ShelterBox Appeal for Haiti at Jan 26th Meeting

Posted by Jon Winston 
 

 

---------- 27 Jan Update ----------

Thank you Sunrise Rotarians for your wonderfully generous response to Keith's presentation yesterday.   You gave nearly $2300 during the meeting!!!!

If you missed the opportunity to give, here's how you can make a secure donation online with recognition still going to our club and district:

    Go to http://www.shelterboxusa.com/ 
    Click on DONATE NOW
    Select "Rotary Club or Rotary-related donation"
    Enter "Rotary Club of Santa Cruz Sunrise" for the club name
    Enter "District 5170" for the Rotary District
    Complete the rest of the form, hit submit then feel great knowing you've just committed a selfless act of compassion!

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Ladies and Gentlemen of the Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary,

We've all watched in horror at the devastation and suffering that's befallen those in Haiti as a result of the massive earthquake on January 12th.

What are we as Rotarians doing to help?

District Governor, Loren Harper, has suggested

ShelterBox as the vehicle through which Rotarians of District 5170 should make a financial contribution to the Haiti relief effort. DG Harper has asked that each of the 4000+ Rotarian in our district give generously, at least $20 and much more as your means allow, to the Rotarian-founded ShelterBox program. At $1000 per box, that's more that 80 boxes. Each box provides shelter and supplies for 10 people for periods of weeks or months.

Our very own Keith Henderson, as you know, is one of just a handful of trained ShelterBox deployment specialists in the US. Keith has been visiting the other clubs in our Area and reports they have been extremely generous. For example, the Capitola-Aptos club raised over $3000 dollars in their meeting last week, the Santa Cruz Friday club gave generously, and Watsonville passed the hat and raised over $2500.

Keith will be giving a ShelterBox presentation to our club at the Tuesday January 26th meeting. He will also be looking to each of us to make our contribution to the relief effort. Please bring your checkbook and give as generously as you can.