Canadian Boxes to Haiti -Just the Beginning!

Here are some box numbers and donors that have gone to Haiti already. If you are not on the list yet bear with us - paperwork is taking longer than usual in these unusual circumstances. Lots of volunteers are helping out and we are trying our best to catch up with the administrivia.

Rotary Club of Niagara Falls, 1807/08/09
Rotary Club of Saskatoon Nutana, 1810/11
MacGillivray Family, 1812
Margot Harrison, 1813/14/15/16
Rotary Club of West Ottawa, 1817/18/19/20
Rotary Club of Kentville, 1821/22/23/24
Rotary Club of Calgary Millennium, 1825/26/27/28
Rotary Club of Kelowna Ogopogo, 1829/30/31/32
Rotary Club of Kenora, 1833/34/35/36
Rotary Club of Victoria Harbourside, 1837/38/39/40/41/42
Rotary Club of Toronto Foundation, 1843/44/45/46/47/48/49/50
Rotary Club of Quesnel Sunrise 2000, 1852
Rotary Club of Yarmouth, 1853
James & Alison Leamy, 1854
Victoria Grabb, 1855
Rick Offord - Century 21 Offord Realty, 1856
Don Bumstead, 1857
Rotary Club of Wiarton, 1858
Downes Family, 1859
Rotary Club of Peterborough Kawartha, 1860
Donna and Henry Neufeld, 1861
Rotary Club of Spruce Grove, 1862
Interact Club of Cowichan Secondary School & Citizens of Canada, 1863
Rotary Club of Ottawa & Citizens of Canada, 1864
Donald & Lynda Sales, 1865
Lorne & Patricia Larson & citizens of Canada, 1866
Robert & Marion McLaren Family, 1867
Rotary District 5370 & Citizens of Canada, 1868
Rotary Club of Grand Manan, 1869
Glenn & Joan Johnson, 1870
Rotary Club of St. John's East, 1871
Rotary Club of Bowmanville, 1872
Rotary Club of Richmond Sunrise, 1873
Don Luke Family, 1874
Lyle & Norine Miller, 1875
D. Kent Fraser, 1876
Art & Dianne Joyce, 1877
Cathy & Rene Proulx, 1878
Rotary Club of Edmonton Avenue of Nations, 1879
Rotary Club of Simcoe, 1880
Dave & Daisy Lowdon in memory of Claude Thibault, 1881
Wilson & Terry Muir, 1882
Denton Muir & Nicole Porter, 1883
Joan and Ted Bowles family, 1884
Doug Champ, 1885
Robert & Janet Balfour, 1886
Rotary Club of St.Catharines Lakeshore, 1887
Rotary Club of Thompson, 1888
Marianne Muir, 1889
Rotary Club of Cranbrook Sunrise & Citizens of Canada, 1890
Joan Firkins, 1891
Rick & Vi Chappell, 1892
Dr. Ken Muth (Rotary Club of Nelson), 1893
Rotary Club of Fort St. John Sunrise , 1894
Sprigge and Harper Families, 1895
Grant Kvemshagen, 1896
Rotary Club of Chatham, 1897
Herbert & Margaret Leroy, 1898
Rotary Club of Edson, 1899
Rotary Club of Cornwall Sunrise, 1900
Rotary Club of Duncan, 1901
Mr.Raul Marquez (Rotary Club of San Salvador Sur), 1902
John & Judy Taylor, 1903
Malcolm Davies, 1904
Susan Ross, 1905
Laurence Begley, 1906
Agrium Clavet Social Club, 1907
Jim & Nancy Campbell & Citizens of Canada, 1908
Robert Malcolm , 1909
Don & Anne Ohlgren , 1910
Percy & Sharon Butler, 1911/1912
Rotary Club of Charlottetown Royalty, 1913/1914
Rotary Club of High River, 1915/1916
Rotary Club of Kingston, 1917/1918
Rotary Club of Meaford, 1919/1920/1921
John & Donna Core/Joseph & Patricia Longo, 1922
John Tarrel/Duncan MacArthur/Felicity O'Caroll, 1923
