Appreciated Members of the THP Community,
It is always a privilege to write our Thanksgiving Message. It is also very easy to do given the many things for which we at The Haitian Project have to be thankful, not the least of which is your support.
This year it is especially easy for me to write a letter of thanks because I am taking stock in a special way how wonderful it has been to be at the front of the great work you have made possible for over two decades. So, this year, I want to lead off the recount of what we are thankful for by saying, "I am thankful for having the opportunity to work with you in our great mission and be a part of so many wonderful people's lives in Haiti and in our US community!"
As you may have read, I will be stepping down (but not away) at the end of December. I am so proud, hopeful and relieved that Reese Grondin has agreed to succeed me as president of THP. She and her husband Jimi are stepping up in a big way. Their combined talents are, as God would have it, just what THP needs in its next first family.
I am excited and thankful that the transition will allow me to continue to contribute to the community, especially with pushing forward with the Louverture Cleary Schools Network. I look forward to supporting Reese Grondin and Patrick Brun in this effort in the role of Emeritus President.
Please keep giving. YOUR SUPPORT is the very support we have to give to our amazing students, staff and graduates. The results of your generosity are spectacular.
Feel good about the work you have made possible and the lives you have changed—and the many more lives that those lives will change.
Pax et bonum. (Latin for Happy Thanksgiving—almost!)
Deacon Patrick Moynihan