This past week we sent another shipment of uniforms, shorts, shirts and shoes to Haiti. Jim Aubry, who receives all shipments from donors and inventories all items, is pictured.

One of the many exciting things about our trip to northern Haiti in May is that Hoops for Haiti will be shooting video for a documentary film.  With a working title of “Beyond Hoops for Haiti,” we will be looking to show the impact that a “message of hope and love through basketball” can have on the lives of the young people of Haiti.

The Hoops for Haiti team will be traveling to Haiti in May of this year.  We will be posting more updates as the date draws nearer.

Unfortunately, because of the continued political unrest in Haiti, we have had to postpone our trip.  The presidential election was supposed to have taken place on January 16th, 2011, but has been postponed due to concerns as to who should be on the ballot.

We are in the process of rescheduling our trip to sometime in the Spring.  We will update the website as soon as we have set the new dates.

Please keep the people of Haiti in your thoughts and prayers as they continue to struggle with protracted political and economic turmoil along with  poor living conditions that have been exacerbated by the January 2010 earthquake and the recent outbreak of cholera.

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.