Disaster Response/Shelter Box

AID to FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES

  • Natural Disasters
  • Humanitarian Crisis
  • Temporary Assistance -Hurricane –earthquake Flood
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PRIMARY AGENCY:

Why ShelterBox?

  • Non-sectarian
  • Non-political
  • Experience
  • Getting aid through customs
  • Delivering appropriate aid
  • Deliver aid directly to individual families

Started in 2000 by Rotary Club of Cornwall, England

Responses

  • 250+ Disasters
  • 90+ Countries
  • 1,000,000+ people sheltered
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Goal

Minimum 1 ShelterBox

each year
each Rotary club
1 ShelterBox = $1,000
Provides shelter, warmth, dignity for a family
Includes delivery anywhere in the world

Contact: Disaster Response/Shelter Box –Parker Emerson, Chair parker@emersonenterprises.com

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