Last year Scott County High School participated in a peanut butter drive for the Northwest Christian Haiti Mission. You can follow up on their ministries and any updates on their website. Last year we were able to collect 500 jars of peanut butter to send down to the people of Haiti. However, with the earthquake that has hit recently we feel it is even more important to raise more than last year. This year our goal is 3 million jars for the 3 million people that live there. Many people in Haiti do not have refrigeration units in their homes and peanut butter is an excellent source of protein that does not need to be refrigerated and will keep for an extended amount of time. Contact us for more information on how you can help.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Moving Along

The response we have received from the community has been second to none. Schools, churches, and businesses are supporting the peanut butter drive left and right. In fact it has been difficult to keep a list of everyone collecting or raising peanut butter for the drive! We will post a complete list of the businesses very soon after we have confirmed the list.

Yesterday, everyone in the school brought their peanut butter down to my room and I can honestly say that I have never seen that much peanut butter at in one place before. It was really good to see. One student brought down a six pound "jar" of peanut butter for the drive! I didn't even know they made six pound jars! We hope to have an estimated count by the end of the day, but the count will only include what is at the school and what is at a couple of businesses that have given me their numbers. However, there are just so many places collecting right now that it will be difficult to ever get an exact number but we will do our best for you all! Thank you for checking the blog and we will continue to update with how we are doing. It is great to see and hear all the positives that are coming in surrounding this cause! If you are a visitor or come by the blog feel free to leave a comment. Also, on the left of the screen is a paypal button. If you want to donate, but do not want to send peanut butter via mail because of shipping, then feel free to donate through paypal and we will purchase however many jars we can purchase with your donation.

Finally, I want to give a shout out and thanks to ESPN analyst and reporter
Adam Schefter who retweeted our blog! The word is getting out! Stay positive and we will make this happen!

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