ShelterBox

Many of your club members may be new to ShelterBox, so I will give the history of how this amazing organization began along with an update of materials and deployments.

Mary is a member, and two time past president of the Clarkston Rotary Club. She is a former assistant governor and former District Trainer in District 6380 and a retired special education teacher.

Jeff is a member of Clarkston Rotary and a Past District Governor. A financial planner and former Peace Corps volunteer, he was

awarded the Service Above Self award from Rotary International, one of only 150 given worldwide annually.

They are both the District representatives for Shelter Box. They live in Clarkston, MI. Both enjoy the international aspect of Rotary, and have been on international Rotary trips to Grenada, Peru, the Dominican Republic, India, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. They got married in 2003 while on a Rotary/VOSH (volunteer optometrists serving humanity) eye care trip on the island of Grenada, West Indies. Together they have four children and three grandchildren. They don’t ONLY do Rotary.  In her free time, Mary enjoys editing video, visiting family in Washington state, or staring out over Lake Huron when she and Jeff visit their cottage. Jeff is still working and enjoys taking care of their 10 acres, reading, playing occasional golf and riding his bicycle in Michigan’s thumb.