Although there have been updates on our other social media pages (e.g., Facebook or Instagram), we wanted to formally update you all through the ACR Website!

Some exciting things have happened in the past few months:

• Several students and IMR staff took a tour of the botanical garden Haiti Verte in Aux Cayes to celebrate Haiti’s agriculture day
• We reintroduced our Pot of Gold and Green raffle; the drawing will be announced later today at the NY Boat Ride which has returned for the first time since 2019!
• We celebrated the pre school and 13th grade graduates with a beautiful graduation in early July!

Please stay tuned as we update our website with the pictures from all of these events. Thank you again for all of your support! We would not be able to accomplish this without you all.

Please enjoy this short video that demonstrates the gratitude from both ACR and the Institution Mixte de Regnier (IMR) students.

As was updated on our social media profiles, after nearly 2 months of hard work and dedication, the rubble was cleared and a new, and temporary, schoolhouse now stands for the Institution Mixte de Regnier. This new building houses seven classrooms for junior high and high school students.

There is still much work that needs to be done to ensure the construction of a resilient school for the years to come. We hope that you will continue to support ACR through this! Please return to our website and social media pages (Facebook and Instagram) for more updates on IMR’s progress!

Yesterday evening, we chose winners of the Pot of Gold and Green Raffle.

Here are the results! We collected $11,155 from 2,231 tickets sold. Our first prize winner: Ronald B. sold by Paulette Charleus (Ticket #1092), winning $1,115.50. Second prize winner: Delcon F. sold by Guilaine Pierre-Paul (Ticket #1717), $557.75. Congratulations to the winners! This leaves ACR with a profit of $9,481.75, ($303.40 was subtracted from the grand total to account for expenses attributed to the raffle) Thank you all for your support!

Here’s the video of the ticket selection!

The story of the Institution Mixte de Regnier (IMR) was recently shared in an article from Le Nouvelliste, a Haitian newspaper. Written by Valery Daudier, the article details a brief history of the school and the impacts of the earthquake. The article can be read here: https://lenouvelliste.com/article/231277/limr-la-seule-ecole-de-regnier-detruite-par-le-seisme and is written in French, though Internet browsers such as Google Chrome and Safari may translate the article to your preferred language.

We would like to thank Le Nouvelliste for featuring this story. If you are interested in supporting our organization as we rebuild, please visit our GoFundMe page: https://gofund.me/0c1247ac

Through the Institution Mixte de Regnier, ACR has been able to provide access to education and resources for the children in the surrounding area for over 26 years. While this catastrophe has temporarily put a damper on our plans, we will not be deterred by this tragedy and work to rebuild our school. A GoFundMe link will be shared in the near future. Please keep our school, affected students, staff, and their families, and the country in your thoughts and prayers!

We hope everyone is having a great year so far!

For fundraising efforts this year, we’re introducing our Pot of Gold and Green Raffle! Entry into this raffle is $5 per ticket. The first place winner will receive 10% of the proceeds and the second place winner will receive 5% of the proceeds. All other proceeds will be used to support the Institution Mixte de Regnier’s new computer class!

If you would like to be a part of the raffle, please send your contributions through Zelle via our email: acr@acrhaiti.net.

The winners will be announced via video on our website on August 31st, 2021, so make sure to get your entries in before then! We thank you in advance for your support!

We do hope that you and your loved ones are well at the beginning of this new year. We wanted to provide an update for the Association for the Children of Regnier Haiti’s school. Institution Mixte de Regnier reopened on August 10th to end the 2019-2020 school year. The 9th and 13th graders scored an average of 80% on their Haiti’s Board of Education National Exams. The 2020-2021 school year began on November 9th and we have over 300 students!

In this new year, we ask that you remember ACR Haiti in your plans; it’s important to stop and reflect on the joy and blessings in your own life and also being aware that not everyone is so fortunate. With that in mind, please consider setting aside part of your budget to support the work of ACR Haiti with a tax-deductible charitable donation.

We’re proud to announce that we are happy participants of Amazon Smile, where a portion of purchases goes toward ACR Haiti: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/11-3254308

Alternatively, you can donate to the organization in five ways:

1. Sending donations directly to acr@acrhaiti.net using Zelle
2. Using the online portal found on the organization’s website: www.acrhaiti.net/donate
3. Donating through ACR’s GoFundMe page which can be found on ACR’s Facebook and Instagram pages, or by navigating to this link: https://gf.me/u/x7zg5y
4. Give to this cause through Givelify: https://www.givelify.com/givenow/1.0/NjgzNzI=/selection
5. Mailing donations directly to the following address:
ACR
PO Box 1257
Baldwin, NY 11510

Remember, ACR is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; all donations are tax-deductible. Providing for the children of Regnier and neighboring villages would not be possible without your support. We thank you in advance for your contribution!

We hope that this new year will be prosperous for you all!

Sincerely,
Maryse Cadet