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The 2013 BLB online auction is now open! The auction will run from August, 25 2013 to September 8, 2013, with proceeds going to the Be Like Brit organization in order to support our mission to serve the children of Haiti by establishing a safe, nurturing and sustainable orphanage in an environment where they can grow, learn & thrive.

In Britney’s memory, her family has established a non profit organization called Be Like Brit. Your donation will help keep Brit’s spirit alive by bringing joy, opportunity and voice, to children in need.

Now is your chance to not only get all the great items you want, but to do it knowing you are helping support our organization and mission.

ABOUT BE LIKE BRIT

In many ways, Britney Gengel from Rutland Massachusetts was a typical 19-year-old young woman, but her humor, passion and deep sense of caring for those less fortunate made her memorable to all who met her. It was her compassion for others that brought Britney to Haiti on January 11, 2010, just a day before a catastrophic earthquake claimed an estimated 230,000 lives and rocked the small, poverty-stricken country. Britney had spent the day visiting a Haitian orphanage where she and fellow students of Lynn University on a “Journey of Hope”, met the Haitian

orphans they had traveled so far to help. Just a few hours later, Britney, three of her fellow students, and two Lynn University professors lost their lives in the rubble of the Hotel Montana in Port-Au-Prince. Britney was missing for 33 days before her remains were recovered.

Fortunately, Britney’s dream did not die with her. Only hours before the earthquake, Britney sent a text message to her family that read:

“They love us so much and everyone is so happy. They love what they have and they work so hard to get nowhere, yet they are all so appreciative. I want to move here and start an orphanage myself.”

These forty words would sustain Britney’s family through the tragedy and, ultimately, serve as the driving force behind the establishment of Be Like Brit and the decision to build an orphanage in Grand Goâve for the children of Haiti. The mission of the BLB is “to serve the children of Haiti by establishing a safe, nurturing and sustainable orphanage in an environment where they can grow, learn and thrive.

Construction of Brit’s orphanage began in January 2011 and is a building rich in symbolic meaning: It is in the shape of the letter “B” for Britney, is 19,000ft2 symbolic of Britney being 19 years old, and is home to 33 boys and 33 girls symbolic of the 33 days Britney was missing. The Gengels chose Grand Goave because this is where Britney and the Journey of Hope were suppose to visit the day after the earthquake.

Britney’s family wanted to finish her journey.

Be Like Brit is an official U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

Tax ID #27-1857525

www.BeLikeBrit.org

If you have any questions about any item, please email Jodi Sweeney at jodi.sweeney@belikebrit.com