaster, we partnered with an Indian national (who we still work with today) and financed and opened a grade school in the rubble strewn area.

Now, Haiti is suffering devastation and we are committed to helping. Will you help Haiti too?

These arrangements are in the fundamental stages and I will post more, as we know more.

If you want to make a tax deductible gift to the vulnerable of Haiti, please mail to :

GLOBAL IMPACT WORLD RELIEF

7470 E. Gumtree Lane

Prescott Valley, AZ 86314

WWW.GLOBALIMPACTWORLDRELIEF.org

Remember that you need to indicate on the check, "Emergency Fund for Haiti."

You will receive a tax deductible receipt by mail.

Global Impact is a 501 (c) 3 non profit org. registered in the state of AZ

If you have further questions, email me (Launa) at:

LStan@globalimpactworldrelief.org

or Poetryartist@yahoo.com

or Marty at Mstan@globalimpactworldrelief.org

This blog is done in conjunction with WWW.Poetryart.net

Poetry art by Launa

We are pretty excited about some of the outreach projects we are planning for

Global Impact World Relief

for the year 2010...

Me (looking pretty glamorous in my Wellies) sorting through and doing inventory.

Marty is the muscles of the operation.

We are grateful for the donations, both cash, in kind and volunteer hours that so

many people have given in 2009.

Thank you Joy Wili for sewing so many HUNDREDS of Joy Bags and financially

committing to filling them!

We also want to say a HUGE thank you to the Kim Family (Mom, Tony and Hannah)

for the tremendous in kind donation of FANG garments and fabric for more Joy Bags!!!!

(These are the 1,600 pounds of boxes that are pictured above.)

As many people know, I was the very first Designer for the Junior label Fang, way back when...

This great company and it's ownership have been faithful and generous

supporters of Global Impact and we couldn't do what we get to do

for vulnerable people worldwide without the giving hearts like theirs.

We endeavor to continue our relief work to AIDS orphans and HIV+ moms in Zambia and to street children in India as well as expand into Mexico, US Native American Reservations and to the needy in Romania. If you would like to learn more, visit WWW.Globalimpactworldrelief.org