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Medical relief group prepares to ship supplies from Minnesota to Haiti
A semitrailer full of relief supplies will roll out of Patty Nelson’s driveway in Aitkin, Minn., on Wednesday, beginning a 2,000-mile journey from northern Minnesota to northern Haiti.
Nelson is coordinator for Project Haiti, a medical relief group that’s delivered doctors and supplies to the country during annual mission trips since 1989.
It’s among the dozens of small organizations nationwide rushing to help meet the big need for food, water and other essentials as the nation digs out from the rubble of last Tuesday’s deadly 7.0 earthquake.
“The outpouring of help has been just phenomenal,” said Nelson, a retired nurse who is also secretary and treasurer of Project Haiti. Read the rest of this entry »
