https://www.futureforwardforhaiti.org/about daily 0.75 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1457442167750-WK2QGY0OQ926EN92XL24/Goodbye+to+Chapottin About Chapottin friends wished us well as we began our trek down the mountains toward home. It is always so hard to leave. https://www.futureforwardforhaiti.org/projects-1 daily 0.75 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588267547948-72T80WUQ1GLDRJRXH1P9/9D32F20D-8716-4F68-8700-FA43AE863148_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - 2008 From humble beginnings in Trois Mares... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588268402626-7RF2KK3YIZSD74OZHJOC/4B0CF987-058E-4443-AFCE-07271F59C8C0_1_105_c.jpg Our History - 2010 New Light & Peace Church/School Built through partnership of Grace Lutheran Church and friends in Teaneck, NJ, with the Light and Peace Mission in Trois Mares, Haiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588267587297-Q3QGKOA3HUTAFOV563OH/DFFB8550-FE89-454F-B516-7C7512B03BCB_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - 2011 Community Cistern for clean water running off the new church roof and filtered for each user. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588269068956-482OK2G9WNN6L0Z8TK39/D17BAFF9-2B6E-4FFD-8F3D-F5EB0F9EA55B_1_105_c.jpg Our History - 2011 Parsonage/Welcome Center where visitors from “down the mountain” and our travel team stay when we visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588267600112-M730FLNGAFX0HZG33OCR/418BCDB7-3429-44DE-9659-49773D0BCE3F_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - 2013 First Packathon sends school lunches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588267685390-PSNVC7MH3LNGHMPM2O3G/E5606D6F-D740-43D2-9A63-F3B97966520F_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - 2016 First Ever Graduation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588267693355-QERQSIRDLW3YVA1SX6NJ/C915E062-B907-4B45-AD7A-06168B24EBEB_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - 2016 First Alphas receive Certificates for Literacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588267670711-YQZ3PGEV75E7WAQTCWMB/6DDABB5A-165B-452E-9A85-EC2F2C6C585F_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - 2017 Microloans help borrowers start businesses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588267789729-R5RPKCDG63HOCA2XEZ8P/B2F23C7C-F820-4043-A2ED-A177BEE070B5_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - 2018 School for Grades 1-4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588267754979-HN4EFDZ21M899XF5B1V1/1F7E9963-F82C-43DA-BBF9-CFA18C6FC373_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - Grade 2 in their own classroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588267408436-0PQ7JWVH75NY4SSATR6Y/A726676A-42DD-46AA-A011-F36209CB72B7_1_105_c.jpg Our History - 2019 Nancy Hulbrock Building completes school completed 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588005687504-OZ9RE9IUMCHUTO4VIHD4/1CBEF280-8B9C-45E9-A920-C07651489AE8_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - Finished 2019! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1713907556514-12MI3EC6QNJ899QYPA0D/FBEC2812-E5CC-4F0E-9414-A2ECCB780475_1_105_c.jpg Our History - Chapottin needed to use their old church building to become a school. It has grown over many stages as the student population has grown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588284828149-2NZJ8QK0P51IX4B17T55/B7939FB5-34A4-455D-89A6-3E3A7A841F56_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - Since 2013, Chapottin's students have received school lunches assembled by Teaneck Packathon for Haiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588270655654-6S2G5VE4NN8V1HJH5W4B/14F8B24E-9364-4A7B-8328-4008C5EE77A1_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - Chapottin School opened 2014 with funding from our first Teaneck Packathon in 2013. This was a great improvement with the former open church sanctuary divided into three rooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588616829720-HN70CU67SE0KMW4JYO7D/IMG_0628.jpeg Our History - 2016 Community Cistern Gutters and downspouts direct rain from the church roof to store in this 22,680 gallon water tank made of cinder blocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588270665570-3DTMJWZOUMN4GPJSUJH6/94D533C8-A87E-4113-B99F-0914B33DD8EA_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - Benches with desks Our travel team loves working with our Haitian counterparts to make whatever’s needed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588285591491-C5WLIZAXEH81A1UM4YLZ/B40B6544-5184-4E69-A3E3-886B0A358D55_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - Girls rooms and Boys rooms Imagine school without them! But no more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588286230640-XSZETELAF8PD9W2OCTVJ/153A6668-EEEF-4C2B-9945-A1A969EA4BB2_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - Seed potatos to replace a crop lost to hurricanes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1724867684649-DFX2BQKKWGOUJH35N7CD/3645B12B-6D14-4AA3-B139-473157D5E093.jpg Our History - First floor of new school completed in 