we're back...

We're back from a fabulous time in Guatemala. Highlights included visiting at Safe Passage, touring a coffee finca (www.asgoodasitgets.org) [I have always appreciated fair trade coffee, but now after seeing just how much work is involved, will always seek out fair trade coffee...], and spending long, lazy days in the tree cabin outside of Antigua (www.earthlodgeguatemala.com). We experienced some adoption related moments of joy as well. Too much to blog about - but we're hosting a potluck/trip slideshow next Wednesday (3/17)... send me an email for details if you'd like to join us.

The diaper we intended to bring to Guatemala were inadvertently left behind - along with all of Broo's clothes - in my dad's car as he dropped us off at the airport. Oops! We came home to a few requests for diapers for Haiti - so that's where they ultimately went. Really doesn't matter where they go, just that they are being used.

Buzzie Bee Diapers sends much needed baby items to newborns in Haiti.

Local cloth diaper service Buzzie Bee Diapers (www.buzziebee.com) announces a clothing drive to benefit babies born at a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Haiti.

Haiti has the highest level of maternal mortality in the Americas, with 523 deaths per 100,000 births. Doctors Without Borders (also known as MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres) established a 60-bed Jude Anne Hospital in 2006 to assist women living in the most violent parts of Haiti’s capital city, who have difficulty accessing appropriate care, in part, because of poverty and violence. Medical care is provided for women with pregnancies presenting dangers to the mother and child, as well as treatment to help prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Emergency obstetric care services are available around the clock.

We're collecting new and gently used cloth diapers, newborn onesies, socks, and hats to be sent with a family friend down to Haiti this month. A second donation will be made in April. Initially the request for donated items was made to the diaper service’s current customers. Word spread and several boxes of baby clothes have already been collected. A group of neighbors in Bremen is even knitting newborn hats, using patterns from the book Knitting for Peace. We’re delighted at the response from our customers and want to open the collection up to the greater community. My family has been sending items to Haitian women and babies in well over ten years now. Everything has always been well received and much appreciated.

For additional information or to make a donation, contact me at info@buzziebee.com. Pick up is available along Buzzie Bee’s delivery route. Donations may also be dropped off at Buzzie Bee Diapers in Rockland. Buzzie Bee Diapers opened in the fall of 2005, providing weekly pick up and delivery of freshly laundered cotton diapers, to make cloth diapering more accessible to mid-coast families. The service is currently available from Bremen to Belfast, Rockland to Washington.

http://www.BuzzieBee.com
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