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		<title>RES Variety Show to benefit RR</title>
		<link>http://ridgefieldresponds.org/blog/jacmel-initiatives/res-variety-show-to-benefit-rr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ridgebury Elementary School is holding their First Annual Variety Show on Friday, June 18th at 7PM in their gymnasium. 50% of proceeds will benefit Ridgefield Responds: Hope for Jacmel Haiti. RES parents are putting this together and Isabel Chase will be presenting a slide presentation on our efforts in Haiti.  Don&#8217;t miss this wonderful [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ridgebury Elementary School is holding their First Annual Variety Show on Friday, June 18th at 7PM in their gymnasium. 50% of proceeds will benefit Ridgefield Responds: Hope for Jacmel Haiti. RES parents are putting this together and Isabel Chase will be presenting a slide presentation on our efforts in Haiti.  Don&#8217;t miss this wonderful June 18th event!</p>
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		<title>5K Race a big success!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 19:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hearts, Hands &#038; Feet 5K Race/Walk, which took place Sunday, May 23rd was a great success.  Almost 200 participants enjoyed the day and helped support Jacmel.  First place male runner was RHS student, Kevin Ford, with a time of 18:47.  First place female runner was Teren Block of Ridgefield, with a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Hearts, Hands &#038; Feet 5K Race/Walk, which took place Sunday, May 23rd was a great success.  Almost 200 participants enjoyed the day and helped support Jacmel.  First place male runner was RHS student, Kevin Ford, with a time of 18:47.  First place female runner was Teren Block of Ridgefield, with a<span id="more-469"></span> time of 20:14.  Amazing!  Photos to be posted soon.  Thanks to all our participants, sponsors and Race Director Kathy Carpenter for a wonderful and successful day!<br />
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<strong>Race results in order by time:</strong></p>
<p>Time	BIB NUMBER	FIRST Name	LAST Name	Sex	Town	State<br />
0:18:47	174	Kevin	Ford	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:19:05	146	Tim	Neil	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:19:25	63	Misha	Yeremeev	M	Redding	CT<br />
0:20:14	5	Teren	Block	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:20:15	168	Paul	Almira	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:20:33	101	Greg	Sholtes	M	Bethel	CT<br />
0:21:02	152	Tracy	Bueow	F	Bethel	CT<br />
0:21:03	121	Bill	Begg	M	Newtown	CT<br />
0:21:59	137	Kirk	Lanri	M	Brookfield	CT<br />
0:22:00	110	Ron 	Bordasm	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:22:02	138	Philippa	Wellborn	F	 Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:22:04	18	Sean	Hogan	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:22:08	133	Brian	McGrath	M	Norwalk	CT<br />
0:22:19	87	Micahel	Minardi	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:22:27	173	Bill	McBrayer	M	Redding	CT<br />
0:22:58	134	Brad	Bottger	M	Redding	CT<br />
0:23:02	140	Ken	Side	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:23:11	7	Michael	Brand	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:23:15	170	Jennifer 	Hansen	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:23:16	118	Natasha	Kowalch	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:23:22	8	Sean 	Breen	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:23:39	109	Jeff	McKay	M	New Milford	CT<br />
0:23:47	132	Don	Anderson	M	Needham	MA<br />
0:23:51	9	Caroline	Breen	F	Ridgefeild	CT<br />
0:24:00	103	Greg	Murtaugl	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:24:10	50	Catherine J.	Saldinger	F	Weston	CT<br />
0:24:30	62	Amy	Taylor	F	Redding	CT<br />
0:24:32	187	Heather	Roles	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:24:33	154	Gabe	Antunez	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:24:41	122	Billy	Begg	M	Newtown	CT<br />
0:24:55	105	Jennifer	Maddnia	F	Oxford	CT<br />
0:24:56	53	Heather 	Sung	F	Redding	CT<br />
0:24:57	104	Simon	O&#8217;Regan	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:25:17	26	Laurie	Knachel	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:25:27	144	Mark	Viklund	M	New Milford	CT<br />
0:25:31	185	Spensor	Schwartz	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:25:42	97	D.S.	Townsend	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:25:44	112	Sean	Connelly	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:25:45	35	Brendan	McAvoy	M	Fresh Meadows	NY<br />