Audrey Wickham and McIvor Family, 1924
Crossman Family & Gilles Durand, 1925
Norma Brown & Wayne Rodway/Rick & Lynda Anderson/Kim Caine, 1926
Reymer/Perry/Stillaway Families, 1927
Pat and Jean Miskiman and Family , 1928
Rotary Club of Kimberley , 1929
Gil Adams, 1930
Jim,May,Art Dalton & Lorraine Russel, 1931
Beatrice Fulton, 1932
Begley Overhead Doors, 1933
Sonntag Family, 1934
Bill & Rhonda Armstrong, 1935
Bork Family, 1936
Brenda Sorley Family, 1937
Cook Engineering ShelterBox Club, 1938
Crane Steel Structures & Staff, 1939
Darlene Cocks, 1940
David Knutson, 1941
Dianne & Phil Mamchur, 1942
Donna Webb, 1943
Doug & Gwen Milton, 1944
Ean & Jane Gower, 1945
Frederick Bieber, 1946
George & Maria Tietjen, 1947
Honeywood Veterinary Hospital, 1948
In memory of our son Glen (Bruce & Beryl Bays), 1949
Isabell Anderson for James&Judith Anderson&Family, 1950
Jeffrey Rayman, 1951
John & Carol MacLeod & Family, 1952
John & Joyce MacRae, 1953
John Daisley, 1954
Jon & Marguerite Toogood, 1955
Jones/Gunn Families, 1956
June & Frank Shoemaker, 1957
Keith & Joanne Tatton, 1958
Ken Carnes & Family, 1959
Ken Lane, 1960
Kevin Kennedy Family, 1961
Kim & Vince Marcotte, 1962
King Family & Friends, Winnipeg, 1963
Larry Kanters, 1964
Lindsay,Rachel,Kristen,Benjamin Price from Betty Elworthy, 1965
Manufacturing & Technology (Howard Humphrey), 1966
McGregor & Janzen Family, 1967
Midge Behnke, 1968
Mike McKone, 1969
Muriel Essery, 1970
Murray Family, 1971
Natalie Zigarlick, 1972
Rotary Club of Chilliwack Mount Cheam, 1973
Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial, 1974
Rotary Club of Kamloops West, 1975
Rotary Club of Limestone , 1976
Rotary Club of Montague, 1977
Rotary Club of Montreal Lakeshore, 1978
Rotary Club of Oshawa, 1979
Rotary Club of Parksville, 1980
Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise, 1981
Rotary Club of Simcoe, 1982
Rotary Club of St.Catharines AM, 1983
Rotary Club of Washago & Area, 1984
Richard McMullen, 1985
Robert & Adele Smith, 1986
Royal London Wax Museum,Victoria, 1987
Sean Hogan, 1988
Seguin,Curtin, & Wilkinson Families, 1989
St.Anthony's CWL & Hudolin Family of Thunder Bay, 1990
St.Mary High School - Prince Albert, 1991
Susan Knowling (Rotary Club of Minnedosa), 1992
Henry & Telio Families, 1993
Mewis Family, 1994
Tim Koepke, 1995
Tony & Val Wright for family and friends, 1996
Top of Victoria Leads Club , 1997
Vacuum Doctor, 1998
Waldy & Gloria Loewen, 1999
For William Gaskell's 95th Birthday, 2000
Walker Family-Kimberley, 2001
Peter Dicken, 2002
Rotary Club of Pembroke, 2003
Leanne Sargent/John Degroot, 2004
Allan Colborne, 2005/2006
Rotary Club of Abbotsford-Sumas, 2007/2008
Rotary Club of Melfort , 2009/2010
Rotary Club of Thornbury & Clarksburg, 2011/2012
Tami Wetmore, 2013/2014
Rotary Club of Chilliwack, 2015/2016/2017
Rotary Club of Toronto Twilight, 2018/2019/2020
Citizens of Canada, 2021/2022/2023
Rotary Club of Calgary Chinook, 2024/2025/2026/2027
Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise, 2028/2029/2030/2031
Maunders McNeil Foundation, 2032-2046