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588612918427-UIQIBQ6LCWLFQGQKATIC/CE0E331C-885C-42A4-B738-4C35C75BA54F_1_105_c.jpg Our History - 2013 Pr. Aleus (center) began asking for a school so we began looking for someone to partner with St. Louis d’Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588006335650-29R97IP6Q2TL6QT4XS56/ED92B88C-B546-4C73-BFD1-02753D13D970_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - 2018 This "tour guide" showed us her village It was our first visit and chance to meet with local leaders and students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588613837907-RG3LMVN5NAWEZ0JQMPH8/E099D98D-5431-45FC-A57B-F75E22C5EF4D_1_105_c.jpg Our History - Our travel team first visited SLA in 2018 after Christ Church of Hamilton and Wenham, MA, began supporting teacher salaries there. The school was meeting in the church at that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588006239024-T74X1SUJYDXLY4VXYXNA/3D2D1C22-BB97-4F37-B2BF-6432035AD9DB_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - 2019 Partnership begins with Christ Church of Hamilton and Wenham, Massachusetts, sponsoring teacher salaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588006183463-Y7QMO8PZ6VYVZSAZGP6Q/A03F88D9-D445-46CF-A058-4644D966BA48_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - Travel team builds desks with local carpenter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588285472152-X0390CZNIIR7NBDTXYJS/7D72159D-F26C-423D-B91A-E7C1A790F283_1_105_c.jpeg Our History - First North Shore Packathon for Haiti packed 50,000 meals and raised additional money for land purchase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1724794736113-FRMW61VMBOVCF5E5LYMI/7520F349-EC8A-479F-B328-B75FCA716F0E_1_105_c.jpg Our History - Students now enjoy school lunches with teachers dedicated to their education, but they also needed to get out of the open church building and into separate classrooms for each grade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1588612717396-F9GO0AISZQZ86SH0B368/AA1AC278-201F-4A69-84A2-ADB59AF48411_1_105_c.jpg Our History - Land was bought for a school 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1724794297321-O4G1VDLVGDRN036A4HGM/1C5B61F7-A230-41B1-B1B1-3B778D14875D.jpeg Our History - Classes occupied before windows and doors were added. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1724866953125-M9THCTJXHPDL6R48T89Z/041c4107-c14b-4b55-af79-e43736894806.jpeg Our History - In Bois Negresse, school is still held in the church building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1772648009158-JGI4QLACZ5HTFSUEY2DE/7CCD8885-F778-4118-B1CB-78B7F2203F2A_1_201_a.jpeg Our History - Students salute their flag and prepare to start another day of learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1724866874024-O8Y00W85OK1L4KS7585T/F4466C60-C7E0-41BE-A174-63614DA276CE_4_5005_c.jpeg Our History - Gallatin Valley volunteers assemble 70,000 school lunches for hard working students in Bois Negresse. https://www.futureforwardforhaiti.org/textbooks daily 0.75 2024-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1497123783820-INBQ22V1ENLEUC5B2B2Y/DSC03742.jpg Textbooks https://www.futureforwardforhaiti.org/chapattin daily 0.75 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585677545968-DTN2QVUIUW3QSWWXSFM1/IMG_1049.jpeg Chapottin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585678427347-QZP21A4GGL7MAFDX1CP7/pink+school Chapottin - Finished 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585675954312-EHISYLEVENVGU7MIGEP2/IMG_2861.jpeg Chapottin - New school began with a pile of sand and a prayer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585676474080-F232E0V7EUC00S67LDB5/IMG_0794.jpeg Chapottin - Eager to greet us & show off their building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585675783992-H9X741DVM3OCTY0CWY7E/IMG_6915.jpg Chapottin - 8 or 10 classrooms? We'll count when we get there https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585680869967-44B4O11PWVZ7GZ27SNXU/IMG_0629.jpeg Chapottin - Cistern 22' square x 12' deep! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585681746354-B169VBILP43T8FDXJ7BO/a3709260-c6ef-41b0-b068-595aec9d11c5.jpg Chapottin - Boys and girls rooms near the school https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1494513657868-71PN7CSTDHR2TWN2F3HT/IMG_1000.jpg Chapottin - Bert demonstrates science experiments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585681984595-ZERNIVVZEVSJKWEXCDRY/IMG_1005.jpg Chapottin - Dr. Wong applies fluoride for each child https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1494513676555-QRCLXHH7408MYTJK3INP/IMG_1087.jpg Chapottin - Haitian team builds skills and benches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1494513669338-XRWCWHKIAAERKVLNE4RM/IMG_1071.jpg Chapottin - School boys helped! