Visitors Day at Rosemount Rotary
Posted by Lindsey Brotzler
ShelterBox Presentation and Lunch - Friday, Oct. 1
Guests and prospective members are invited to join Rosemount Rotary for lunch on Friday, October 1st. We will be having a speaker from ShelterBox.
Contact membership chair Paul Eggen (651-423-3535) if you're interested in attending - and learn what Rotary is all about!
About ShelterBox
ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity that delivers em ergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide. Starting as the brainchild of one Rotarian with the support of his Rotary club in year 2000 - ShelterBox has grown to become the largest Rotary Club project in the 100 year history of the organization.
ShelterBox is ideally placed to support the above with regular events, news, stories and imagery of Rotary and Rotarians engaged in 'Service above Self'. Many Rotary clubs have reported that club support activities for ShelterBox have been very successful in attracting strong interest in Rotary and increased membership.
Contact membership chair Paul Eggen (651-423-3535) if you're interested in attending - and learn what Rotary is all about!
About ShelterBox
ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity that delivers em ergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide. Starting as the brainchild of one Rotarian with the support of his Rotary club in year 2000 - ShelterBox has grown to become the largest Rotary Club project in the 100 year history of the organization.
Rotarian support currently contributes an estimated 50% of ShelterBox
donations. Around 5,000 rotary clubs worldwide have supported ShelterBox since
it was launched.
Recognizingthis worldwide support from the Rotary community, ShelterBox was
designated as a Global Rotary Club Project in 2009. Logos with this designation
will now appear on all ShelterBoxes, tents, blankets and ancillary materials.
Rotary supporting ShelterBox
Rotarians underpin many of the essential activities of ShelterBox including:
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Donations - vital to funding ShelterBox disaster relief
efforts
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Support in promoting the work of ShelterBox by speaking
to clubs, schools & community groups
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Volunteering in all fields from packing boxes, to
admininstrative support and fundraising assistance
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Participation in volunteer ShelterBox Response Teams
(SRTs) deployed to disasters worldwide to deliver aid
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Extensive support to SRTs arriving in disaster affected
countries. Help often encompasses customs clearance, logistics, transport,
accommodation and essential local knowledge and connections
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Staff, management and leadership of the organisation as
employees or volunteer trustees and directors
ShelterBox
supporting Rotary
The Rotary International Strategic Plan encourages all Rotarians to:
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Advance the recognition and public image of RI and
Rotary
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Expand membership globally in both numbers and quality
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Increase Rotary's capacity to provide service
ShelterBox is ideally placed to support the above with regular events, news, stories and imagery of Rotary and Rotarians engaged in 'Service above Self'. Many Rotary clubs have reported that club support activities for ShelterBox have been very successful in attracting strong interest in Rotary and increased membership.