ShelterBox

Shelter Box Brew  - A Blue Bell Rotary Club project - 45% of each purchase of micro-roasted coffee goes directly to Shelter Box USA.  Coffee provided by Cafe Excellence of Oaks, Pa.   CLICK ON LABEL - CHECK THE COFFEE

A Unique Opportunity to provide humanitarian aid with your morning cup of coffee!

ShelterBox Looking for Volunteers

Shelter Box is looking for Rotarians and civilians interested in joining the 4-person ShelterBox team that accompanies ShelterBox deliveries around the world. This is a team of four that meets the shelter box shipment and stays with it for ten to fourteen. Shelter box is looking for a number of US based teams. Anyone interested must apply, and soon. Interviews will be in Atlanta GA, October 2007

The ShelterBox Trust-UK, World Headquarters & Operations Centre uses SRT (ShelterBox Response Teams) to meet and distribution all ShelterBoxes deployments. They first deployed Disaster Teams during the Southeast Asia tsunami relief efforts. These groups are typically made up of one Rotarian leader and 3 'civilians' with experience or skills useful for disaster relief work and are now known as SRT (ShelterBox Response Team).  If you are interested on training for and joining one of these teams,contact:

Dale Rubinkam, Rotary Club of Blue Bell

District 7430 Shelter Box Representative

shelterbox7430@verizon.net

Tel. 215-362-7059

- For more information and SRT applications go to  http://www.shelterboxusa.org/recruitment.aspx

- For more ShelterBox information see  www.shelterboxusa.org

Thank you District 7430 Rotarians for Leading the Way...

Shelter Box Comes to District 7430

The ShelterBox project has come directly to our District and the RC of Blue Bell has been designated as D-7430 representative. Clubs that would like to arrange a display or to have a program should contact Dale Rubinkam (shelterbox7430@verizon.net )

ShelterBox was started by the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard and in the USA it is sponsored by The Lakewood Ranch Rotary Club in Lakewood Ranch, FL. The Shelter Boxes are distributed through Rotary Clubs and Aid Agencies closest to the disaster areas. Shelter Boxes have been used after the Tsunami in SE Asia, for Afghan refugees, in earthquakes in Turkey and Pakistan and closer to home over 4,000 were used in the Gulf Coast. Half of the funding comes as donations from Rotary Clubs around the world, the rest is from private industry and individuals. The cost of a complete Shelter Box is $1,000 US. The boxes paked as donations are received. All amounts are welcome and are used to purchase items toward a complete box.  The 110 lb green box includes a tent which houses a family of up to 10 people, includes a 3 month month supply of water purification tablets along with the basic survival necessities such a cookstove, ten sleeping bags, metal dishes, utentils, rain ponchos etc. 

URGENT APPEAL

THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED EIGHT MILLION HOMELESS IN AFRICA

• MANY OF THESE ARE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
• ROTARIANS WORLWIDE CAN HELP

Through a partnership with the United Nations, Rotary International is working to relieve human suffering in Africa.  This program has a goal of providing shelter to ONE MILLION refugees.  Thus the...

AMA- A Million in Africa

HELP “LEAD THE WAY”

An urgent appeal has been issued by UN officials for 10,000 ShelterBoxes for refugees in Somalia and Sudan.  Each ShelterBox can be packed with two 10-person tents.  A large container (the best way to ship them to the needy sites) can hold 240 ShelterBoxes and thus can provide shelter for up to 4,800 people.  One box can be sponsored for only $1,000.

District 7430’s Disaster Relief Subcommittee urges all clubs to consider sponsoring ShelterBoxes with the goal of at least one large container of ShelterBoxes.  The Blue Bell Club in District 7430 is the Official Representative of ShelterBox.  If your club is interested in getting involved and purchase ShelterBoxes for AMA, please contact:

• Dale Rubinkam, Shelter Box Representative, shelterbox7430@verizon.net, Tel. 215-362-7059
• Karen Dewalt, Chair, World Community Service, Dist. 7430- dewalt@comcast.net

By working together, District 7430 will have the power to multiply our resources to benefit a worthwhile project.  Please contact us to find how we can leverage district-wide resources.