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1494513785822-RF94MPXITV6BUIET94UC/IMG_1043.jpg Chapottin - Driving into Chapottin https://www.futureforwardforhaiti.org/trois-mares daily 0.75 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585763296289-M05TQ6ONV5VXN93D8673/20180421_083737.jpeg Trois Mares Haitian students are very eager to learn and they run to this school, finished in 2017. They quiz each other on their lessons after school. Many villages have no school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1585674963100-88UG8DF10OZ3V3IO4TPR/410a475f-5e48-46f6-b7e7-079012ba0e22.jpeg Trois Mares This newest school building has 6 classrooms. They sent us this photo, but we are anxious for the students to show it to us personally when we visit next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1494516822271-XTS94VKO9SNCZM8QM1W1/IMG_0447.jpg Trois Mares - Team drivers navigate streams of run-off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1494517166610-DPO6V3W2PAAMUXP3UP01/IMG_0721.jpg Trois Mares - Small business owners share their experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1586446340923-GWYO3VL880Q92VMH41A3/IMG_0870.jpg Trois Mares - Alpha woman tests new reading glasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1494519307549-ULG4NIX5GQHN8OTKH32Z/IMG_0883.jpg Trois Mares - Children surprised us with a party; pastor accompanies musical chairs. https://www.futureforwardforhaiti.org/sla daily 0.75 2024-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/74fed654-c0b9-438e-9c1f-6ff3ed94792b/3645B12B-6D14-4AA3-B139-473157D5E093.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411123923-2JIRZNL8VO76T3ZIOP9N/IMG_3507.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411558523-F23L6GKEMU2E8BN9MT5V/20180422_111558.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411129749-SDD3L0YU52RSHX99W7EB/IMG_3528+2.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531412358019-CTMPZDD7MG653W732G8Q/IMG_3574+2.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411119568-KF2K8JHM91INWZ6IBV47/20180422_182654.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411133663-TTZ510VEFWV3WHPD3FIB/IMG_3536.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411123738-CAC8OQPBZVBC0M40JYXV/DSC05382.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411560839-O5ISE60YD0Z6GCCHX8T1/20180423_090435.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411564250-P8TUNH47KWQJ0DH9QTHJ/20180423_135722.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411113268-UXZXHOU2QHL7068WTQSY/20180422_104552.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531411569036-IOUADKSWGHTN5WEYC14M/20180423_140329.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1531412358485-2LE7YP841ZXO7ZV2QWG3/IMG_3579.jpg St. Louis d'Ayiti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1713910437940-PYMLPFLQDQZ7Z8GUFGEC/BB0C93C4-F50A-48FC-B77A-5E297F4F5E9F_1_105_c.jpeg St. Louis d'Ayiti Back in 2018, students met in the church building. They were crowded into the single room and each class faced a different wall to “distance” the classes.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1714056314541-XZGDEOE6K34TUEZOZXKW/D5F4448F-61BE-4D7A-B673-815CAEAB03CF_1_105_c.jpeg St. Louis d'Ayiti Construction began on a new school soon after Christ Church of Hamilton and Wenham , Massachusetts hosted the first North Shore Packathon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1713910345055-V6NM82ILRA79JX3P52GH/13410061-6053-42A1-BA42-4227055A8CA2.jpeg St. Louis d'Ayiti The Light and Peace School in St. Louis d’Ayiti lost no time moving to their new digs! Teachers and students hurried to occupy rooms dedicated for their use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1713910259014-XBMM4WYGZXD6PCBVT7TJ/3645B12B-6D14-4AA3-B139-473157D5E093.jpeg St. Louis d'Ayiti - First day of school 2023! Students were eager to get started in the newly finished rooms with heavy doors and windows installed. It was a proud day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1713910104062-0E2HZH7UMN7SUCHXMB0H/63FE65E5-17E2-438D-A0D4-3674DEC22A5B.jpeg St. Louis d'Ayiti Bright rooms for bright students showing off new textbooks. They are working hard! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/1713910514335-ISED5YVZZBMJST3X8NPI/A03F88D9-D445-46CF-A058-4644D966BA48_1_105_c.jpeg St. Louis d'Ayiti - From our first visit our travel team worked with local men and boys to build school benches with desks. 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Because of her leadership, Future Forward for Haiti grew to embrace the community of Chapottin as well as Trois Mares and started our pattern of growth. She has visited Haiti with our travel team five times, doing everything! Jenn has served on the board since Future Forward for Haiti incorporated in 2014. She loves the people of Haiti – their resilience and their faith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/dd89773e-e2d6-4698-96db-aff0083b1e79/tempImagekM9zkP.jpg Our Team of Directors Sue Papera first visited Haiti in 2008 with our team. Right away, she picked up on the request in Trois Mare for a cistern to collect rain water for the community. Sue has been associated with the Teaneck Packathon since 2013. She and Kaitlin will lead the Packathon again this year as they did in 2023, raising money and organizing the day to include diverse people from all walks of life, including children, families, sororities, sports teams. the food goes to the Haitian communities of both Trois Mares and Chapottin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/e00e925f-18b3-42c2-b2ae-36f78f82484a/77EA07F0-A4E4-429F-8355-A54C79228C15_4_5005_c.jpg Our Team of Directors - Make it stand out Joyce F. Baynes, Ed.D. has been involved with Future Forward for Haiti and its predecessor for over 12 years.She is a retired educator who loves to bring out the best in children. Her primary area of study was mathematics and she continues to believe that ALL children are capable of excelling in that area, regardless of their circumstance. Her passion for the Haitian people also stems from the fact that they are our neighbors who have been suffering from corruption, racism, and violence for many years. Joyce wants to help them in any way she can. