[Rotary] Subject: Rotary Support for the Tonga Volcanic Eruption

[Jeffry Stubbs]

Dear Mendocino, Eugene Metropolitan, Fort Bragg and District 5130 Rotarians (the latter three through Kathy, Gary, Barb and Julie),
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. 
Please google RNZWCS, read through their website and donate as an individual. You can be sure the funds will be well used. 
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.
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. 
Thanks, Anne, for the good advice and 
Cheers to all.
Jeff Stubbs, Secretary and International Committee ChairRotary Club of Mendocino
P.O. Box 102, Mendocino, CA 95460
Home phone 707-937-6026
I phone 707-536-6190
Skype phone 707-397-5620
Skype name jeffrystubbs
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