Trivia night for Haiti

The Rotary Club of Woy Woy will hold a trivia night early next month to raise money for its shelter box program to assist victims of poverty and natural disasters including the Haiti earthquake survivors.

The event will be held at Peninsula Village on Friday, February 5, from 7pm.

Club publicity officer Mr Tony Cameron said the local Rotary club were active in raising funds to purchase further shelter boxes to assist victims of the Haiti earthquake disaster.

"The club has purchased two shelter boxes in the past six months but these are in storage in Australia awaiting deployment to a disaster area in this region," Mr Cameron said.

"Any funds raised currently will be used to purchase shelter boxes through shelter box headquarters in the United Kingdom.

"They will then be transported immediately to Miami by Virgin Atlantic airline and onward to Haiti.

"To date over 3300 shelter boxes have been despatched to Haiti from the United Kingdom and is sufficient to provide shelter and basic facilities to over 33,000 victims.

"The value of these shelter boxes is near $4 million and compares more than favourably with the monetary value of assistance provided by other agencies."

For further details on the trivia night, contact Vicki de Carle on 4342 9557.

Press release, 21 Jan 2010 Tony Cameron, Rotary Club of Woy Woy