Very Simple Fundraising Idea

A man named Robb sent out one email to his contact list, asking them to donate to ShelterBox. His friends subsequently donated $8000 to Shelterbox on the website indicating the name "Robb & Friends" in the message box on the donation page. Now eight families in Haiti will have a home.

This is an idea anyone can do. Direct your friends to http://www.shelterbox.ca/, and watch how generous they can be.

New Urban Village Going Up

ShelterBox is setting up an urban "village" near the US Embasssy of 1000 tents. The people who move into this camp will thus be able to continue their lives in the city without having to move out to an urban area.

You can see a great video clip of the village at Henfrasa Stadium,Delmas, Port au Prince at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqQpMZUoirA. You will notice it is a far cry from the ramshackle camps you have seen on TV. You can even see children smiling!

The Pictures Speak For Themselves

Here are the first pictures of a ShelterBox village in Haiti.

These rugged tents will provide adequate shelter when the rainy season arrives in April.

Did You Catch a Glimpse?

Did you catch a glimpse of a ShelterBox tent in the background in a piece on Canadian Televison?
Watch for it - they do repeat interviews several times!
Nearly 100 tonnes of additional aid is being flown to Haiti this week as thousands of people who lost their homes in the devastating earthquake are being given the chance to start rebuilding their lives in ShelterBox tents.

Emergency shelter for more than 20,000 people is now in Port au Prince and surrounding areas with small camps already set up in Delmas, Petion-Ville, Carrefour and Leogane.

Hundreds more ShelterBoxes containing disaster relief tents and other life-saving supplies are being sent to the city in the next few days from Miami, Curucao and France, meaning another 11,000 people will be given emergency shelter.

On Friday, ShelterBox is chartering a 747 aircraft with 1,800 boxes to fly from Stansted Airport to the Dominican Republic where they will be taken overland to neighbouring Haiti.

It is the second flight chartered by the international disaster relief charity for the Haiti response after a plane loaded with 700 ShelterBoxes and 100 tents flew out of Newquay Cornwall Airport last week. ShelterBox Response Team members Jane Nash (UK) and Gary McCafferty (UK) travelled overland with an aid convoy from Santa Domingo to ensure the ShelterBoxes reached Port au Prince at the weekend.

John Leach, Head of Operations for ShelterBox, said: ‘The need in Haiti is massive. Our team in Port au Prince is working with Dutch marines to ensure the safe and effective delivery of disaster relief tents and hundreds of these are already being used in four different locations.

‘Distribution of aid by our highly-trained ShelterBox Response Team members is underway but the need for emergency shelter is still desperate.’

A number of ShelterBoxes have also been used at an orphanage and at two hospitals in Port au Prince where tents are being erected to help save lives.

Speaking from Bernard Mews Hospital in Freres, a suburb of Port au Prince, ShelterBox Response Team member Wayne Robinson (US) said: ‘Right outside the hospital there have been hundreds of people who have been laying in the sidewalks, on the streets and in blankets right on the ground in unbelievable conditions. They are bleeding, they have missing limbs and there are even women giving birth.

‘We felt this was a good use of the initial boxes that we had here on the ground and we’ll be bringing more here and using them as a transitional point to get people out of the elements while they are waiting for treatment at the hospital. Buildings have crashed down all around us here and people are just waiting and waiting to get in here for medical services.’

Haitians Being "Trained" to Erect Tents Properly

as of 1400hrs GMT on Saturday 23.01.10

There were 412 boxes on the ground in PAP yesterday. 400 more have since arrived from Miami. Approximately 60 have arrived care of the Dutch Military from Curacao (the remaining 190 from Curacao are due to arrive tomorrow).

Emergency shelter for more than 8,500 people is now in Haiti. Responders are training Haitians to erect the tents properly. Here you can see one of our tents and the alternatives people are dealing with.

200 more boxes, flown courtesy of the French Red Cross are due to arrive in PAP this afternoon local time. 700 boxes and 100 tents will also arrive in PAP today on an aid convoy from Santa Domingo.

By the end of the day local time we will have upwards of 1,800 boxes in PAP. Enough aid for more than 18,000 people.

Approximately 700 boxes remain in Miami that were flown there by Virgin Atlantic. Another 200 should also be in Miami which were flown via Amsterdam.
1,000 boxes currently packed and awaiting dispatch from the UK. More being packed.

Box table of boxes committed so far and the routes they’ve taken since leaving HQ:

Miami 1,700 (1,500 Virgin, 200 via Amsterdam)
France 600
Newquay 802 (702 boxes + 100 tents)
Curacao 256
El Salvador 73
Total 3,431

First Camps Set Up in Haiti

First camps set up. Tents in use at Bernard Mews hospital and as field hospitals (estimated 50 boxes). Further camps set up in Delmas (50 boxes), Petion-Ville (50 boxes), Carrefour (50 boxes), Leogane (100 boxes).

Congratulations to our team on the ground for this remarkable accomplishment.

Many more boxes are on the way, but logisitics remain difficult with the bottleneck at the airport. In these pictures a young amputee enjoys a ShelterBox kids' kit, and a Haitian woman seems happy to be out of the heat and dust in a ShelterBox tent at the hospital.