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ShelterBoxes for Haiti
Contact: Mike Forney Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs Phone 871-6009 Cell 846-3042 |
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Local Rotarians Help Dispatch Tents to
In less than 30 minutes last week, Steamboat Springs Rotarians collected more than $6,000 to purchase and dispatch tents and supplies to earthquake-ravaged
As of Monday, January 25th, Rotary ShelterBoxes are already providing emergency shelter for more than 20,000 people in Port au Prince and surrounding areas. Hundreds more ShelterBoxes containing disaster relief tents and other life-saving supplies are being sent to the city in the next few days from
"Our local Rotarian family responded immediately when we learned that our dollars would be applied almost immediately to helping the homeless in
Each ShelterBox costs $1,000 and supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless... Highly trained ShelterBox Response Teams distribute boxes on the ground, working closely with local organizations, international aid agencies and Rotary clubs worldwide.
On Friday January 29th, ShelterBox is chartering a 747 aircraft with 1,800 boxes to fly from
A number of ShelterBoxes have also been used at an orphanage and at two hospitals in Port au Prince where tents are being erected to help save lives.
ShelterBox's Founder and CEO Tom Henderson said: 'In terms of logistics, the aid operation in Haiti has been ShelterBox's most challenging in the last decade, with only one airport on the island which has been shut until recently and the port shut as well.
"As food, water and medicines are now starting to get in; the focus now is fulfilling the urgent need for emergency shelter."
To add to the logistical problems of delivering aid in
Public donations are vital to ShelterBox's continuing work around the world according to local Rotarians... To make a donation go to www.shelterboxusa.org to donate online and get the latest updates on the charity's response to the
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