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West Roxbury man to fly to Haiti to provide sad but necessary service

By adamg on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 8:08pm

Alan MacKinnon at the Gardens at Gethsemane cemetery reports he flies out of Logan at 6 a.m. on Sunday:

Got together with the Organization of Former Members of Mahanaim, met them at Temple Salem Seventh Day Advent Church. They have a place for me to stay in Haiti and will provide volunteers to help with my efforts to document the burial process and locations of their friends and loved ones.

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By sunyata-in-wr on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 8:58am.

I met Alan before when I was visiting his cemetary to take a walk in Brook Farm - you couldn't ask for a more friendly man.

I also read another article on Alan helping out the JP Tedeschi [sic?] store clerk who got shot... learning the funeral customs and culture of the deceased... I was impressed he went so far out of his comfort-zone to help this guy and his family give him a respectful burial.

I highly respect and applaud actions like these... it's very clear he is going WAY out of his way to make a difference...

this is inspiring me to do my part as well...

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