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Aaron Jackson

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Haitian Kidnapping: One Clueless Journalist's Story of an Angry Mob in Port-au-Prince

    Erosion -- and kidnappers -- awaited us on a road outside Port-au-Prince.​It was my first day in Haiti when my translator and I were nearly kidnapped. If things had gone down differently that day, the two of us may have ended up tortured and held for ransom. Or maybe dragged out of our car and bea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Aaron Jackson Says Doctor's Efforts in Haiti 'Works at all Angles'

    Photo by Orly Olivier​The subject of this week's cover story in New Times is Dr. Patricia Wolff, who's trying to cure malnutrition in Haiti with use of a vitamin-enriched peanut butter. Her efforts are nothing new to South Florida's own Aaron Jackson, who built an international charitable organiza ... More >>

  • Music

    May 20, 2010

    Fort Lauderdale's Indie Performance Space the Bubble Lives Up to Its Reputation

    Photo by Orly Olivier​The subject of this week's cover story in New Times is Dr. Patricia Wolff, who's trying to cure malnutrition in Haiti with use of a vitamin-enriched peanut butter. Her efforts are nothing new to South Florida's own Aaron Jackson, who built an international charitable organiza ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    [UPDATED] LeMieux Working to Save Orphan Haitian Cancer Patient

    courtesy of Lauren OdmanEsthelhomme Peterson​A 12-year-old Haitian orphan with a large malignant tumor on his neck will hopefully receive desperately needed medical attention later today or tomorrow, thanks to a group of concerned South Floridians that includes Republican Sen. George LeMieux.The b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Video: Haitian Boy with Cancer and His Mother Talk About Their Trip to the U.S.

    Michael J. MooneyPeterson Esthelhomme​The 12-year-old Haitian boy who was brought to the U.S. to treat the malignant tumor on his neck was in good spirits this morning. Through a translator, Esthelhomme Peterson said he was in a lot of pain during the trip here, but that he was feeling much better ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2010

    VIDEO: Haitian Boy in Stable Condition at Broward General

    Estelhomme Peterson, a 12-year-old Haitian boy with a large malignant tumor on his neck, arrived in Fort Lauderdale around 7:30 last night with his mother. The boy, whom volunteers call "Peter," is in stable condition at Broward General."Peter is here and looking wonderful," said Lauren Odman, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    UPDATE: Two UF Film Students May Not Graduate Because of Trip to Haiti

    courtesy Jon Bougher​Even after weeks of media coverage and national attention, two graduate film students at the University of Florida might not be able to graduate in a few weeks because of a documentary they are making about Haiti. School officials have ruled that the film made by Roman Safiull ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Two UF Film Students May Not Graduate Because of Trip to Haiti

    courtesy of Jon BougherJon Bougher (left) and Roman Safiullin​Even after weeks of media coverage and national attention, two graduate film students at the University of Florida might not be able to graduate in a few weeks because of a documentary they are making about Haiti. School officials have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Local Charity Helps Open Orphanage in India

    ​One of the Juice's favorite local charitable organizations, Planting Peace, will open a new orphanage in India next week. The nonprofit knows how to get kids off the streets. It already has four orphanages in Haiti.We had the chance to chat with Planting Peace founder Aaron Jackson (you can read ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2010

    From Us, With Love

    ​One of the Juice's favorite local charitable organizations, Planting Peace, will open a new orphanage in India next week. The nonprofit knows how to get kids off the streets. It already has four orphanages in Haiti.We had the chance to chat with Planting Peace founder Aaron Jackson (you can read ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Tour Of The Set of The Office, Help Haiti

    ​One lucky man or woman will get to leave the soured confines of his or her office to go to Hollywood, mingle with celebrities, and hang out at, well, an office. All to help Planting Peace, a South Florida-based charity benefiting Haiti.It's not just an office. The Office. The set of the wry, witt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Anderson Cooper Helps Aaron Jackson Help Haiti

