Regis - efforts for Haiti

Regis extends a helping hand to the people of Haiti 

At The Regis School of the Sacred Heart service is a way of life. It is a coincidence that the school had selected “Poverty in Haiti” as the theme for its February Social Awareness Program, a program driven to encourage the boys to actively engage in making a difference in society. Activities were planned to raise awareness about the country and to help the boys understand that many in the world live with significantly less. However, when Haiti was hit by the cataclysmic tragedy, projects were reorganized to support the crisis.

To support the relief efforts, the school has launched a month long coin collection drive. On a weekly basis, each class will collect coins of a different denomination- pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollars. At the end of the drive, a check will be sent to the Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ) in Haiti. An appeal was also made to the Regis community to donate to the Sacred Heart mission operated by RSCJ in Haiti. Additionally, a wall has been designated as the ‘Prayer wall for Haiti,’ on the school campus. Members of the Regis community are invited to write prayers and letters or to draw some art to express their love and concern for the people of Haiti.

The catastrophe and its devastating impact on Haitians is also being discussed in the social studies and religion classes. So inspired was Jack Graham, a fifth grade student, by the call to be ‘people of action,’  discussed in his religion class, that he set up a lemonade stand to raise money for the people of Haiti. To date, he has raised $300, and the monies are still flowing in from friends and family who were unable to visit his stand.

This school year, Regis’ Social Awareness Program is driven by the Corporal Works of Mercy. The focus is to provide the boys with meaningful experiences that allow them “to feed the hungry, to give drink to the thirsty, to clothe the naked, to shelter the homeless, to care for the sick, to visit the imprisoned, and to bury the dead.” Regis’ relief efforts for Haiti are a reflection of such meaningful experiences.