0:25:46	117	Olivia 	Beatty	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:25:50	127	Jose	Mendez	M	Newtown	CT<br />
0:25:51	119	Robert	Bayer	m	Danbury	CT<br />
0:26:00	98	Joe	Bradley	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:26:08	75	Eileen	Thomas	F	New Fairfield	CT<br />
0:26:09	86	Ken	Dowling	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:26:22	66	Wendy	Lionetti	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:26:23	72	Alison	Reisert	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:26:24	40	Victoria	Moran	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:26:40	59	Mei	Zhang	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:26:52	102	Joy	Strand	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:27:00	169	Stephanie	Schoerner	F	Port Chester	NY<br />
0:27:30	33	Darren	Marshall	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:27:32	65	Sarah	Liberty	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:27:57	96	M.E.	Loncto	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:28:19	194	Robert Allon	Riego de DIaz	M	Danbury	CT<br />
0:28:40	159	Bib	159<br />
0:28:44	156	Monika	Nica	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:28:55	113	Jessica	Mancini	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:29:07	182	Joe	McHale	M	Redding	CT<br />
0:29:17	107	Don	OBrien	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:29:38	20	William	Hongach	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:29:45	84	Patrick	Broderick	M	New Fairfield	CT<br />
0:29:49	57	Cathy	Welsh	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:29:53	67	Maureen 	McBride	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:29:58	126	Mimi	Wang	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:30:10	115	Carol	Ryan	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:30:31	114	JoHanna	Wekar-Tyler	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:30:36	28	Kristine	LaVigna	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:30:40	151	John	Wellers	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:31:07	51	Erica 	Smock	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:31:07	143	George	Nieto	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:31:10	131	Bib	131<br />
0:31:26	158	Bib	158<br />
0:31:37	108	Annette	OBrien	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:31:48	19	Lori	Hongach	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:31:51	23	Patricia	Jorquera	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:32:08	73	Jay	Mortara	M	Danbury	CT<br />
0:32:09	153	Kristina	Teneyck	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:32:15	71	Daniel	Reisert	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:32:33	100	John 	Burns	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:32:48	179	Nancy	Mullin	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:33:14	116	Michael	Ryan	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:33:33	47	John	Quagliarello	M	Bedford	NY<br />
0:33:47	157	David	Mica	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:33:56	70	Mary	Reisert	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:34:00	4	Michele	Blanchard	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:34:02	30	Heather	Lindgren	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:34:05	130	Justine	Block	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:34:37	136	Jennifer	Slavin	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:35:08	135	Anthony	Slavin	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:35:54	171	Jessica	Dodge	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:35:55	177	Emily	Nossan	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:36:27	31	Olivia	Lindgren	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:36:34	24	Hannah	Kaufman	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:37:03	124	Jason	Kaufran	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:37:29	163	Isabel	Chase	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:37:34	37	Amy	McKinstry	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:38:07	74	Sheila	Mortara	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:38:28	41	Karen	Mulvihill	F	New Milford	CT<br />
0:39:30	82	Erin	Broderick	F	New Fairfield	CT<br />
0:39:32	83	Linda	Broderick	F	New Fairfield	CT<br />
0:41:22	175	Tad	Connelly	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:41:25	99	Alice	Carboni	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:42:20	123	Katie	Hackett	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:42:54	69	Marcia	Pesantez	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:43:11	125	Kristen	Hackett	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:43:12	60	Jackie	McBride	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:43:18	22	Kathi	Hurgin	F	Brookfield	CT<br />
