Helping Haiti
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DART—WHERE AMERICA’S PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVERS SUCCEED
Help for Haiti
load of medical The headsupplies 1,736 lines might miles from be gone, but Minnesota to some people Miami, Florida. are still thinkThe supplies ing about then traveled by cargo Haiti after its devastating plane to Part-au-Prince, earthquake. Haiti’s most populated In May Dart Transit city. Company joined forces Dart also moved a with enCompass Church load of baby products and World Wide Village, and medical supplies Inc. for a fundraiser through Doctors called “Homes for Without Borders from Haiti.” The fundraiser Minnesota to Florida, began in April, and and hauled building encouraged the commusupplies for Habitat for nity and members of the Humanity to a distribuchurch to donate suption center in Missouri. plies such as clothing, shoes, blankets, personal Volunteers loaded plastic bins full enCompass Church hygiene products, and of supplies for the people in Haiti enCompass is a health aids. The supplies into a storage container. From there church in Vadnais were collected and Dart will transport the supplies to Heights, Minnesota, a packed in plastic bins. Florida, where they will be shipped suburb of Minnesota’s On May 7, Dart to Haiti. Photos courtesy of World capital city. It focuses on Portable Storage, Inc. Wide Village and ARC. serving the needs of donated the use of two those in both local and global 20-foot storage containers at communities. AFSA Charter High School in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota for World Wide Village the fundraiser. Volunteers loaded World Wide Village is a bins filled with supplies into non-profit organization whose the containers. mission is to transform impoverDart Transit Company then picked up ished communities. The organization’s the loaded containers and delivered them current focus is in Haiti. Through the to World Wide Village in St. Paul. From support of Christian churches, schools, there, Dart will transport the supplies to and medical facilities, World Wide Village Florida where they are destined for Haiti. is helping to meet the needs of families This isn’t the first time Dart in communities across Haiti by providing provided transportation for Haiti relief. food and supplies such as water purificaIn January, just a few days after the earth- tion units, pre-packaged meals, building quake, the American Refugee Committee materials, and equipment to help approached Dart, asking it to move a re-establish lives. ◆ 10.