Hearts with Haiti

Welcome to Hearts with Haiti

Hearts with Haiti, a non-profit (501c3 status) organization whose primary mission is to support the vision and ministry of the St. Joseph Family in Haiti, which includes the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in Port-au Prince, Wings of Hope in Fermathe, and Trinity House in Jacmel.

Hearts with Haiti Presents the Resurrection Dance Theater of Haiti
September 7 through Oct 4, 2010

Hearts with Haiti is pleased to announce that the Resurrection Dance Theater of Haiti, an internationally recognized dance troupe of orphans, former street children and child slaves in Haiti, will be performing in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and North Carolina from September 7 through October 4. The RDTH will be accompanied by Michael Geilenfeld, founder and director of the St. Joseph Family in Haiti. Click here for a calendar of events and to find a venue near you. The RDTH uses drumming and dance to vibrantly tell their story and lift up hearts, as they have done all over the United States and Canada, dancing in venues such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music for Dance Africa and for the Pope at World Youth Day in Canada. These dancers are part of the St. Joseph Family, formed from very humble beginnings under the leadership of Michael Geilenfeld 25 years ago, to bring street children into a family setting. The family now occupies three homes in Haiti--two for former street children and one for children with disabilities. Transformed from being the rejected ones in Haiti to being among the very best of servant-leaders, members of the St. Joseph Family have reached out and changed the lives of countless other Haitian boys and girls to be the best they can be.

On January 12, 2010, two of the three homes were severely damaged in the earthquake and are no longer habitable. Although their homes were lost and their lives changed irrevocably, these young dancers did not lose their determination to make a difference in the lives of others. They have sewn new costumes, repaired damaged drums, and are now ready to dance the good news of their story once again.

We present this tour as a testimony to the children and as a plea to help us lift up the St. Joseph Family from the rubble. Come join us in this dance of new life. Offer these young men your encouragement, your helping hands, and your financial resources. By our raising up the St. Joseph Family to be even better than before, we will also be raising up Haiti.

If you can’t make one of the performances but would like to make a donation to help with the ongoing earthquake relief effort, you may click here to make an on-line donation or mail a check to one of the addresses below:

Hearts with Haiti
11503 Springfield Pike
Cincinnati, OH 45246
888-802-6452

Hearts with Haiti
27 Horne St.
Raleigh, NC 27607
919-758-8085

Media Contact for Hearts With Haiti:
Miriam Sauls: 919-302-5454

Our Federal Tax ID Number 56-2267791

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