Summit held Saturday to discuss Haiti relief efforts

Written by The Darien Times
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 13:05

The First Congregational Church of Darien is hosting a town-wide meeting to discuss relief efforts for the Haiti earthquake on Saturday, Feb. 6, at 1, at 14 Brookside Road.

Susan Sanders of the national office of the United Church of Christ will serve as chairman of the meeting, which will be a local summit on charitable efforts to support Haiti during its time of need. Attendees will learn how relief money is being spent, what works and what doesn’t, and participate in discussions about how the Darien community can be most effective in lending help to this effort.

Sanders is a lifelong member of the United Church of Christ and the church’s minister and team leader for Global Sharing of Resources with the church’s Wider Church Ministries. She is a board member of Church World Service, Foods Resource Bank and Heifer International. Sanders is also the Wider Church Ministries liaison to the World Council of Churches Round Table.

Sanders’ ministry has carried her to visit with partners and monitor relief and development programs in 39 countries, including Haiti, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Liberia, Zimbabwe and most recently the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

For more information, contact Dr. Donald Longbottom, senior interim minister at the First Congregational Church of Darien, at 655-0491, or visit uccdarien.org.