North Chattanooga resident Brenda Brackett visits with children in Lagosette, Haiti, where she helped serve village children lunch during the summer to prevent malnutrition in the fall. She organized Crop for Haiti, a scrapbooking event benefiting the summer food program, to be held at Clear Creek Church of Christ Saturday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Contributed PhotoNorth Chattanooga resident Brenda Brackett is calling all scrapbookers to Crop for Haiti at Clear Creek Church of Christ Saturday, Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
“It’s a way for scrapbookers to come together, see old friends and meet new friends,” said Brackett, who raised $1,500 for Ronald McDonald House of Chattanooga through a previous scrapbooking event. “Women who scrapbook are generally very giving – they want to help a good cause and have fun while they’re doing it.”
Brackett said she went to Haiti on a mission trip with a group from Clear Creek last June, when she discovered Manna Mission’s summer food program for children.
While school is out for summer, the mission located in the village of Lagosette feeds village children lunch to prevent malnutrition, which she said is common when students return to class in the fall.
“It’s amazing to think that when they come [to the mission to eat lunch], in a lot of cases they haven’t eaten since the day before,” said Brackett.