    Aaron Jackson and his younger brother, Will, at a fundraiser for Haiti last year.​When the earthquake first hit, Aaron Jackson immediately announced that his charity, Planting Peace, would help as many Haitians as possible with food, water, medicine, and shelter. Within days, Aaron was on the grou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    UPDATE: Planting Peace Orphans in Haiti Are "OK"

    Planting PeaceIn times of crisis, Aaron Jackson delivers.​We just got word that all of the Haitian orphanages run by the South Florida-based non-profit Planting Peace are upright and the children are, as Planting Peace founder Aaron Jackson put it, "OK." In addition, the two University of Florida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Charity "Planting Peace" Will Assist Haiti Earthquake Relief With Help From Rainn Wilson

    flickr.com​Initial reports about the earthquake in Haiti are terrifying. Good-hearted individuals around the globe will be looking for a way to help. We already know one local charity, Planting Peace, which works primarily with orphanages in Haiti, will be working to get people shelter, food, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Aaron Jackson Gets the St. Pete Times Treatment

    ​Though last night's Planting Peace fundraiser at the Bubble was canceled due to last-second scheduling conflicts, the charity's founder, Aaron Jackson, was in town from Haiti (where Planting Peace has several orphanages), and that gave me the opportunity to ask him about this ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Local Hero Does NOT Kill Children

    Aaron Jackson does a lot of good in the world.Aaron Jackson, founder of Planting Peace -- a locally based nonprofit running orphanages in Haiti and shelters around the world -- says he does not "kill children." That's right, not even one. I've hung out with the man on several occasions, for e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2009

    Reno 911 Throws a Party for a Local Hero

    Last night was the premiere of the sixth season of Reno 911 - the best police show since...ever. To celebrate, the cast and crew had a party at Largo on the Coronet, in L.A. The party was also a fundraiser for New Times' favorite philanthropist, Aaron Jackson, and his charity Planting Peac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Buddha Thinks Aaron Jackson is Hot

    Aaron Jackson, the laid back, scruffy local saint, who just so happens to be the cover boy in this week's print product, has a lot of fans. Among them: Larry King, Rainn Wilson, Charlie Crist, and rock stars and actors all over Hollywood, California. But none of those famous admirers occupy such ... More >>

  • News

    January 15, 2009

    With the help of Rainn Wilson, Aaron Jackson tries to cure a country.

    Aaron Jackson, the laid back, scruffy local saint, who just so happens to be the cover boy in this week's print product, has a lot of fans. Among them: Larry King, Rainn Wilson, Charlie Crist, and rock stars and actors all over Hollywood, California. But none of those famous admirers occupy such ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Rainn Wilson Hosts a Party for Broward's Own Ghandi, Aaron Jackson

    As you can read in the cover story of this week's "print product," Rainn Wilson - Dwight Schrute from The Office - threw a party last month for Aaron Jackson, a local 27-year-old rich kid living as pauper, giving everything he has to orphanages in Haiti. Aaron's charity, Planting Peace, has sh ... More >>

  • News

    September 18, 2008

    Urgently, Aaron

    As you can read in the cover story of this week's "print product," Rainn Wilson - Dwight Schrute from The Office - threw a party last month for Aaron Jackson, a local 27-year-old rich kid living as pauper, giving everything he has to orphanages in Haiti. Aaron's charity, Planting Peace, has sh ... More >>

  • News

    June 5, 2008

    Mano a Mano Against Poverty

    Planting Seeds of Hope

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    Stomp the Worm

    Saint Aaron to the rescue in Haiti

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Letters for September 1-7, 2005

    Saint Aaron to the rescue in Haiti

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Letters for August 18-24, 2005

    The Truth Is Out There

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Letters for August 11-17, 2005

    The Truth Is Out There

  • News

    August 4, 2005

    Letters for August 4-10, 2005

    The Truth Is Out There

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Letters for July 28-August 3, 2005

    The Truth Is Out There

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Saint Aaron

    Living like a pauper himself, a young man from Broward is trying to save Haiti's children

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