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The Swing of Things

Its hard to believe we are almost two full weeks into the month of July already Having returned to Be Like Brit on July 1st while hosting our Britsionary group Team Sweaty Spaghetti I definitely walked into a full and busy house as per usual It was a welcomed si...

  • Nov 09, 2015

  • by Jonathan LaMare

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Papi Lens 4th of July Blog

When I was growing up in the 60s the 4th of Jul...

  • by Len Gengel

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Circling Back

A message from Jonathan In the early fall of...

  • by Amanda Scanlon

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Happy Fathers Day

Fathers day can mean many things to many people it is a day of honoring our Fathers our Grandfathers our Guardians and Role Models who have helped us along the way You never truly understand Fathers day until you become a Dad then you start to g...

  • by Len Gengel

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Reflect and Rejoice

As the plane flies over the western side of Hispaniola you see the majestic mountain range as far as the eye can see You would think that you were flying in a painting the views are so heavenly seen from above The plane approaches Haitis Nationa...

  • by Bernard Gengel

  • Nov 09, 2015

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A Reflection From Grace

A year ago I was just beginning to learn about Be Like Brit and its mission After reading the story I knew that this organization was something I wanted to get involved with and a lot of things happened since then After many emails and meetings ...

  • by Kristin Hervey

  • Nov 09, 2015

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UMASS Pediatricians in Haiti

Over the past month we have had 4 Pediatricians from UMASSs Global Health Program here with us at Be Like Brit in Haiti They have worked endlessly in our clinic seeing our children for their wellness checkups vaccinating all of our children and co...

  • by Amanda Scanlon

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Dont Forget About Me

Recently on one of my afternoon walks up the mountain in Haiti a young high school student who asked me for a job this past summer said to me in perfect English Papi Len Dont Forget About Me This sound echos thruout Haiti for me as I recall Wilb...

  • by Len Gengel

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Special Guests in Haiti

There has been a lot of stuff going on at Be Like Brit in Haiti As you can imagine its always busy with 67 children but when we have special visitors and exciting events going on it makes things just a little bit busier Two weeks ago Cherylann ...

  • by Amanda Scanlon

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Happy Mothers Day

Its hard to believe that 25 years ago I became a mom for the first time After 60 hours of labor and a broken tailbone my Britney was born 2 years later and an easy 17 hours of labor my Bernie was born only to have the emergency team come in and ...

  • by Bernard Gengel

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Haiti is Full of Surprises

My week in Haiti was wonderful and filled with surprises my flight arrived early and our ride to Grand Goave was the quickest yet I was at my desk working on Monday morning at 1045 AM which is as efficient as in the States Our solar was working lo...

  • by Leonard Gengel

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Struggles and Triumphs

There is certainly no shortage of struggle in Haiti We see it every day whether it is the thousands of people who still live in tents and temporary shelters people suffering from easily prevented or easily cured illness or in the eyes of malnouris...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Gearing up for Christmas ...

This past week as we bid farewell to Greg and Ed on Sunday we turned to a new week What a wonderful start to that week with the birthday of our 5th child at Be Like Brit Germanie Germanie turned 10 on Monday this past week and has grown in to such...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

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My Great Title

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  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

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My Great Title

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  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

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Mens Weekend at Be Like Brit

As Im flying to Miami with our Mens group Im am honored to have spent a weekend with such a wonderful group of guys who exemplify what Selfless means They left Thursday Evening for Boston and then went on the 6am Flight to NYC after a brief stay ...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

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The Fall Gala Fundraiser

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2nd 2013 BOSTON HARBOR HOTEL THE WHARF ROOM 70 ROWES WHARF BOSTON MA 78 PM COCKTAIL HOUR SILENT AUCTION 811 PM DINNER LIVE AUCTION DANCING 200 PER TICKET 2000 FOR TABLE OF 10 Would you like to purchase a ticket httpsw...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

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The BLB Hockey Bag

From Melissa As I sit here on a return flight back to the US after a week in Haiti with a Britsionary group I cant help but to think about my job and how much I love what I do There are so many things I love about my job but one of my favorite pa...

  • by Jonathan

  • Nov 09, 2015

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