0:43:18	189	Kate	Black	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:43:28	190	Jeff	Black	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:43:29	10	Benjamin	Brewster	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:43:30	162	Sylvia 	Steinert	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:44:55	164	Drew	Berman	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:45:09	180	Angie	Borkat	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:45:14	181	Jarrod	Borkat	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:48:38	178	Drew	Mullin	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:48:39	58	Benjamin	Welsh	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:49:12	21	Jens	Huerter	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:49:38	149	Willow	Neil	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:50:11	147	Lori	Neil	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:50:12	79	Liz	Denby-Callahan	F	Patterson	NY<br />
0:51:07	6	Rebecca	Brand	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:51:07	16	Jacqueline	Endlich	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:51:10	198	Jones	Jennifer	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:51:11	155	Patricia	Cuvrin	F	Grenvewar	IL<br />
0:51:14	142	Karen	Early	F	New Fairfield	CT<br />
0:51:30	141	Julia	MachMillan	F<br />
0:51:43	188	Jonathan	Alexander	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:51:44	145	Robin	Viklund	F	New Milford	CT<br />
0:51:44	148	Hazel	Neil	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:51:53	172	Carrie	Warner	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:51:55	139	Sheila	Sganga	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:53:37	111	Kim 	Hanna	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:53:39	36	Erin	McAvoy	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:53:54	38	Stephen 	Mencher	M	RIdgefield	CT<br />
0:53:56	161	Barbara	Carralho	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:56:19	160	Wellington	Carralho	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:56:20	34	Judy	McAvoy	F	Danbury	CT<br />
0:57:20	184	Marie	Flavin	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
0:58:01	186	Marina	Purtill	F	Brewester	NY<br />
0:58:10	14	Christopher	Cocchi	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
1:00:27	12	Peter	Cocchi	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
1:00:28	32	Nancy	Love Weith	F	Bethel	CT<br />
1:00:59	150	Caroline	???????	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
1:01:00	25	Jennifer	Kempter	F	Danbury	CT<br />
1:01:00	129	Bib	129	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
1:01:01	52	Michael Everett	Strout	M	Danbury	CT<br />
1:01:05	193	Abby	Freeman	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
1:01:06	197	Gabrielle	Woda	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	2	Tonia M.	Acevedo	F	Danbury	CT<br />
	3	Stephanie 	Anderson	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	11	Christine	Carr	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	13	Hope	Cocchi	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	15	Matthew	Cocchi	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	17	Mary	Garrett	F	RIdgefield	CT<br />
	27	Xavier	Larino-Maymi	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	29	Katie	LaVigna	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	39	Jean-Elie	Millien	M	Greenwich	CT<br />
	42	Emily	Nossan	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	43	David	Oelberg	M	Newtown	CT<br />
	44	Enrique	Ordaz	M	Danbury	CT<br />
	45	Kim	Petrozzelli	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	46	Sammi	Petrozzelli	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	48	Kathleen 	Reidy	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	49	Deb	Ryan	F	Greenwich	CT<br />
	54	Vera 	Sung	F	New York	NY<br />
	55	Kristina	TenEyck	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	56	Scott 	Ventrella	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	61	Maureen 	McBride	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	64	Charis	Taylor	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	68	Jackie	McBride	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	76	Andrew	Caligiuri	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	77	Cheryl	Bibbins	F	Fishkill	NY<br />
	78	Torell	Bibbins	M	Fishkill	NY<br />
	80	Brian	Callahan	M	Patterson	NY<br />
	81	Sam	Callahan	M	Patterson	NY<br />
	85	Bianca	DeMasi	F	Danbury	CT<br />
	88	Nancy	Weith	F	Bethel	CT<br />
	89	Munira	Kingdollar	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	90	Rick	Asselta	M	Maunado	PR<br />
	91	Lori	Bova	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	92	Nannan	Mele	F	Pound Ridge	NY<br />
	93	Wendy 	Mele	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	94	Lori	Bova	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	106	Stephanie	Cowin	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	120	Francine 	Chaves	F	Danbury	CT<br />
	128	Tim	Magee	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	176	Dr. Nick 	Peterson	M	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	191	Gina	Woda	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	192	Kate	Freeman	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	195	Emilie	Woda	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
	196	Caleigh	Shields	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
		Ali	Haffner<br />
		Stephanie	Kuhn<br />
		Michael	Minardi<br />
		Melanie	Vinci	F	Danbury	CT<br />
		Mimi	VanWees	F	Ridgefield	CT<br />
		Bob	Bayer	M	Danbury	CT</p>
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		<title>A big thank you to our Race sponsors&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 12:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We thank area businesses and families who are sponsoring the Hearts, Hand &#038; feet 5K race this coming weekend:  A big thanks goes out to:
Ridgefield Diagnostic Imaging
BMW of Ridgefield
Tony&#8217;s Corner Deli
Practically Green
Moore Lawn Maintenance
The Stockel Family
TR Design
Sound Financial Services
Georgetown Auto
Kilometeres
Peterson Chiropractic
The Brand Family
Fairfield County Bank
Elevation Spinning
HomeVision
Cooper Mulch
Tiger Sports
Garden of Ideas
Ridgefield Physical Therapy
Ridgefield Fitness
Pepsico
Southwest Cafe
Pamby [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We thank area businesses and families who are sponsoring the Hearts, Hand &#038; feet 5K race this coming weekend:  A big thanks goes out to:</p>
<p>Ridgefield Diagnostic Imaging<br />
BMW of Ridgefield<br />
Tony&#8217;s Corner Deli<br />
Practically Green<br />
Moore Lawn Maintenance<br />
The Stockel Family<br />
TR Design<br />
Sound Financial Services<br />
Georgetown Auto<br />
Kilometeres<br />
Peterson Chiropractic<br />
The Brand Family<br />
Fairfield County Bank<br />
Elevation Spinning<br />
HomeVision<br />
Cooper Mulch<br />
Tiger Sports<br />
Garden of Ideas<br />
Ridgefield Physical Therapy<br />
Ridgefield Fitness<br />
Pepsico<br />
Southwest Cafe<br />
Pamby Motors<br />
Ridgefield Screenprinting<br />
Bella Home<br />
Tiger Express<br />
Buddhi Yoga<br />
Sagi Restaurant<br />
Panera Bread<br />
Stew Leonard&#8217;s<br />
Caraluzzi&#8217;s<br />
Dunkin Donuts</p>
<p>We couldn&#8217;t do this race without you!  </p>
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		<title>Lemonade at  St Stephens to benefit Haiti on Memorial Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 19:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stop by St. Stephen&#8217;s on Main Street for their Nursery School&#8217;s Lemonade Stand during the Memorial Day Parade, Monday, May 31st.  This year there will also be a bouncy house for the children.  Donations collected will be given to Ridgefield Responds: Hope For Jacmel, Haiti, to help our feeding program.  We thank [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stop by St. Stephen&#8217;s on Main Street for their Nursery School&#8217;s Lemonade Stand during the Memorial Day Parade, Monday, May 31st.  This year there will also be a bouncy house for the children.  Donations collected will be given to Ridgefield Responds: Hope For Jacmel, Haiti, to help our feeding program.  We thank St. Stephen&#8217;s Nursery School for their support of those in need in Haitii. </p>
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		<title>Join us at Nature&#8217;s Temptations for Earth Day 4/25</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visit us this Sat, April 25th at Nature&#8217;s  Tempations&#8217; Earth Day celebration 10 am &#8211; 4 pm at 32 Prospect St in  Ridgefield.  Free samples and all you can eat BBQ, music and more! For  the whole family.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h6>Visit us this Sat, April 25th at Nature&#8217;s  Tempations&#8217; Earth Day celebration 10 am &#8211; 4 pm at 32 Prospect St in  Ridgefield.  Free samples and all you can eat BBQ, music and more! For  the whole family.</h6>
