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Caring House Project Foundation Villages Map

admin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:14:46 +0000

These are the Villages built by Frank McKinney & the Caring House Project Foundation

Click on link for the Google Map

http://www.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=113872538410978519368.0004857967221e79eadad&t=h&z=9

Compassion Without Action is a Waste of Emotion

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:25:07 +0000

Immediately following Frank McKinney’s return from his successful search and rescue mission in Haiti, the Caring House Project Foundation has been actively engaged in providing emergency food relief. CHPF has chartered planes on a now weekly basis to bring emergency food consisting of rice, beans, cooking oil and corn meal along with tents for shelter. Many of you have been so generous in making donations to help make this happen, thank you!

We are currently in the midst of sending over 1/2 million meals (that’s right, 500,000!), along with temporary shelter for 4,000. Please don’t get donor fatigue on us! We need your help!

Please be sure to keep up with our latest Haiti relief efforts by reading and sharing Frank’s firsthand account: http://www.frank-mckinney.com/blog.asp?article=168 .

To donate please visit: http://www.frank-mckinney.com/donate.aspx .

See Frank’s personal video message on this most important time, feel “The Tap,” and respond with emergency relief to Haiti.

Frank McKinney Events and Appearances
Thursday, February 4, 2010 (5:30 – 7:30 pm EST)
Frank keynotes the 2009 – $50,000 Purpose Prize Winner & Lifetime Ashoka Fellow Youth Caregivers w/ Courage Awards at Broken Sound Club (2401 Willow Springs Drive, Boca Raton, FL). Info: www.aacy.org .

Friday, February 5, 2010 (9:30am EST)
Frank McKinney LIVE on “Daytime” – WFLA-TV (NBC) discussing 2 of his latest bestsellers, “The Tap” & “Burst This! Frank McKinney’s Bubble-Proof Real Estate Strategies” along with latest CHPF Haiti earthquake relief efforts. Info: 561.756.0335. View: www.daytimeonline.tv .

Monday, February 8 , 2010 (8:00 am EST)
Frank McKinney on “Hofstra’s Morning Wake-Up Call (HMWC)” radio interview discussing his Caring House Project Foundation. Listen in to hear more about the CHPF emergency relief efforts in Haiti and his latest 3 best sellers. To listen on line: www.WRHU.org (88.7 FM in New York).

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 (11:00 – 12:00 am EST)
Frank McKinney LIVE on NBC 6 “South Florida Today” discussing one of his latest bestsellers “Dead Fred, Flying Lunchboxes, and the Good Luck Circle” and shares from his Haiti earthquake search, rescue & relief efforts. Info: 561.756.0335. View: http://www.nbcmiami.com/station/

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 (9:00-10:00 am EST)
Frank in Memphis, TN appearing on WREG Channel 3 “Live at 9″ where he discusses his 3 new bestsellers and his successful Haiti search & rescue mission. Info: 561.756.0335. View: http://www.wreg.com/shows/liveat9/

Tuesday, February 16 (10:30 am EST)
Frank McKinney on “Live This Morning with Dave Lucas”- News 8 discussing his latest best sellers and Caring House Project Foundation earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. To watch: www.news87.net (Arlington, VA)

Monday, February 22, 2010 (10:00 am EST)
Frank McKinney LIVE on “Your Carolina” TV in Greenville, SC talking about his latest best seller real estate book, “Burst This!” To watch: www.yourcarolina.tv

Thank you for your support of the Caring House Project Foundation. Please be sure to visit our website at www.frank-mckinney.com for the latest, as events are posted daily.

Frank McKinney’s Haiti Earthquake Experience

admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:13:48 +0000

By the time we departed Haiti on Sunday evening, 52 search-and-rescue operations with 2,200 operatives had set up camp at the end of the runway at PAP, the Port-au-Prince airport. Thirty-nine countries had mobilized to bring out survivors of the devastating earthquake.

The “dream team” I assembled had arrived three days earlier, anxious to get to work because the survival window for victims still trapped under the rubble was closing. We were the tenth group to sign in with the United Nations, and for the next three days we were embedded deep into the epicenter of the disaster. Our extremely well-qualified team of medical and search-and-rescue personnel (three from Colorado and six from South Florida) not only cut through concrete and steel but also through the red tape and bureaucracy associated with such a massive effort.

