Containers of Hope for Haiti Project

Posted by Ken Auden 
 

Our club has now contributed over $1,700 towards the supplies and the actual container. The following is a brief report on the success of the container project.

Thanks to Rotary's contribution of funds and labour along with so many people in the Oakville and Greater Toronto area, an entire 40' container of emergency supplies for Haiti was filled.  The container left Oakville  bound for New York City where it will be loaded on a boat this Wednesday Feb. 17th.  It is expected to be in the Dominican Republic by Sunday Feb. 21st - where it will be met by Judy Warrington and representatives of the Moca, DR Rotary club.  Once in the Dominican Republic the supplies will be trucked to Haiti and delivered to the Grace Children's Hospital in Haiti which is run by International Child Care and supported by Oakville's own Dr. John Yates. 

Altogether we were able to send:

·         375 tents

·         150 tarps

·         12 boxes of crutches and canes as well as 4 wheelchairs and 14 walkers

·         17 boxes of first aid supplies

·         124 boxes of blankets, sheets and towels

·         42 boxes of sleeping bags

·         43 boxes of personal supplies

·         13 boxes of buckets

·         8 boxes of reusable bags

Additionally, we still have about 1/3 of a container of blankets, back packs and food items that we were not able to fit onto this container but will be a good start for our next one!