Disaster Response/Shelter Box

AID to FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES

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

PRIMARY AGENCY:

• Shelter
• Warmth
• Dignity
• Basic tools to rebuild
• www.shelterboxusa.org

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

Goals

• 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