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		<title>Photos from Jacmel trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isabel Chase returned from Jacmel with many great photos of the children we are supporting at the center as well as images from the town.  Many of the children are wearing our Ridgefield Responds logo&#8217;d t-shirts.  More t-shirts will be sent in May so all of the kids can have one. 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isabel Chase returned from Jacmel with many great photos of the children we are supporting at the center as well as images from the town.  Many of the children are wearing our Ridgefield Responds logo&#8217;d t-shirts.  More t-shirts will be sent in May so all of the kids can have one. <a href="http://ridgefieldresponds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_23071.jpeg"  rel="lightbox[431]"  class="lightbox"><img src="http://ridgefieldresponds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_23071-620x413.jpg" alt="" title="IMG_2307" width="620" height="413" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-426" /></a>[image title="IMG_2289" size="large" id="419" align="left" linkto="viewer" ]<a href="http://ridgefieldresponds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_2248.jpeg"  rel="lightbox[431]"  class="lightbox"><img src="http://ridgefieldresponds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG_2248-620x413.jpg" alt="" title="IMG_2248" width="620" height="413" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-412" /></a><code>
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		<title>Letter from Jacmel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone,
We arrived in PAP and Bonite and Myrlande were waiting for me. We &#8216;toured&#8217; PAP, saw the medical center that Myrlande&#8217;s team is building and saw a lot of the destruction. I cannot even begin to explain what it looks like. Buildings that collapsed still had rubble in the streets where you might see [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>We arrived in PAP and Bonite and Myrlande were waiting for me. We &#8216;toured&#8217; PAP, saw the medical center that Myrlande&#8217;s team is building and saw a lot of the destruction. I cannot even begin to explain what it looks like. Buildings that collapsed still had rubble in the streets where you might see tents set up with cinder blocks in front of them so a car won&#8217;t run them over. And these tents are make-shift tents. Children bathing in the streets with filthy water. People living in broken down tents in what we would consider the medium of a busy road. Selling food, or living with garbage right in front of them.</p>
<p>After a while the heart cannot take much more but there is still so much more to see. On the way home we passed through Leogane, the epicenter, where almost every home in sight was destroyed. You would see craters on the street where the ground broke opened all the way home.</p>
<p>As you begin to approach Jacmel, about an hour out, you begin to drive on a mountain road where areas had debris all over it, the roads are extremely narrow, the drivers are crazy and children walk these roads. The cars whip around at 50 &#8211; 60 miles an hour with kids walking on the road. And the drop off, should you get off the road, guarantees death.</p>
<p>Today we went to a tent city in Jacmel and spent about 2 hours. We saw two mothers that had delivered on dirt floors the night before. We met a boy who lost both his mother and father in the quake. He told us he ran out but his parents were not lucky. he was a very sweet boy, around 9 years old. We saw an 8 month old who was found in a dumpster. The mother, 18, looked ill herself. The needs their are over whelming!! Where do you begin. The heart can get over whelmed but you know you have to start with one person at a time.</p>
<p>The tent city was said to house around 6 &#8211; 7 thousand people. The tents were gov&#8217;t tents, donated by Venezula. They have 8 FAMILIES, not people, FAMILIES to a tent. We walked into a few of them and they were around 110 degrees inside of them, no exaggeration. The families are separated by sheets. We went back there tonight to deliver goods .. we are so blessed in America!!!</p>
<p>Bonite and I were &#8217;scoping&#8217; it out for Myrlande&#8217;s medical team that arrives tomorrow. THey will set up in a school right next to the tent city on Thursday and Saturday and will set up here on Friday and possibly the rest of the days.</p>
<p>I cannot tell you how apparent our help is to everyone. The car that drives is around is a car donated from Jacmel. The container, which we hope to pick up its contents by Thursday!!!, will cloth so many. Bonite, as we walked the tent city, asked: do you have formula in that container &#8211; yes. At another time: do you have diapers &#8211; yes. Do you have baby clothing for summertime &#8211; yes. How about toiletries &#8211; yes.</p>
