Food - Water - Education - Building Orphanage - Eldercare

Haiti Relief Event

 Welcome to Reiser Relief Annual Haiti Fundraiser
On behalf of Reiser Relief Inc. I extend our warmest welcome! We are honored to have you as
our guests this evening. As we celebrate at our annual fundraiser, we are so grateful for the
support from our donors. This is the single largest fundraising event for Reiser Relief and with
your help we have been able to provide essential services to many Haitian families in their day-
to-day efforts for survival. These services include providing fresh water, stocking food centers,
and funding education and eldercare facilities. Thank you for attending this evening. We hope
you enjoy a memorable evening as we work together to provide relief to the neediest people in
the western hemisphere.
May God bless each of you most abundantly and know you are in my daily Mass and prayers.

Father Bernard Reiser

President, Reiser Relief Inc.

Master of Ceremony Pat Ebertz

Auctioneer Dave Christian
Entertainment Totino-Grace Jazz Ensemble directed by Tim Hoffman
Sherwin Linton and Pam

Your Opportunities for Giving

Purchase beads for “Heads or Tails” game - $100 prize

Spin the Wheel Game – each spin everyone is a winner!
Grand Raffle Prizes.
Quilt made by the Women of Epiphany
Chance to win a $1,000
Father Reiser’s book – “Reiser’s Ramblings”
Silent auction
Live auction
Cash Call – This is your chance to contribute to specific causes in Haiti!
Purchase table centerpiece baskets
Keep The Wheel Turning - Schedule

6:30 Welcome & Opening Prayer

6:45 Totino-Grace Jazz Ensemble

7:00 Father Reiser Presentations

7:20 Reiser Relief Overview and Video

7:30 First half of Silent Auction closes

7:35 “Heads or Tails” Game

7:45 Live Auction & Cash Call

8:30 Second half of Silent Auction closes

8:35 Grand Raffle Winners Announced

8:40 Sherwin Linton & Pam

9:15 Father Reiser Closing Prayer

 Keep The Wheel Turning
Reiser Relief Board Committee Members

Father Reiser – President Doris Schulte

Doris Schulte – Vice President Tim & Jordyn Andrajack
Joel Jacobs – Treasurer Josie Bertie
Nate Olson – Secretary Sarah Bock
Josie Bertie Jo-Anne Bock
Bob Boyum Sister Corrine Dahlheimer
Russ Herbst Nancy Hill
Sybil Hoffman Jeanne Kadlec
Tom Kuehn David Kassing
Joe Quinn Dawn Mannella
Richard Wilder Shelley Mannella
Mary May
Gayle McMullen
Marketing: Doug Breezee Missy Ness
Video: Christopher Anderson Jan Pope
Judy Schaefer
Lisa VanDyke
Our gratitude goes out to:
Courtyards of Andover – Anne DeLuca
ABC Newspapers – Peter Bodley and Sue Austreng
Food donation – Jensen’s Food & Catering / Chuck and Judy Smeida
Wine donation – Allison and Lauren Rusnacko
Printing - Veni Graphics Inc.

A special thank you to the many other contributors and volunteers who made this evening
possible and to all of you for attending! Your generous donations will help KEEP THE
WHEEL TURNING! May God bless you abundantly!

“Amen I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers
or sisters of mine, you did for Me.” (Matthew 25:40)

1800 - 111th Avenue NW #320

Coon Rapids, MN 55433 USA
Phone: 763-757-2295
www.ReiserRelief.org
 2010 Reiser Relief Accomplishments
$10,000 in relief was sent to Haiti immediately after the January 2010 earthquake to
secure food and water for our projects.

Reiser Relief water truck was able to start delivering water within 2 days of the
devastating earthquake. Reiser Relief filled cisterns for orphanages, schools, medical
clinics and provided emergency relief to the displaced families forced into tent cities in
Port au Prince.

A $10,000 donation was made to Feed My Starving Children for the purchase of raw
food supplies to make 76,923 MannaPack Potato meals (a special formula designed to
stave off diarrhea). Food packets were sent immediately to Haiti.

Donation of $3,000 made to Fr. Zucchi, director of the “Little Schools” in Port-au-
Prince, to assist with providing earthquake relief. Part of this donation also helped fund a
container shipment of food from Feed My Starving Children.

Reiser Relief participated in a joint non-profit effort for earthquake reconstruction of

Terre Promise School. Reiser Relief joined Mission of Mercy, Sacred Heart Haiti
Mission, and Healing Haiti, as each group donated $10,000 for school reconstruction.
Terre Promise School remained open while two other schools (Catholic and National)
were destroyed by the earthquake. Completed repair work included the main level floor
redone and a new bathroom installed. A top-level deck also was converted into classroom
space and metal bars to protect students were added. Additionally, food and books were
purchased.

Reiser Relief facilitated completion the exterior of the Grace Village Feeding Center in
Titanyen with $30,000 in private individual donations and a $50,000 grant from the
Chicago law firm Corboy and Demetrio.

