Don Bonner demonstrates a Rotary Club ShelterBox at the Library.A fundraising drive for the ShelterBox program to aid earthquake victims of Haiti is being organized on the Nanaimo campus of Vancouver Island University.
A ShelterBox display and donation table will be set up in the main floor of the Library (Bldg. 305) from today (Jan. 26) to Friday Jan. 29.
The donations table will be staffed by Rotarians, university staff and students from 10 am to 4 pm each day of the drive.
These volunteers will be accepting financial donations for the ShelterBox campaign.
All money raised will go directly to the purchase and delivery of ShelterBoxes.
The goal is to raise funds toward the purchase of as many Shelter Boxes as possible to send to Haiti.
Each box costs $1,200.
The ShelterBox program is a Rotary Club initiative that originated in England ten years ago.
The boxes consist of the following items and can shelter up to 10 people for as long as six months:
Each box contains:
1 tent for that sleeps up to 10 people
Blankets for 10
Cooking and eating supplies plus stove (designed by Shelter-Box that will burn anything flammable)
Water purification equipment and tablets
Basic tools, hammers, saw, etc.
Radio - hand crank
A children's kit of learning supplies, crayons, paper etc.
Other assorted items and tools.
Presently, there are 3300 boxes scheduled to be sent to Haiti, with an urgent need for thousands more.
There are also three SRT (ShelterBox relief team) members: two from the US and one from England in Haiti coordinating the distribution and setup of the tents.
According to CBC News reports the Haitian Government is now addressing the need to relocate more than two million people to a safer location.
As such, ShelterBoxes can play a vital role in the coming months for the Haitian people.
You can also find more information off the website http://www.shelterbox.ca or the international website here: http://www.shelterbox.org/resources.php. The display in the Library includes the complete assembly of a ShelterBox.
For more information please contact Don Bonner at 250-741-8483, or at Sales@nisa.com
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