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Shelterbox and Firewood on Bowen Island

It has been a month since Rotary set up a demonstration of Shelterbox on Bowen Island to collect funds for the program that is providing necessary support for the victims of the recent earthquakes in Nepal.
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Bob Miller holds the Irly Bird’s Shelterbox donation pail, to his left stand Kathryn Pinner and Pat Buchanan.

It has been a month since Rotary set up a demonstration of Shelterbox on Bowen Island to collect funds for the program that is providing necessary support for the victims of the recent earthquakes in Nepal. As the world has learned of the huge ongoing need in Nepal, Islanders have continued to donate to the program at various places on the Island. A special story arose at the Bowen Island Building Centre – Irly Bird.

Pat Buchanan and Jim Clark thought that not enough money was flowing into the collection pail at the Building Centre. Jim offered to donate a cord of wood that could be raffled off at the Centre. The folks at the Centre then mentioned it to all of their customers. When the winner was chosen $1,460 had been collected and has been turned over to Bowen Rotary. The winner of the raffle then generously donated the wood back so that it could be offered to an islander who might need the winter warmth.

As of last week, $11,892.57 has been donated to Bowen Rotary in support of Shelterbox Canada. Two other businesses on Bowen Island collected donations for this program: The Barbershop in Snug Cove and The Snug Cafe. The Rotary Club of Bowen Island continues to accept donations.

Shelterbox is now providing shelter for more than 15,000 people whose lives were turned upside down following the recent Nepal earthquakes.