Dear Generous Friends,

Amid hardship nearly beyond comprehension, there is encouraging news: In 2008, your kindness has provided life-saving care for more than 14,000 children and their families.

Despite hurricanes, floods, critical food shortages and desperate poverty, Friends of the Children of Haiti has persevered, delivering expert medical treatment to people already enduring so much; people who would otherwise have gone without care; people who would otherwise have died.

Instead, because of your support, FOTCOH's teams of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other dedicated volunteers have enabled our Haitian neighbors to build a foundation of health - and hope - for a brighter future.

As we all contemplate how to navigate turbulent times, we're asking you to consider that even a modest investment in supporting FOTCOH will be vital in continuing its work, and its dramatic impact in a place forgotten by most of the world.

Your gift - even as little as $15 - will continue to make a difference.

With thanks in advance for your continued support of our work, we wish you and your family good health and happiness and hope.

– Mesi Anpil.

Click here to contribute; call 309-369-2634; or send checks to Friends of the Children of Haiti, P.O. Box 789, Peoria, IL 61652.