This Is How We Help Those In Such Need In Haiti

Answering the Call

When the Uprising Church in Hebron, MD received news that Salisbury natives Beverly and Tom Brumbley were still alive after an earthquake struck their home and the school that they run in Port a Prince Haiti almost a week ago today, they knew they had to answer the call for help.

Within a few days, working alongside the Brumbley’s who still reside in Salisbury, an effort to answer a call for help has turned into a effort to save a school community of children and a family a half a world away.

The Brumbleys, who run a school in Port a Prince and 4 satellite schools around the capital, spoke with Pastor Bill Cropper of the Uprising Church just a few days ago, stating “Please tell people to pray. We have nothing.”

Down to only 5 gallons of water, Pastor Bill Cropper and the Brumbley family here in Salisbury knew something would have to be done, and done fast.

A collaborated effort and an outpour of expedient support led to the delivery of 500 lbs of food and water by small plane to Tom and Bev Brumbley yesterday.
However, the effort to help this family and school of over 900 children in need does not stop here.. The Brumbley Haiti Relief Fund has been established here in Salisbury. With the support of the local Red Cross, PRMC, large corporations, and local businesses, an effort is being made to fill 9 trailers donated by Allied Trucking that are stationed around the Salisbury community with food and medical supplies for the Brumbley family and the school in which they lead. As soon as these trailers are filled, a local corporation has offered to ship 2 50,000 pound containers of those materials at no cost directly to the Brumbley s and their children in Haiti.

Donations have already begun to pour in as stories of young children emptying their piggy banks to purchase supplies in order to make a difference have inspired others. In 3 days the effort has raised over 40,000 dollars. The short term goal is to collect 100,000 lbs of supplies at the drop off spots throughout the area. The long term goal is to raise 500,000 dollars to rebuild these schools and these peoples lives in Haiti.

For a list of supplies and how to make contributions go to http://www.theuprisingchurch.org/ and click on Brumbley Haiti Relief.


Beginning January 19th from 7am to 7pm supplies can be taken to one of these 9 locations

Oakley's Farm Market27466 Ocean GatewayRt. 50 Hebron, MD(Next to Shore Stop)

The Tabernacle ChurchNorth Campus9887 Bi-state Blvd Delmar, MD 21875
East CampusRt. 50 & Morris RdPittsville, MD 21850Hours: M-F 9am-5pm and at Sun morning services

Redmen Lodge103 Clyde AveFruitland, MD 21826
Shorebird Stadium6400 Hobbs Rd.Salisbury, MD 21804

Zia's Italian Grill2408 N. Salisbury Blvd. Salisbury, MD 21801

Barrett Chevrolet, Inc10419 Old Ocean City Blvd.Berlin, MD 21811

Next to ApplebeesOff Rt. 50 in West Ocean City

Dorsey Marshall State Farm Insurance
Princess Anne MD

Pastor Bill Cropper states that another plane will be taking a smaller amount of medical supplies and food as well as local relief responders as early as tomorrow.

Let’s rally as a city, a county and the Eastern Shore and come to the immediate and long term aid of these Salisbury natives and the over 1000 children and their families that they are responsible for in Port A Prince Haiti.

For more information or ways you can help the Brumbley family and the school they lead, please contact http://www.theuprisingchurch.org/

UPDATE: We were just informed that some of the individuals that were supposed to leave Salisbury last night to head to Haiti had their flight cancelled. It turns out another rescue group had flown out there and were murdered for their food & supplies and the rest of the incoming flights were cancelled.