We saved four lives and worked with teams from Peru, Nicaragua, Jordan and Spain. Two of the survivors we rescued had been trapped behind crumbled walls and a cadaver in a collapsed building, one had spent 90 hours under the debris, and another had been in surgery when the quake shook the hospital’s foundations and crushed him under its ruins.

While we were there, a total of 43 people were freed, alive, from the wreckage. That means our ragtag team was involved in nearly 10 percent of the total number of rescues during those two days!

I’d like to briefly share with you what happened: who went, who worked with us there, what we did, what we saw, the real truth from the inside. But first I want to tell you what’s next.

Already, support has been tremendous. From financial donations to contributions of time to critical supplies and equipment that were obtained for use in this special mission, we’ve received aid from hundreds of generous individuals and organizations since the quake hit. Anyone who took action, who didn’t just sit and watch and say, “How sad,” has made a meaningful, measurable difference for the Haitian people.

You know who you are, and I want to say thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Please visit our donate page: http://www.frank-mckinney.com/donate.aspx, call Anne at 561.722.3950 to make your donation over the phone, or mail to P.O. Box 388 Boynton Beach, FL 33425. Also remember, if you purchase any of my bestselling books, all proceeds go to Caring House Project Foundation: http://www.frank-mckinney.com/books.asp

For more about the Frank McKinney and the Rescue Team click on Frank’s Blog

http://www.frank-mckinney.com/blog.asp?article=168

We’re committed to continuing to draw attention to Haiti in the coming weeks, months and years. When the hype dies down, the people there will still need our help. Now that the world’s eyes have turned to this country, which even before this disaster was the poorest in the western hemisphere, we want to hold that focus for as long as we can. So many people’s lives, and the next generation of Haitians, depend upon it.

As a charity with an ongoing interest in improving living conditions in Haiti, the Caring House Project Foundation will be there for the duration, just as we have been for the past six years, master planning communities, building self-sufficient villages and providing emergency relief.

Frank McKinney and Caring House Search and Rescue Team Back from Haiti

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:41:43 +0000

Frank McKinney and Caring House Search & Rescue Team Back returned back from Haiti Sunday Night – watch this video to see their results! We are very proud of this rescue team!

For more about the rescue, click here.

If you haven’t made a donation and would still like to do so, please visit the Caring House Project donation page http://www.frank-mckinney.com/donate.aspx
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Frank McKinney’s Haiti Earthquake Relief

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:01:53 +0000

Frank’s Dream Team

Compassion Without Action Is A Waste of Emotion

Update from Frank, Saturday ”We just returned from Port au Prince, Haiti with Caring House Project Foundation’s own world-class search and rescue team. We were one of the first U.S. lead relief teams to arrive in Port au Prince after the earthquake:”

Click on link to see update from Frank McKinney. http://www.frank-mckinney.com/blog.asp?article=168

Donate Here: http://www.frank-mckinney.com/donate.aspx

Caring House Aid Team Makes It Into Port Au Prince Haiti After Earthquake

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:12:39 +0000

Update from Kimberley Trombly-Burmeister, Executive Director, Caring House Project Foundation

Frank McKinney and the Caring House Project Foundation disaster relief teams successfully ARRIVED in Port-au-Prince, Haiti yesterday ( Thursday, Jan 14, 2010) for Emergency Haiti Earthquake Relief. We wasted no time to respond in this short window of opportunity to search for and rescue those trapped, and treat those critically injured. Our team of doctors, paramedics, firefighters and other team members specifically trained in search, rescue and extraction techniques in natural disasters have been working since arrival.

As you saw on the news, non-military flights were being denied access to fly into Port-au-Prince, but our world class response team kept diligent with our efforts and received clearance to arrive in this critical time period. We were the first American Emergency Relief Team to arrive.

I have heard from Frank McKinney and the team. They have set up their site operations relief camp and joined in with 15 other countries and international teams in an organized relief effort. At this point, we are still the only American Relief team that has arrived. Since their arrival, Frank and the team have been actively engaged in the search and rescue efforts and the immediate necessary medical attention . They have felt some of the aftershocks since, but are all safe.

Frank and I, along with our rescue team want to sincerely thank you for your donations and all your support. If you haven’t, and would still like to do so, please visit our donate page http://www.frank-mckinney.com/donate.aspx
or you can call 561-722-3950. The devastation to this country is tragic, and it will take a long time to rebuild, but the Caring House Project Foundation is committed to being there for the duration. We appreciate your help.

