<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpedf3a983yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Dear Mendocino, Eugene Metropolitan, Fort Bragg and District 5130 Rotarians (the latter three through Kathy, Gary, Barb and Julie),</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As informed by our colleague Ann Owen in Katikati, New Zealand, International relief for Tonga following the recent volcanic eruption is being coordinated by Rotary New Zealand World Community Service, RNZWCS, and they have a website on which one can donate for either an Emergency Response Kit (ERG) which is similar to a shelter box but half the price and better suited to the needs of the Pacific, or specifically for Tonga volcanic eruption disaster relief. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Please google RNZWCS, read through their website and donate as an individual. You can be sure the funds will be well used. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">We are updating our club budget and I will be making a proposal for use of club funds for Tonga, probably routed through RNZWCS, at our next Board meeting, a week from today.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">For those of us who are less familiar with the South Pacific, New Zealand often takes the lead in support for the more eastern Pacific Island countries, while Australia does the more western ones, and the ones in the middle are shared between the two countries. Similarly for their Rotary clubs. </div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks, Anne, for the good advice and </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Cheers to all.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div class="ydpedf3a983signature">Jeff Stubbs, Secretary and International Committee Chair</div><div class="ydpedf3a983signature" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Rotary Club of Mendocino<br>P.O. Box 102, Mendocino, CA 95460<br>Home phone 707-937-6026<br>I phone 707-536-6190<br>Skype phone 707-397-5620<br>Skype name jeffrystubbs</div></div></body></html>