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Mitch Albom
@mitchalbom

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We can’t grow grass in Haiti. 🌱 Heavy tropical rainfall quickly erodes planting, while frequent drought and a lack of irrigation makes it nearly impossible to maintain. So our choices are either a mud field or concrete. That’s how we lived for more than 13 years at the old property. When you’d ask the kids of @havefaithhaiti what they want for the new property, they would say grass. Thanks to a miracle mission to install artificial grass led by @synlawnmichigan , we’ve given the children a soccer field and yard to run and play on. And for Nadie and Bradley to take their tentative first steps on, to wobble-walk, and now to run with the same delight you remember as a child who knows the feel of summer grass beneath your bare feet.     What do we mean by miracle mission? It started with a phone call to SYNLawn Michigan and a request for help, and it required more than a year of planning and coordination — with thanks to partners @synlawn @tcool_cooling_infill @bestplusplasticlumber @newenglandturfstore @unitedsoybeanboard and Nordot.   Eight workers from SYNLawn Michigan — thank you @justin_turf_pools @pdev17 @juanito_3g @jrpwip, Antonio, Jorge, Matt and their intrepid project leader @juliafiravich — arrived in Port-au-Prince with pallets of materials supplied at cost with labor donated by the company. And they made it all happen in a Herculean effort that took just 5 days, with help from the kids who couldn’t wait for the installation to dry before rolling and somersaulting all over it.   This is only the beginning of a special partnership. Please check out the link in bio to learn more and how you can support.     #haiti #havefaithhaiti #summer #summertime #turf #grass #kids #children #playtime #synlawn #support #nonprofit #hope #givingisliving #changemakers #lawn #greengrass #yard #soccerfield