Wimborne’s generosity

A street collection held in Wimborne last Saturday for the Shelter Box Haiti appeal raised £2500. 

Leader of the project, Wimborne Rotarian Brian Dryden said, “The generosity of local people and children at various schools has truly amazed me.  Over the past two years we have raised enough money to buy seventy boxes and even now people are coming into our electrical shop giving us more cheques.”

Within three days of the disaster, shelter boxes were on the ground at the airport in Haiti and more importantly there were Rotarians with them making sure they got to the right people. This is just one of the International Cooperation objectives of the Rotary organisation. More boxes are following each week.