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    20 January 2010 | POSTED BY Lyman Kirkland

    CNN.com Features Teenager's iReport of Relief Efforts for Haiti

    CNN.com featured 14-year-old Ryan Samuels' iReport from a Church gymnasium in North Miami Beach, Florida, about a relief project for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

    According to the CNN.com story, "Samuels has taken a special interest in this project since he has a lot of Haitian friends, and his father lived in Haiti for two years and speaks fluent Creole. Samuels' father, who is the vice mayor of the city of Miramar, has strong ties to the Haitian community in South Florida."

    http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-395656

    See newsroom.lds.org for more information about the Church's relief efforts in Haiti.

    Read Older Post Church Relief Efforts in Haiti Read Newer Post Audio Interview With Church Area Welfare Director in Caribbean

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