Hoops for Haiti has announced that it has set up its next trip to Haiti.   We will be going to Cap-Haitien and Pillatre in January of 2011.  Your support is greatly appreciated.

We are still looking to collect:

*Basketball Shoes

*Basketball Uniforms

*Financial support to off-set travel and shipping costs

Through Hoops!

The “Tap-Tap” is packed up and ready to head for the airport. We will be in 4 airports today with several hour layovers in each. A great week of Hoops…we were able to bring our message of Hope and Love.

This photo was taken during an actual game; he received a new pair of shoes just after the game with a big smile.

Manno Luguerre, the director of the school and with whom we are staying, received the first pair of basketball shoes off the truck . . . White and navy blue Adidas, size 8.5.

Currently sitting in PaP (Port-au-Prince) airport waiting for our charter to Cap (Cap Hatien). We are actually in an entirely different airport (or a different part ofthe airport at least) than we were when we arrived. We had to load up all of our bags (we were able to “move” through customs very quickly.) We paid $145 to N’Daire and his crew who were designated to “guide” us through baggage claim and then to the bus and then to the other airport (where we are now) so we can catch our charter to Cap. We “tipped” the police $25 and we moved through “the crowd” fairly quickly.

We just arrived at the Port-au-Prince airport. From what we are being told, immagration and baggage claim has changed dramatically since the January earthquake. We are currently standing in a long line in order to get through immigration.

It is really amazing to see all of the different teams from the US (especially) and from around the world providing humanitarian and missionary services.

Everyone has arrived safe and everyone appears to be excited to be here.

Through Hoops!

Several weeks ago we packed up 604 pairs of basketball shoes, over 500 basketball uniforms and 180 basketballs. We have received confirmation that the container arrived in Haiti; we’re just not sure if everything is in Pillatre. We will know for sure in a couple of days . . .