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/46e0c60a-01f8-4897-aa75-7de27bb645aa/06122863-0985-4C18-8253-33304631E2A3_4_5005_c.jpg Our Team of Directors Deborah Frisby has served as our Secretary for six years. She also directs registration for Teaneck Packathon for Haiti. Deborah is retired, but has always had a keen interest in the well-being of children. She was a preschool teacher and parent involvement specialist in her younger years. She also is very aware of the challenges faced by previously colonized developing nations. By working with FFH she hopes to, in a small way, have a positive impact on Haiti’s children and future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/06f68cc0-efdf-438f-9e9e-81b2e5693dca/E4511A97-7BFD-4AEE-9163-F076372B8A5E_1_201_a.jpeg Our Team of Directors - Make it stand out Huntley Skinner – I am a retired LICSW clinical social worker who has worked with children and women. Presently Chair of our community’s Afffordable Housing Trust as well as a board member for FFFH. I have a deep commitment to children and families and their basic needs of food, shelter, and education. I see these as the building blocks for a successful life. These needs are ever present in the children and families we serve in Haiti and fuel my commitment to advocate and provide for mind, body and soul nourishment in Haiti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/73cb0e74-7c0b-4f69-9856-70e0e9aa2d7c/59D5D693-4D83-4E88-B21B-1ABD5D04C00C.jpg Our Team of Directors - Make it stand out Grace Chmura - I have a heart for children! I have directed Christ Church Parish Day School for 18 years and work with a wonderful group of 17 teachers and 70 preschool children. I have been involved on numerous boards and organizations raising money for scholarships and supporting educational endeavors, including the H-W Education Fund, Cutler School Friends, GCTS Women's Council, CCPDS Board and Early Childhood Partners Board and have recently joined the Future Forward for Haiti Board after participating in many packathons and events to raise funds for the children in Haiti. I am married and have three grown children and a sweet little dog named Bella. I am an avid hiker and skier and love anything outdoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/5057c8a8-580e-49ce-8482-dd1a93b6ac9d/Bert.jpg Our Team of Directors Board Treasurer Bert Mineral’s Future Forward work includes 2 trips with the Travel Team to Haiti, 9 packathons, and 7 years as board member and treasurer. In Haiti he demonstrates science experiments for the school children, directs construction of school benches and desks with local Haitian men, and collects info from the school children, teachers and administrators on their needs. He loves to see the faith and hope of Haitian people in light of the many continuous obstacles they face each day. One important aspect of Future Forward for Haiti’s work is how far our money goes in building schools, paying teachers and feeding the school children in this poor Caribbean country. Recently retired, his career as an R&D analytical chemist included work in laboratories in contract testing, food and pharmaceutical industries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/4203910a-e8dd-43ff-b6d6-6d4e25f5ecdc/88E6E504-5D1C-4962-A370-E6A4B932D04D_4_5005_c.jpg Our Team of Directors - Make it stand out Kay Roseen‘s first trip to Haiti was in 2007. In 2008 a father asked her to bring his son to the States to raise. Unable to fulfill his request, she promised to work to make Haiti a better place to raise children. She and Dr. Joyce Baynes worked together, starting with partnerships between American and Haitian churches In 2013, they spearheaded the first Teaneck Packathon for Haiti and founded Future Forward for Haiti as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2015 with Kay as president until 2024. !n 2019, Kay moved to Montana and started a packathon there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53ac2124e4b025ee91b76268/e0789be8-35e2-4ca3-8a50-86244d105bef/C76601BC-B686-4CB8-A669-CF0FE8FE9F9D_1_201_a.jpeg Our Team of Directors - Make it stand out Kaitlin Shinholster – I joined the Haiti travel team and went to Haiti in 2018 and the trip was such an eye opener. Getting the chance to actually see our organization's work in person and how grateful and hopeful the Haitian people are let me appreciate what I have and the need to pay it foward. I was introduced to the Packathon through my involvement with Grace Lutheran Church and have attended and volunteered at m any Packathons since then. 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