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Columbia Patuxent Rotary is supporting relief efforts in Haiti by sponsoring ShelterBox.
In response to the terrible tragedy in Haiti, members of the Rotary Club of Columbia Patuxent have committed to sponsoring four ShelterBox units to be sent to Haiti, through donations from individual club members and matching funds from the club's charitable trust.

January 19, 2010 - The first ShelterBoxes have arrived in Port au Prince and hundreds more are due to arrive later today. The ShelterBox Response Team of David Eby (US), Wayne Robinson (US) and Mark Pearson (UK), who have been in Haitis capital since Thursday, took delivery of the first ShelterBoxes at Port au Prince airport yesterday. The team say twelve of these boxes will be used to build an emergency field hospital at the airport. We are helping build a field hospital with these tents at the airport, said Mark Pearson. These are desperate conditions, amputations are happening every half hour. Theres an urgent need for tents at hospitals and this is our first priority.

To learn more about ShelterBox and how you can help click here.

Not your father's Rotary Club!

Known throughout the community as the fun club, a Friday morning breakfast meeting with Columbia Patuxent Rotary is anything but boring! Spirited, energetic, and sometimes bordering on rambunctious, our members truly enjoy the fellowship of our weekly meetings.

*Actual club members may not be as attractive as the models in this photo.