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October Fundraiser is a Success!

Written by annemarie. Posted in Project News

Our first local Let’s Share the Sun Foundation Fundraiser was a huge success. On October 15th, 2011, over one hundred people gathered at Pat’s Barn in the Rennselear Technology Park to celebrate the mission of the Let’s Share the Sun Foundation. We raised $4,250. which will be dedicated to the completion of the solar electrification of the Quanaminthe School. This donation will make a concrete sustainable difference in the lives of these students and the larger community.

Richard Hansen, the President of Soluz, returned to Haiti on October 17th, just two days after our event, and shared ten of the sponsored lanterns with the students from the Quanaminthe school. This is what makes us different. As a small nonprofit with strong working partners in Haiti, we can ensure that your generous donations will reach Haitian people quickly.

Thank you so much to all who attended or donated! You helped light up the lives of these young students.

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Let’s Share the Sun

The sun is a resource for all to share in common. Ironically, many of the economically poorest parts of the world receive an abundance of the sun’s rays. The Let's Share the Sun Foundation invites people to join together, share their diverse talents, resources, and realities, and help capture the sun’s energy in ways that improve the lives of people in poor communities and enhances the lives of all those who choose to participate in the Foundation’s endeavors.

Our Mission

Let’s Share the Sun Foundation aspires to facilitate the use of solar energy in poor communities around the world where harnessing the power of the sun will enhance the quality of life of those communities. The Foundation helps install solar power in some of the poorest parts of the world, including Africa, Asia and Latin America: places that are rich in their access to the sun but lack fundamental resources.