The Container is on the Road

Thanks to everyone's efforts and the support of so many people in the Oakville and Greater Toronto area, we have managed to fill an entire 40’ container of emergency supplies for Haiti. Surprisingly, we were able to get the container loaded by 10:30 am this morning, although it was not on the road until 3:30 pm this afternoon. The container is bound for New York City where it will be loaded on a boat this Wednesday Feb. 17^th. It is expected to be in the Dominican Republic by Sunday Feb. 21^st - where it will be met by Judy Warrington and representatives of the Moca, DR Rotary club. Once in the Dominican Republic it should take another week to deliver the container of supplies to the Grace Children’s Hospital in Haiti which is run by International Child Care and supported by Oakville’s own Dr. John Yates.

Altogether we were able to send;

375 tents

150 tarp


12 boxes of crutches and canes as well as 4 wheelchairs and 14 walkers


17 boxes of first aid supplies


124 boxes of blankets, sheets and towels


42 boxes of sleeping bags


43 boxes of personal supplies


13 boxes of buckets


8 boxes of reusable bags

Additionally, we still have about 1/3 of a container of blankets, back packs and food items that we were not able to fit onto this container but will be a good start for our next one! Thanks to Diana we were also visited by the Oakville Beaver and the Toronto Sun for a “photo op” of the send off. Earlier in the week, Judy was also interviewed on two Hamilton radio stations, Talk 820 and CHML-AM. Attached are a few of the pictures that Wayne was able to take.

This project has been a miracle of so many people and organizations coming together to generously offer their time, talents and resources to make a difference in the lives of people they will probably never see or meet.

Special thanks go out to:

Judy Warrington – our fearless leader who rallied the troops in Canada and is now on the ground in the Dominican Republic ensuring the container arrives safely.

The Centennial and Trafalgar Rotary Clubs of Oakville – who provided the impetus, much hands-on help and a majority of the financial support for this project.

The Royalton International Ltd. – for providing all of the warehouse space, garbage removal, on-going storage etc., (Victor and Adelia – we couldn’t have done it without you!)

United Van Lines/Mayflower Canada – for providing 685 boxes, 250 lbs of packing paper, 72 rolls of tape and 2 tape dispensers – critical supplies to make the packing possible

Speedpro Imaging – for providing the 2 signs that went on the sides of the container and the NONU adhesive graphics - on such short notice

Eye Design Signz – for producing and designing our initial “Containers of Hope for Haiti” banner and graphic design.

and last, but definitely not least,

Royal Moving & Storage – for providing the professional packers to load the container and get more items packed than we could have on our own!

Here it is, the container we have prepped and planned for and packed over the last couple of weeks.