Oakville residents work together to collect and send supplies: Containers for Haiti
February 3rd, 2010 Categories: Burlington Beat, Containers of Hope for Haiti, Haiti Relief, Oakville Events
At Royalton International warehouse, volunteers Diana, Diana and Kelta help sort boxes
What a whilwind it has been the last ten days as folks come out of the woodwork, eager to lend a helping hand!
A Toronto Marriott hotel donated bags of used sheets and bedding. Melissa’s Grade 7 class at St. Bernadette’s School have been gathering and sorting items all week. A truckload of tents is being brought to the warehouse, from Fergus. 200 backpacks wtih soap and useful stuff arrived from Sew on Fire Ministries….
Oh, and Cogeco’s news program “The Source will be coming to the warehouse on Thursday to do a couple of interviews, do a bit of filming, and help spread the word!
Don’t forget 3rd organizing meeting: Saturday, February 6, 9:30 a.m at 30 Normandy Place, off Kerr St. in Oakville. All interested parties come on out. We are having a blast while making a real difference for needy folks far away.
A couple of new drop off points in Burlington:
4060 Fairview Street, Unit 6-8 (E of Walkers Line) 8:30 – 12 noon.
1383 Roxburgh Crescent (Headon Road/Palmer) – evenings 5-9, weekends 10-2.
For more info on Burlington drop off arrangements, call Christine Childs at 905-484-6907.
Below is another article printed by the Oakville Beaver TODAY
Containers of Hope for Haiti adds drop-off locations
“It’s exciting to see people responding from the heart,” said Hilary Shantz. “Since the article appeared in Friday’s Beaver, people in Oakville and beyond have been calling with offers of help and donations of supplies.”
Items needed include new or used shelter supplies (tents, sleeping bags, tarps, mattress pads, blankets, towels, buckets, basins, pots, towels); food supplies (rice, beans, canned goods); personal supplies (soap, diapers, toilet paper, toothbrushes); first aid supplies (crutches, canes, walkers, sterile gloves, slings).
Drop-off locations include Evangel Pentecostal Church, Knox Presbyterian Church, St. Jude’s Anglican Church, Shaarei-Beth el Synagogue, Clarkson Road Presbyterian, Oak Park Moms and Tots Centre, John Knox Christian School, St. Bernadette’s Public School and Royalton International warehouse.
For a complete list of emergency supplies needed, and addresses and times for drop off, see ContainersOfHopeforHaiti.blogspot.com. More details on how this grassroots effort got started and is being organized, see www.theoakvillebuzz.com or Facebook Fan Page: Containers of Hope for Haiti.
See also a video of how Rotary volunteers in the Dominican Republic are transporting these emergency supplies direct to Haitians living in makeshift tents outside Port-au-Prince.
The first container leaves Feb.12. The container will be shipped from donated space at Royalton International in Oakville. Boxes, packing material and tape have been donated by United Van Lines and Inapak. Funding for containers and shipping, was donated by Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar, Rotary Club of Oakville Centennial and other private donors.
For more information, contact Judy Warrington, committee chair, at 905-338-2304 or [email protected].
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