Haiti Fundraiser Program - April 26 2011 by Reiser Relief

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Welcome to Reiser Relief Annual Haiti FundraiserOn behalf of Reiser Relief Inc. I extend our warmest welcome! We are honored to have you asour guests this evening. As we celebrate at our annual fundraiser, we are so grateful for the

support from our donors. This is the single largest fundraising event for Reiser Relief and withyour help we have been able to provide essential services to many Haitian families in their day-to-day efforts for survival. These services include providing fresh water, stocking food centers,and funding education and eldercare facilities. Thank you for attending this evening. We hopeyou enjoy a memorable evening as we work together to provide relief to the neediest people inthe western hemisphere.

May God bless each of you most abundantly and know you are in my daily Mass and prayers.

Father Bernard Reiser

President, Reiser Relief Inc.

Master of Ceremony Pat EbertzAuctioneer Dave Christian

Entertainment Totino-Grace Jazz Ensemble directed by Tim HoffmanSherwin Linton and Pam

Your Opportunities for Giving

Purchase beads for Heads or Tails game - $100 prize

Spin the Wheel Game each spin everyone is a winner!

Grand Raffle Prizes.Quilt made by the Women of EpiphanyChance to win a $1,000

Father Reisers book Reisers Ramblings

Silent auction

Live auction

Cash Call This is your chance to contribute to specific causes in Haiti!

Purchase table centerpiece baskets


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Keep The Wheel Turning - Schedule

6:30 Welcome & Opening Prayer

6:45 Totino-Grace Jazz Ensemble

7:00 Father Reiser Presentations

7:20 Reiser Relief Overview and Video

7:30 First half of Silent Auction closes

7:35 Heads or Tails Game

7:45 Live Auction & Cash Call

8:30 Second half of Silent Auction closes

8:35 Grand Raffle Winners Announced

8:40 Sherwin Linton & Pam

9:15 Father Reiser Closing Prayer


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Reiser Relief Board

Father Reiser President

Doris Schulte Vice PresidentJoel Jacobs Treasurer

Nate Olson SecretaryJosie BertieBob BoyumRuss HerbstSybil HoffmanTom KuehnJoe Quinn

Richard Wilder

Marketing: Doug BreezeeVideo: Christopher Anderson

Committee Members

Doris Schulte

Tim & Jordyn AndrajackJosie BertieSarah BockJo-Anne BockSister Corrine Dahlheimer

Nancy HillJeanne KadlecDavid KassingDawn Mannella

Shelley MannellaMary MayGayle McMullenMissy NessJan PopeJudy SchaeferLisa VanDyke

Our gratitude goes out to:

Courtyards of Andover Anne DeLucaABC Newspapers Peter Bodley and Sue Austreng

Food donation Jensens Food & Catering / Chuck and Judy SmeidaWine donation Allison and Lauren RusnackoPrinting - Veni Graphics Inc.

A special thank you to the many other contributors and volunteers who made this evening

possible and to all of you for attending! Your generous donations will help KEEP THE

WHEEL TURNING! May God bless you abundantly!

Amen I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothersor sisters of mine, you did for Me. (Matthew 25:40)

Keep The Wheel Turning

1800 - 111th Avenue NW #320Coon Rapids, MN 55433 USA

Phone: 763-757-2295www.ReiserRelief.org


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2010 Reiser Relief Accomplishments

$10,000 in relief was sent to Haiti immediately after the January 2010 earthquake to

secure food and water for our projects.

Reiser Relief water truck was able to start delivering water within 2 days of thedevastating earthquake. Reiser Relief filled cisterns for orphanages, schools, medicalclinics and provided emergency relief to the displaced families forced into tent cities inPort au Prince.

A $10,000 donation was made to Feed My Starving Children for the purchase of rawfood supplies to make 76,923 MannaPack Potato meals (a special formula designed tostave off diarrhea). Food packets were sent immediately to Haiti.

Donation of $3,000 made to Fr. Zucchi, director of the Little Schools in Port-au-Prince, to assist with providing earthquake relief. Part of this donation also helped fund acontainer shipment of food from Feed My Starving Children.

Reiser Relief participated in a joint non-profit effort for earthquake reconstruction ofTerre Promise School. Reiser Relief joined Mission of Mercy, Sacred Heart HaitiMission, and Healing Haiti, as each group donated $10,000 for school reconstruction.Terre Promise School remained open while two other schools (Catholic and National)

were destroyed by the earthquake. Completed repair work included the main level floorredone and a new bathroom installed. A top-level deck also was converted into classroomspace and metal bars to protect students were added. Additionally, food and books were

purchased.

Reiser Relief facilitated completion the exterior of the Grace Village Feeding Center inTitanyen with $30,000 in private individual donations and a $50,000 grant from theChicago law firm Corboy and Demetrio.

