Join Me in Supporting Nursing Students in Haiti!

On March 29, 2025, I swam from the Island of Nevis to St. Kitts as a way of raising awareness and support for nursing education at the FSIL nursing school in Leogane, Haiti.  

Competing in this event was my way of symbolizing the adversity that our Haitian friends face every day!  The winds were 14 knots with 4+ foot waves and cross currents.  The crossing was almost canceled due to the conditions but at the last minute they gave us the green light.  I competed the crossing in 1 h 50 minutes.  425 people crossed the starting line and 391 completed the event in <3 hours.  I surprised myself and came in 2nd place among the 14 men age 70-79.  There were 12 Americans, 3 Brits, 3 locals and 1 from Australia.  The crossing was tough but not as tough as fighting for freedom in Haiti.

I am inviting all friends, colleagues and their friends to support our efforts to raise $15,000 which would educate 9 nursing students for a year because the Haiti Nursing Foundation has committed to match this campaign so your contribution should be doubled on May 12, 2025, International Nurses Day bringing our goal to $30,000.

Nurses are critical to the health care system in Haiti because they not only selflessly support existing health care systems, but they often go into communities where there no health care exists.  In Haiti, with the civil unrest, this is a big deal.