DG Roy Asks for Haiti Support

by Means Davis

[A message from District Governor Roy Strickland]

My Fellow D6900 Rotarians:

I am appealing to you for your generous support of the District's Charitable Fund to aid the people of Haiti. I have been in contact with DG Errol Alberga, my classmate from District 7020, and have assured him that we will respond in a manner befitting this great District. I am told the needs are overwhelming. A Rotarian in Haiti told us he has a hundred victims in his yard that he is taking care of. He has turned his home into a shelter, but he is running out of supplies. This is the story across the country. The people are suffering. There are many dead in the streets. Our efforts today will save lives.

District 6900 Rotarian Wayne Robinson (R/C Alpharetta-Office Furniture) is on the way to Haiti with the ShelterBox team. Today, the District ordered ShelterBox kits for delivery to Haiti. We understand a first shipment of kits is moving today and more kits are being assembled at this time. Gifts made now will enable us to provide additional life sustaining kits.

We will need funding to do more.

Gifts may be made to the District 6900 Charitable Fund for a tax receipt. Your checks should be made payable to Rotary District Charitable Fund, Inc and mailed to:

Cheryl Greenway, Treasurer

Rotary District 6900

935 Forrest Street, Suite C

Roswell, GA 30075

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti and with the Rotarians and relief workers pouring into the country to render aid. Let's support their efforts with generous gifts.

Yours in Rotary Service,

Roy Strickland

District Governor 2009-2010