Reiser Relief donated $10,000 and another non-profit donated $15,000 toward purchase
of a backhoe to help clear earthquake rubble around the schools and assist with
construction efforts at Grace Village in Titanyen.

Reiser Relief sent and additional $6,000 in a collaborated effort to ship another container
of (FMSC) food to Haiti.

Reiser Relief purchased a tilt box with removable sides for a dump truck. The dump
truck is used in construction projects in some of the harder to-get-to areas of Haiti.
 Reiser’s Ramblings
“Reiser’s Ramblings” is a collection of the best columns
written over the past three decades by Fr. Bernard Reiser,
former pastor of Epiphany Parish in Coon Rapids, Minn. In
the book, find Fr. Reiser’s take on everyday topics such as
family, kindness, gratitude, prayer, helping others, and
staying focused on what’s important in life. Fr. Reiser’s
essays are rich in symbolism, wise in understanding of
human nature, and fruitful in explicating the word of God.

Fr. Reiser brings together a wonderful collection of

“ramblings” that all of us can take home and take to heart.
Father is a master in the art of spiritual storytelling; he
engages, entertains, and challenges with undeniable hope. He
has a gift and he shares it generously in this lovely book.
Included are stories with the deep conviction that our human
journey and our spiritual journey are intrinsically linked. He
shares observations that are sometimes so wondrously
obvious and visible, and he does it in a way that feels like
you’re hearing from a close friend.

It becomes clear as you page through Reiser’s Ramblings

that Fr. Reiser clearly loves his vocation as a priest and
delights in sharing his years of study and the fruits of his
prayer with the reader. Fr. Reiser opens up the Scripture in
familiar language, stories, and metaphors that are accessible
to the ordinary person in the pew. How uplifting and
inspiring to hear the Gospel woven with from Father’s
personal life experiences! Father’s Gospel insights are the very best. Further, his approach is brilliant; he
teaches through storytelling, which allows the reader to make sense of a complicated world.

It doesn’t matter if you are familiar with Fr. Reiser and his work — or have only recently been introduced to
Fr. Reiser through “Reiser’s Ramblings” — you won't be disappointed with this lovely and wise book.
“Reiser’s Ramblings” places Scripture in a context that moves your heart and stirs your soul.

Quote: "It typically was late each Sunday before I'd have an opportunity to set down on paper my thoughts
for the columns that would become the weekly Reiser's
Ramblings. Often, it was midnight and the only sound in the
rectory was the hum coming from the refrigerator. I would sit
at the kitchen table - always with a bowl of ice cream because
that is my favorite treat - and look at the blank page. Before
I'd start I'd offer this quick prayer: "God, what will we write
about this week?"

All profits from the sale of Reiser’s Ramblings go to

Haitian relief efforts sponsored by Reiser Relief Inc.
 Haiti Relief
Years before an earthquake devastated Haiti in January of 2010, Reiser Relief was bringing hope and life to the
people of Haiti. The earthquake made an unbelievable situation worse, however; the images coming out of Haiti
in the days after the earthquake became a reminder to all of us that the people of Haiti must not be forgotten.

Reiser Relief provides essential

services to aid Haitians in their day-
to-day efforts for survival. These
services include providing fresh
water, stocking food centers, and
funding education and eldercare
facilities. Many of our outreach
projects are in or near Cité Soleil, a
slum near the Haitian capital of Port-
au-Prince. Reiser Relief funds a water
truck that operates six days a week,
delivering fresh water, free of charge,
to poor neighborhoods, of Cite Soleil.
The Reiser Relief truck delivers a
life- saving resource to numerous
impoverished Haitians, who haul
five-gallon buckets full of fresh water
back to cardboard shanties or tin
shacks that serve as family homes.

Reiser Relief also supports the

transportation of food, which is
provided through Feed My Starving
Children. Shipping containers carry
highly nutritious food packets, with
each packet providing the nutrition
for one person to survive for one day.
We are reminded that giving drink to
the thirsty and food to the hungry is
one of the seven Corporal Works of
Mercy. Christ Jesus said: "Amen I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers or sisters of
mine, you did for Me." (Matthew 25:40)

With the help of supporters like you, Reiser Relief can continue to save the lives of the extremely impoverished
people of Haiti. We live among abundance. The Haitians live in extreme poverty, waiting for your generous
response to this plea for help. If you have made a difference in the lives of the Haitian people in the past — we
thank you and pray for God’s abundant blessings upon you. Please be assured your financial support will make
a lasting impact on some of the world’s neediest people. Together, we can continue to make a difference in
touching the lives of thousands of people! Help us continue to provide assistance to Haiti focused on providing
the basic necessities of life: food, water, education, and building facilities. Our work is inspired by faith in our
Lord Jesus Christ. Please join us in our efforts and may God bless you most abundantly for your support!

Sincerely in Christ,
Father Bernard Reiser
President - Reiser Relief Inc.
From Haiti With Love - Thank You!