Haiti Relief: I Suggest Shelter Boxes Options

[Capn Sunshine]

There's this excellent diary at DKOS that pretty much says it all:

by TexMex [Subscribe]
Share this on Twitter - 77 ShelterBoxes!!!!!! and $540 with help from 9 year old Jasmine Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 05:41:06 AM PST
Use your cell phone to make a one-time US$5 donation to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund.

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Well it has been a VERY exciting past few days for TexMex/Septima/SallyCat and the Daily Kos. In The last few days we have been really hammering away with donations to the shelter box site.
It has been very noticed by the Shelter Box USA people that donation have been keeping in with some whacky name called the Daily Kos.
I spoke to their communications officer about the effort and received some emails from them thanking us for our efforts! Including one email from the president of the board of the Shelter box USA

Here is the
Secure donation page
https://app.etapestry.com/...

United States Shelterbox page

http://www.shelterboxusa.org/

Canada Shelterbox
http://www.shelterbox.ca/

Shelter Box home page
http://shelterbox.org/

TexMex's diary :: :: Morning Daily Kos members
Go Daily Kos!!!!
You can email me the amount if you don't want to report it here. email in profile. (I prefer posted here so other people can keep track, too)

Go Daily Kos

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Here is the letter from Shelter Box USA!!!!

Boxes arrive in Haiti, some will be used for a hospital at the airport.

http://www.youtube.com/...

The first ShelterBoxes have arrived in Port au Prince and hundreds more are due to arrive later today.

The ShelterBox Response Team of David Eby (US), Wayne Robinson (US) and Mark Pearson (UK), who have been in Haiti’s capital since Thursday, took delivery of the first ShelterBoxes at Port au Prince airport yesterday.

The team say twelve of these boxes will be used to build an emergency field hospital at the airport.

‘We are helping build a field hospital with these tents at the airport,’ said Mark Pearson. ‘These are desperate conditions, amputations are happening every half hour. There’s an urgent need for tents at hospitals and this is our first priority.’

ShelterBox Head of Operations John Leach said: ‘The safety of our staff in Haiti is of paramount importance.

‘We are working with the agencies on the ground to ensure that ShelterBoxes are not only distributed speedily and efficiently, but that our team on the ground is able to work in a safe environment.’

Hundreds more boxes are due to arrive into Port au Prince later today from Miami on a chartered aircraft. Thousands more ShelterBoxes are being packed and shipped from ShelterBox HQ in the UK.

ShelterBox Founder and CEO Tom Henderson said: ‘The devastation in Haiti has moved everyone here. We now have our boxes on the ground and it’s a privilege to help. The scale of devastation is huge.

‘By the sheer grit and determination of our staff and volunteers we have been able to respond in record time. Our thanks go to the teams of volunteers, as well as to our donors, who have allowed us to do this.

‘ShelterBox relies entirely on public donations and people’s generosity. We receive no institutional funding and no DEC money. I’d urge, if you can, to help us.’
--
Ed

Providing Dignity to Disaster Survivors

Ed Koplos
National Representative
President of the Board of Directors
ShelterBox USA

[alex]

A godsend, sir

Tents desperately needed - as much as unending stream of medical supplies.

I'm home for 36 hours to re-stock our bird. Flying back down to DR; off-load cargo onto choppers for delivery.

From the ShelterBox website: "Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and essential equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless."

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for alerting board membership to ShelterBox, Cap'n.