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CAMPBELL Rotary
W W W . C A M P B E L L R O T A R Y. O R G CHARTERED FEB., 1948

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Member Anne Height presented her introductory talk to the club last
week. Originally from Jamaica, Anne told us that she learned about giving
service from her grandparents who always helped their neighbors. Anne
continues the legacy with her service through Rotary. We’re glad she’s here.
“Shelter Box” Saves Lives
Visiting Rotarian Jim Coleman teams can be deployed in less than 72
hours. Rotarian Keith Henderson, was
shared with our club the wonderful here to tell us about his training and
work of a project that began in England deployment to earthquake ravaged areas
and has now spawned a new partner of Pakistan. unusual
organization here in the U.S. Shelter Shelter Box began as a Rotary
Box provides a 100 pound box of life project in the U.K. with a goal of meeting Places
saving gear that can helping one million people The most remote place to
be used anywhere in in Africa. Working with
the world when Rotary Clubs in and make up a Rotary meeting is with
disasters occur. The around the effected areas, the Rotary Club of Papeete, Tahiti,
boxes and their Shelter Box teams are able French Polynesia in the middle of
deployment teams to distribute and educate
have are sent to any the Pacific Ocean. The
people how to use the
part of the world equipment that is provided Southernmost Rotary Club is Base
where they are in the box. Shelter Box is Marambio-Antartida in Antarctica.
needed. From the now a separate non-profit The northernmost club is in
tsunami in Sri Lanka organization in both the
to an Earthquake in U.K. and the U.S. Svalbard, Norway. Of course you
Pakistan to Louisiana in the aftermath of Each box has a total cost of about can also do a makeup in your own
Hurricane Katrina, Shelter Boxes have $1,000 and is registered and tracked so home, by going online to attend an
provided tents, sleeping bags, cooking sponsoring clubs can know exactly
utensils, basic tools and even children’s where their sponsored box has been e-meeting. Check the RI website
coloring books to families in distress. used. Each tent is labeled with the for details.
Without having to go through Rotary emblem. 
governmental agencies or even other
NGOs like the Red Cross, Shelter Box

Coming Events Oct. 15: Avenues of Service

Oct. 3: Child Advocates’ Picnic Oct. 17-18: Octoberfest

Oct. 10: RI “End Polio Day” Oct. 24: Fun-Fitness-Fellowship

Oct. 12: Dinner Service @ EHC Oct. 25: WVCS Picnic @ JCC
 Recently Jerry Cummings took a box full of the books our guest speakers
have signed over to Rosemary School. Here are a few of the thank you
notes we have received from the students.

Dear Rotary Club Members,

Thank you for the books. I like the book Night of

the Ninjas. We needed books for our class room. I know Dear Rotary Club members,
we will really enjoy them. Thank you for the books. I loved
the book about wolfs and huge fierce
Sincerely, bugs. We needed more books. We all
Ashley Zamora loved the books.
Sincerely,
Filiberto
Dear Rotary Club Members,
Thank you for the books. I like to Dear Rotary club members,
read the sharks books. We needed them Thank [sic] for the book.
for our class room 21, 4th grade.
Your friend, I like the book Ghost town at Sundown.
Alexis #1 I really aprsheate [sic] the book.
Sincerely,
Kamea
Dear Rotary club Members, Dear Rotary Club Members,
Thank you very very much for all Thank you for the books. The
the monny [sic] you spent for the books book that I like the most was the “Magic
you gave to us we needed lots of books in Tree House” book. It was a great book
ower [sic] class and that problem is because I like “Magic Tree House” book
solved! since I was in second grade. Thank you,
Thank you, Sincerely, you are very kind people.
Tanaz Sincrely,
Jeremiah

Dear Rotary club members,

Dear Rotary Club Members,
Thank you for the books. I like to
Thank you for the books. We all
read. We needed books for our class
like the books. I already read three books
room. I like all of the books. The ones I
in one day. Everybody is reading them.
like the most is Joke books.
Our class needed books, and you just got
Sincerely,
us books!
Enoc
Sincerely,
Hazel

Dear Rotary Club Mumbers,

Thank you for the books. I like to read. We need books for our class room. My favorite is Scooby Doo,
The Mixed Up Museum. It is so funny when Scooby was scared of the robot elephants.
Sincerely,
Alex