Shelter Box Report

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Nov 21, 2023 Santa Barbara – ShelterBox USA, the global disaster relief charity, honored Jeff and Cindy Harger of Libertyville, Illinois during its virtual benefit Thursday.  The Hargers received the Global Humanitarian Service Award from ShelterBox, an annual award presented to honor individuals and organizations whose exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed to promoting the humanitarian mission of ShelterBox.

 

 “The Hargers are making a profound impact in our world for people who they will never meet but whose lives they’ve transformed through their unwavering compassion,” said ShelterBox USA President Kerri Murray.

 

“Jeff and Cindy have quietly supported ShelterBox for more than 12 years and their generosity has enabled thousands of people to receive emergency shelter and vital support when they need it most.”

 

The Hargers first connected with ShelterBox as members of the Libertyville Sunrise Rotary Club.

“It’s truly a passion to do this,” said Cindy.

 

“We are blessed to have a great family, great home,” Jeff said. “People who were going without due to floods, violence everything.  We thought that wasn’t right.  We have to get behind ShelterBox.”

 

The Hargers helped ShelterBox raise more than $650,000 during the live-streaming program hosted by Murray and response team member Bill Decker.  The record number of donations for the online show and tell will allow ShelterBox to restock its supplies of tents, repair kits, solar lights and more after almost 11 months of non-stop deployments.  In 2023 ShelterBox delivered vital supplies after the devasting Turkey-Syria Earthquake, in Ukraine as the war raged on, and most recently in Morocco. ShelterBox responses to 12 countries this year drew down inventories requiring a vital resupply with new funding.

 

ShelterBox provides emergency shelter and household supplies to individuals around the world who have been forced from their homes by disaster or armed conflicts.  The United Nations reports more than 110 million people are now forcibly displaced across the globe, the most in history. 

 

ShelterBox has helped two and a half million displaced people since its founding in 2000 and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 and 2019.  ShelterBox is an official Project Partner of Rotary International.

                                                                                                             

Media Contact: Paul Vercammen PVercammen@ShelterBoxUSA.org  Phone: 805-203-9202 or 323 646 4315 or Donna Lee Gulley donnalee127@gmail.com Rotary District 6440 Ambassador Team Lead, 847 208 4107