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Agape serves
over 350 missionary families in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
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Agape’s regular weekly flight leaves Florida just before daylight each Wednesday morning, delivers missionary mail, packages, supplies and volunteers in four cities and returns to the U.S. on Thursday afternoon.
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Round trip flying time for each weekly flight in Agape’s Cessna Grand Caravan is
13 hours.
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Volunteers are the backbone of Agape. Every year, over 150 local volunteers donate over 7,000 hours to Agape.
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Missionary families donate 5,000 hours per year as they meet the plane, process supplies and people through customs and immigration, deal with airport, customs and other government officials and paperwork and organize and staff the distribution centers in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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During the last fiscal year, Agape received and distributed to missionaries and local organizations donated goods worth $740,000.
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The economic impact of Agape’s ministry in the local community exceeds half a million dollars each year.
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60% of Agape’s financial support comes from individuals in all 50 states and several foreign countries. 33% comes from churches and religious organizations and the balance from businesses and other organizations.
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Agape hosts volunteer mission teams from around the U.S. each year who spend their time working at the hangar and in other local ministries.
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Agape arranges short-term mission trips for individuals
and groups to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Bahamas
and other Caribbean countries.
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