Welcome to Cookstown Rotary Club
District 1160 - Ireland
Latest Fundraising Efforts - Haiti appeal
With the devastating events in Haiti, where up 200,000 people are feared dead and over 1 million left homeless, it is imperative that urgent help reaches our fellow man as soon as humanly possible. Cookstown Rotary Club in conjunction with Rotary International aim to send ShelterBoxes to the region. Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced and homeless.
Cookstown Rotary Club has therefore launched an Haiti Appeal, and the club have been amazed with the response to the appeal to date. As well as running Fundraising Breakfasts the club has engaged with local schools many of which have supported the appeal. Various businesses and individuals have also made donations.
Should you wish to make a donation please forward to the following local Cookstown businesses: CFC Interiors, The Otter Lodge and McQueen's Jewellers. Alternatively cheque donations can be made payable to Cookstown Rotary Club Haiti Appeal, C/O Glenavon Hotel, 52 Drum Road, Cookstown, BT80 8JQ.
Telephone 07968716144 for more information, or visit www.shelterbox.org.
We thank you for your support.
Each ShelterBox contains;
• Thermal blankets, insulated ground sheets and a 10-person tent
• Waterproof ponchos and bin bags
• A multi-fuel stove that can burn anything from diesel to old paint!
• Cooking pans, utensils, bowls and mugs
• Collapsible water containers and water purification tablets
• A basic tool kit - hammer, axe, saw, pliers, hoe head, trenching shovel, rope etc
• A small, children's pack containing drawing books, crayons, pens etc.
Pictured above are members of Cookstown Rotary Club with Mr Downing (principal) and pupils from Cookstown Primary School. The School, like a number of other schools in the area, recently raised money for the Haiti appeal and this money will be used to send shelter boxes to the region.
