The group from last week met again this morning and were joined by some new volunteers. Everyone is so committed and so excited to help; nothing seems impossible when we are all working together. Word is spreading and people want to help. It looks like we are well on our way to filling this first container.
A lot of progress has been made over the last week. The storage space is ready and items are already being collected. We already have 20+ tents donated and more on the way.
Apparently there are tents at Walmart on sale for $15. I also noticed tarps as low as $5 at Canadian Tire. It's nice to know that even with $5 you can help out.
A Facebook page is being created, and drop-off boxes are being set up at the various locations across Oakville.
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Thank you to everyone who supported us in our endeavour to send relief to earthquake victims in Haiti. Our first container of top priority supplies has been shipped! Stay tuned for information regarding it's passage, arrival and delivery, as well as details of container #2.
Other Ways to Help
1. Contact schools and see if one can bring in soap, another bring in buckets, one bring in tarps, one bring in toothbrushes, etc...... the list attached is what we're after
4. Contact stores for donations of items on our Wish List.
2. Find people who sew to make cloth bags about 18" square.
3. Find people who knit or sew to make blankets.4. Contact stores for donations of items on our Wish List.
5. If you drive, sometimes we need volunteers to do pick-up of items to be delivered to the warehouse.
6. Contact seniors’ places for canes, crutches, walkers
7. Fundraise for the next container to meet the needs of children, orphanages, caregivers.....
8. Collect CanadianTire money in the community, count it, and spend it on tarps, tents, sleeping bags, camping pots, buckets
9. Convert your Shopper's Optimum points (or other customer affinity points) into the sterile medical supplies, diapers, etc.
10. Recruit companies with affinity points to double the supply of materials by matching the points/materials donated by customers
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!Oakville Beaver Article
Here is a wonderful article in Friday's Oakville Beaver.
Video of Dominicans bringing containers of supplies to Haitians
This is a video sent to us by our friends in the Dominican who have already taken across containers to Haiti. We have worked with them often in the Dominican and their hearts are so big. Check it out!
DONATION WISH LIST
For more information:
·Judy Warrington, Committee Chair
@ 905-338-2304 or judy@goseedo.ca
If you prefer, cheque donations:
Made payable to "RCOT Foundation"
(Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar Foundation)
Please specify HAITI CONTAINERS on your cheque.
Mailed to: Containers of Hope for Haiti
313 Beechfield Road, Oakville, L6J 5H9
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