Reiser Relief donated $10,000 and another non-profit donated $15,000 toward purchaseof a backhoe to help clear earthquake rubble around the schools and assist withconstruction efforts at Grace Village in Titanyen.

Reiser Relief sent and additional $6,000 in a collaborated effort to ship another containerof (FMSC) food to Haiti.

Reiser Relief purchased a tilt box with removable sides for a dump truck. The dumptruck is used in construction projects in some of the harder to-get-to areas of Haiti.


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Reisers Ramblings is a collection of the best columnswritten over the past three decades by Fr. Bernard Reiser,former pastor of Epiphany Parish in Coon Rapids, Minn. Inthe book, find Fr. Reisers take on everyday topics such asfamily, kindness, gratitude, prayer, helping others, andstaying focused on whats important in life. Fr. Reisersessays are rich in symbolism, wise in understanding ofhuman nature, and fruitful in explicating the word of God.

Fr. Reiser brings together a wonderful collection oframblings that all of us can take home and take to heart.Father is a master in the art of spiritual storytelling; heengages, entertains, and challenges with undeniable hope. Hehas a gift and he shares it generously in this lovely book.Included are stories with the deep conviction that our humanjourney and our spiritual journey are intrinsically linked. Heshares observations that are sometimes so wondrouslyobvious and visible, and he does it in a way that feels likeyoure hearing from a close friend.

It becomes clear as you page through Reisers Ramblingsthat Fr. Reiser clearly loves his vocation as a priest anddelights in sharing his years of study and the fruits of hisprayer with the reader. Fr. Reiser opens up the Scripture infamiliar language, stories, and metaphors that are accessibleto the ordinary person in the pew. How uplifting andinspiring to hear the Gospel woven with from Fatherspersonal life experiences! Fathers Gospel insights are the very best. Further, his approach is brilliant; heteaches through storytelling, which allows the reader to make sense of a complicated world.

It doesnt matter if you are familiar with Fr. Reiser and his work or have only recently been introduced toFr. Reiser through Reisers Ramblings you won't be disappointed with this lovely and wise book.Reisers Ramblings places Scripture in a context that moves your heart and stirs your soul.

Quote: "It typically was late each Sunday before I'd have an opportunity to set down on paper my thoughtsfor the columns that would become the weekly Reiser'sRamblings. Often, it was midnight and the only sound in the

rectory was the hum coming from the refrigerator. I would sitat the kitchen table - always with a bowl of ice cream becausethat is my favorite treat - and look at the blank page. BeforeI'd start I'd offer this quick prayer: "God, what will we writeabout this week?"

All profits from the sale of Reisers Ramblings go to

Haitian relief efforts sponsored by Reiser Relief Inc.

Reisers Ramblings


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Years before an earthquake devastated Haiti in January of 2010, Reiser Relief was bringing hope and life to thepeople of Haiti. The earthquake made an unbelievable situation worse, however; the images coming out of Haitiin the days after the earthquake became a reminder to all of us that the people of Haiti must not be forgotten.

Reiser Relief provides essential

services to aid Haitians in their day-to-day efforts for survival. Theseservices include providing freshwater, stocking food centers, andfunding education and eldercarefacilities. Many of our outreachprojects are in or near Cit Soleil, aslum near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Reiser Relief funds a watertruck that operates six days a week,delivering fresh water, free of charge,

to poor neighborhoods, of Cite Soleil.The Reiser Relief truck delivers alife- saving resource to numerousimpoverished Haitians, who haulfive-gallon buckets full of fresh water back to cardboard shanties or tinshacks that serve as family homes.

Reiser Relief also supports thetransportation of food, which isprovided through Feed My Starving

Children. Shipping containers carryhighly nutritious food packets, witheach packet providing the nutritionfor one person to survive for one day.We are reminded that giving drink tothe thirsty and food to the hungry isone of the seven Corporal Works ofMercy. Christ Jesus said: "Amen I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers or sisters ofmine, you did for Me." (Matthew 25:40)

With the help of supporters like you, Reiser Relief can continue to save the lives of the extremely impoverished

people of Haiti. We live among abundance. The Haitians live in extreme poverty, waiting for your generousresponse to this plea for help. If you have made a difference in the lives of the Haitian people in the past wethank you and pray for Gods abundant blessings upon you. Please be assured your financial support will makea lasting impact on some of the worlds neediest people. Together, we can continue to make a difference intouching the lives of thousands of people! Help us continue to provide assistance to Haiti focused on providingthe basic necessities of life: food, water, education, and building facilities. Our work is inspired by faith in ourLord Jesus Christ. Please join us in our efforts and may God bless you most abundantly for your support!

Sincerely in Christ,Father Bernard ReiserPresident - Reiser Relief Inc.

Haiti Relief


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From Haiti With Love - Thank You!

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