By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The SHARE Haiti Benefit Auction and Waffle Supper is Friday at the Pleasantview Activity Center at 5013 South Dean Road.
"We are a non-profit organization based in the southern part of the country," said Lysner Jean with SHARE Haiti. "We are involved in a lot of humanitarian aid. The goal is to bring the gospel of God to the Haitian people and eventually teach them the Bible. It is hard to get an attentive ear when the people are struggling, when they are hungry, when the children cannot go to school, when they do not have shelters. We try to implement some of those programs to help them out."
For Jean, he sees his role as giving back to those who invested in him when he was growing up.
I grew up in a family that would be considered poor compared to an American standard," Jean said. "I received a lot of help from people to make me what I am today. I feel the great way to return thanks is to help others. The people that helped me, they are really not expecting anything directly from me to help them back. I decided the great way that I can say thank you to those that helped me in the past is to help others that are in need.
That's why he has come to America to tell the story of SHARE Haiti and to let Christians know of the need, as he personally doesn't have the means to do it himself.
This is the 14th year for the event. It begins with the supper at 4:30 p.m. and the auction starts at 6:30 p.m.