We will keep connected with you regarding the latest information on our Caring House Project Foundation emergency relief efforts.

Thank you again for all your support!

Kimberley Trombly-Burmeister

Executive Director

Caring House Project Foundation

Haiti Earthquake Relief

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:06:16 +0000

Today, Thursday, January 14, at 2:30pm, Frank McKinney will depart for Port au Prince Haiti with two world-class disaster relief teams, one from Colorado, and the other from South Florida. They will be the first U.S. lead relief team to land in Port au Prince. Frank has no set return date.

There is a short window of opportunity to search for and rescue those trapped in the rubble, as well as treat those who have been critically injured. We have a team of doctors, paramedics, firefighters and other team members who have been specially trained in search, rescue and extraction techniques in natural disaster circumstances.

Frank and I want to sincerely thank you if you have donated to this emergency effort. If you haven’t, and would like to do so, please visit our donate page: http://www.frank-mckinney.com/donate.aspx, or call Anne at 561.722.3950 to make your donation over the phone.

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This certainly is an unbudgeted expenditure for our Caring House Project Foundation, yet we are called to act on God’s great “tap moments” as the Haiti earthquake disaster has presented.

There are few who have been cleared to fly directly into Port au Prince, the capital city of Haiti, and the epicenter of the destruction. We are grateful to those who have worked so hard to make this happen.

We encourage you to come out to see Frank and his team off today (1/14) at 2:30pm at the Ft. Lauderdale Executive Airport, 5525 NW 15th Ave. 33309, Suite 150. If you want to bring a donation check, I’m sure Frank would be glad to accept it personally from you.

As Frank will be gone for an indefinite period of time, and won’t have access to email or phone, please be sure to contact me instead of Frank at 561.756.0335, or kimberley@frank-mckinney.com.

Please either circulate this email to your list, or send: http://www.frank-mckinney.com/blog.asp?article=168, as it contains the same information. Regardless of when you read this, please support Frank’s effort. It will take years, perhaps decades to rebuild Haiti, and I can assure you that Frank and the Caring House Project Foundation will be there for the duration.

We will be sure to post a summary report when Frank returns. Thank you again for your support.

Kimberley Trombly-Burmeister

Executive Director

Caring House Project Foundation

www.frank-mckinney.com

Haiti Earthquake Aid Effort

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:59:37 +0000

Haiti Earthquake Aid Effort Request From Frank Mckinney – Caring House Project Foundation

To those who make things happen,

Our Caring House Project Foundation is in the process of planning an immediate and efficient response to the earthquake disaster in Haiti. CHPF’s villages and many more are devastated. Our plan will likely include securing a plane or planes to travel either direct to Haiti or to the Dominican Republic then drive to Haiti. If we are able to secure a large enough plane and proper ground transportation once we arrive, we will look to immediately gather the following in anticipation of an initial departure within the next 24-48 hours. Others to follow. The critical search and rescue window of opportunity is upon us:

1) Search, rescue and extraction equipment

2) Medical and triage supplies

3) Food, water and blankets

4) Communications (phone/video)

5) Manpower

6) Donations, http://www.frank-mckinney.com/donate.aspx. We will need to dip into CHPF’s reserves, or use monies set aside for new villages, in order to undertake this initiative. It will be costly, with the first response wave running in excess of $100,000.

Life Lessons from The Badwater Race 2009

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:40:33 +0000

A few weeks ago I wrote about Frank McKinney trying to raise money for Haiti by participating in the Badwater 2009 race.

I thought you might enjoy and benefit from the life lessons he learned this year while chasing that “white line from hell to heaven.” This reflection it is a little long, but worth the read.

Click here to read about Frank’s “Epic Odyssey” and life lessons learned.

Help Frank McKinney Provide 500,000 Meals In Haiti

admin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:51:49 +0000

Frank McKinney has been intensively training over the past 5 months in order to participate in and finish the legendary invitation-only 2009 Badwater 135-mile Ultramarathon (www.badwater.com)

Frank is working very hard to provide 500,000 meals in Haiti. Click on this link, Miles for Meals for more details.

To see Frank’s history with past Badwater Races, click here.

Please Help Frank Reach his Goal.