The members of the Orinda Rotary Club raised $3,500.00 for Haitian relief and the Club matched the funds with another $3,500.00 for a total of $7,000.00. Each $1,000.00 will purchase a Shelterbox that consists of a tent, cooking supplies, water purification and miscellaneous items for ten people. More than 60,000 Shelterboxes have been distributed since the Shelterbox program began at a Rotary Club in England; about 5,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide have since supported Shelterbox. What is in a Shelterbox: - One 49 gallon box (the Shelterbox), initially the container for delivery of the materials. - One ten-person tent, including two fabric interior privacy partitions, outer fly-sheet and repair kit. These tents are considered "winter suitable" by international relief standards. - Vinyl insulated sleeping mats and lightweight thermal blankets. More compact than sleeping bags, these mats and blankets have multiple uses. - One pack of 180 water purification tablets or a water purification kit; and one 5 gallon flat-pack water container. - Eating utensils: enamel plates/cups. - Two 2.1 gallon, collapsible, plastic water carriers. - One collapsible trenching shovel. - Rope, 164 foot. - Repellant-treated mosquito netting. - Ten PVC Ponchos/ ten HD plastic bags. - Multi-fueled cook stove. - Tool kit in canvas bag: hatchet, jack-knife, screwdriver, hammer, hoe head etc. - Children's activity kit--simple school supplies, stickers and coloring book.
More than 60,000 Shelterboxes have been distributed since the Shelterbox program began at a Rotary Club in England; about 5,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide have since supported Shelterbox.
Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA