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STAFF REPORT – For the first time in 12 years, the Boca Grande Hope For Haitians reception at The Gasparilla Inn Beach Club in Boca Grande is going virtual.
The annual in-person fundraiser was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, but Chairpersons Ben and Louise Scott, who have held the event with Food For The Poor since 2009, are determined to move forward. The couple is not letting the COVID-19 crisis pause their passion for helping families in Haiti during this critical time.
“We know the great toll this catastrophe has caused here in America; but try imagining its impact on the suffering in Haiti,” Ben said. “We have seen the life-changing impact Boca Grande Hope For Haitians has made in the lives of thousands in Haiti over the past decade. More recently we’ve funded 153 homes in three phases in Savann Kabrit. It is my hope that even though we cannot be together in person due to COVID, the Boca Grande community will continue to give generously to get e