Christmas in August Fundraiser to Benefit Haitian Children

A "Christmas in August" fundraiser to benefit For Haiti With Love will be held at 6 p.m., Aug. 12, at the First United Methodist Church, 421 Main St., Dunedin.

For Haiti With Love is a Palm Harbor- and Cap-Haitien, Haiti, based charity that hosts the yearly "Christmas in August Fundraiser" in Dunedin so that impoverished North Coast Haitian children can experience the joys of Christmas in December.

The stateside Christmas party features a meal and auction with folks bringing unwrapped gifts to put under the tree. 

For Haiti With Love operates a mission on the north coast, where even by Haitian standards, aid is sparse, according to the group. It has been helping the people of Haiti for 46 years.

In Haiti they will be sorted by age and gender for distribution to more than 500 children on Christmas Day.

While billions of aid was pledged to Haitians after the 2010 earthquake leveled Port-au-Prince, little of it reached the people, especially those outside the capital, according to the nonprofit.

For Haiti with Love, Inc. is a faith mission. It runs a food program, provides formula for babies without mothers, oversees a construction program that has completed churches, schools, marketplaces in six villages, over 50 homes for the homeless.

As funding permits, there is also help with school tuition, funerals, X-rays and other medical needs from doctors and hospitals that charge and, of course, the poor box by the door for the elderly. 

For more information, contact Eva DeHart with For Haiti with Love, 727-938-3245.