SHACS - Society for Haitian Arts, Culture and Social Support
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- Mission
- from website: Our mission is to promote the existence of the Haitian Art, Culture, and Social Support in the Pacific Northwest, to provide education and development resources to the community, and to expand the diversity of Arts and Culture.
- Service
- Temporary
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UPDATES for 2010 Haiti Earthquake -
http://shacnorthwest.org/eq%20update.htm
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We have established three categories of goals concerning children, youth, adults, and talents of all ages.
Our children categories include the followings:
Singing, Haitian Traditional dance, painting, Drumming classes, languages classes such as the Haitian Creole and French and field trip.
Our youth categories goals include the followings:
Teaching public speaking skills, behavior in the family and in the society, civic engagement, Technical school resources, Haitian Traditional Dance, Drumming classes, a crochet, embroidery and providing education and library resources, and field trip.
Our adult category goals include the followings:
Social services, translation, lectures and documentations about Haitian culture, family wellness class, Employment resources and basic Haitian culture classes are taught to the Broader and the Adoptee parents. We also keep the Community update of any Neighborhood activities or any official decision in the city of Portland.
Basic Haitian culture information is available to the public. And all services and classes are open to the public as well.
Our biggest Annual event is the “Haitian-Caribbean Festival, where we share our culture with Haitian-Caribbean spicy food, music, arts and more.
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DONATIONS -
SHACS encourages you to continue supporting Haiti. SHACS is sending relief container to Haiti which needs to be shipped to Haiti as soon as possible. That will not be possible without your generous support. You can donate through our website or mail you’re your contribution to: PO Box 33472, Portland, OR 97292. All donations are tax deductible.