The May/June Quintessential Barrington Magazine featured Reese Mates' visit to Countryside Elementary School for a ShelterBox demonstration.  The kids raised $450 towards a ShelterBox through cookie sales!  

Rotary Club of Barrington, Inc. (Noon) In the News

Shelter Box Representative Reese Mates

May/June 2010 Edition – Quintessential Barrington Magazine

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Brownie Troop 441 had an exciting March meet­ing at Countryside Elementary School with ShelterBox rep­resentative and Barrington Noon Rotarian Reese Mates. The girls were challenged to think of important items they would need for their family if a natural disaster took their home. Af­ter discussion the girls opened up a ShelterBox and set up the 10-person tent, and the other lifesaving tools inside the 130lb. big green box. Cookie sales enabled them to contrib­ute $450 towards a ShelterBox for a family in need. About 100,000 Haitians are living in ShelterBox tents right now. ShelterBox is the largest Rotary Club project in the world that quickly delivers disaster relief anywhere on our planet to victims in need

Each box contains shelter, water purification for three years, rebuilding tools, cooking sup­plies, a cooker, blankets, floor mats, a chil­dren's pack, and other lifesaving tools. Find out more at www.shelterboxus.org .

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