<p>I am so proud of my town and our surrounding neighbors. What you guys are doing, is a great thing. As I read the updates of the road race, the updates on Toscana, the flip flop drive, your love, your desire to help … believe me we are touching and affecting Jacmel in such a beautiful way. And tomorrow, 50 RR: Hope for Jacmel Haiti t-shirts will be distributed as I film the kids singing for us.</p>
<p>I am taking a lot of pictures. Our electricity was out all day. We are running on a small generator so I need to close soon b/c we will lose power soon.</p>
<p>I love you guys, really I do. What you are doing .. is a wonderful thing!! Bonite thanks you all day and night as she thanks God for each and everyone of you.</p>
<p>Isabel</p>
<p>30 March</p>
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		<title>Celebrity Bartender night 4/1 benefits Ridgefield Responds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Selectman, Rudy Marconi, will be the Celebrity Bartender this Thursday night, April 1st at Toscana Ristorante from 6 &#8211; 9 pm. 10% of the tab and all the tips will go to Ridgefield Responds.  We&#8217;ll be selling t-shirts, holding raffles and playing Haitian music.  Toscana&#8217;s is located at 43 Danbury Road in Ridgefield, CT.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First Selectman, Rudy Marconi, will be the <strong>Celebrity Bartender this Thursday night, April 1st at Toscana Ristorante from 6 &#8211; 9 pm.</strong> 10% of the tab and all the tips will go to Ridgefield Responds.  We&#8217;ll be selling t-shirts, holding raffles and playing Haitian music.  Toscana&#8217;s is located at 43 Danbury Road in Ridgefield, CT.  Tel 203.894.8995. www.toscanaridgefield.com.</p>
<p>We thank Rudy Marconi and Toscana for their support of Ridgefield Responds and for helping to feed the many desperate, hungry children of Jacmel.</p>
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		<title>May 1st Girl Scouts Tag Sale to benefit Jacmel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ridgefield Girl Scout Troop 50598 will be hosting a tag sale on Saturday, May 1st. The event will take place at 168 Branchville Road in Ridgefield.  Rain date is May 2nd. Troop 50598, a group of freshmen at RHS, has voted to donate their proceeds to Ridgefield Responds.  The date will coincide with the Downtown [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ridgefield Girl Scout Troop 50598 will be hosting a <strong>tag sale</strong> on <strong>Saturday, May 1st.</strong> The event will take place at 168 Branchville Road in Ridgefield.  Rain date is May 2nd. Troop 50598, a group of freshmen at RHS, has voted to donate their proceeds to Ridgefield Responds.  <span id="more-358"></span>The date will coincide with the Downtown Ridgefield spring celebration.  We thank the Girls Scouts for organizing this terrific fundraiser and for their strong support of our program to send disaster relief to Jacmel.<a href="http://ridgefieldresponds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/GIRLSCOUTSIMG_1946.jpg"  rel="lightbox[358]"  class="lightbox"><img src="http://ridgefieldresponds.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/GIRLSCOUTSIMG_1946-620x465.jpg" alt="" title="GIRLSCOUTSIMG_1946" width="620" height="465" class="alignleft size-large wp-image-449" /></a></p>
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		<title>Isabel Chase leaves for Jacmel Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steering committee member Isabel Chase leaves for Haiti today,  She is traveling with 60 people, largely from the Spring Valley, NY area, which includes medical professionals who will bring medical care to the region.  Isabel will be meeting the container of donated goods (1200 boxes) sent to Jacmel, and helping ensure its delivery through customs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steering committee member Isabel Chase leaves for Haiti today,  She is traveling with 60 people, largely from the Spring Valley, NY area, which includes medical professionals who will bring medical care to the region.  Isabel will be meeting the container of donated goods (1200 boxes) sent to Jacmel, and helping ensure its delivery through customs to its destination in Jacmel.  She plans to help distribute the food and clothes and get a bird&#8217;s eye view and assessment of the needs of those we are supporting.  Mrs. Chase will return to Ridgefield on April 6th.</p>
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