Pasadena Sunrise Rotary and Brits Pub Combine Forces to Help Haiti – Benefit this Saturday Includes Live Music and Raffles to help Haitians
By Terry Miller
Published: Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
By Terry Miller
There are fundraisers in great abundance these days (thankfully) attempting to raise money to help Haiti through one of the worst natural disasters in history. This Monday the Pasadena Playhouse held a fundraiser raising funds for the Red Cross for Haiti. Perhaps we can never do enough to help in this disaster of Biblical proportions – however, try we must and perhaps the best one can do is donate cash to an organization you know and trust…
This coming Saturday, Feb 6 from 7 pm, the popular Brits Pub and Eatery ( 1770 E Colorado Blvd in Pasadena) will be donating proceeds from the evening’s events to Shelter Box USA. The organization offers emergency shelter and life saving supplies all contained in a plastic box. Owner of the popular pub, Elizabeth Portela (who just happens to be an early rising Rotarian), along with British Chef/ husband Peter Holder, decided that they could hopefully help out in some way with a little help from their friends and customers of the pub.The money raised will all go to help send Shelter Boxes tp Haiti.
Each “ShelterBox” supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced or homeless. The contents are tailored depending on the nature and location of the disaster, with great care taken sourcing every item to ensure it is robust enough to be of lasting value. ShelterBox Response Teams distribute boxes on the ground, working closely with local organizations, international aid agencies and Rotary clubs worldwide.
The live music and raffles which will include prizes such as signed original photos of Bono at the U2 concert at the Rose Bowl last Oct taken by news photographer Terry Miller. This combined with proceeds from drink and food specials will help Sunrise Rotary club donate more money to The ShelterBox project which will help provide emergency shelter for thousands in Port au Prince and surrounding areas with small camps in Delmas, Petion-Ville, Carrefour and Leogane. More ShelterBoxes containing disaster relief tents and other life-saving supplies are being sent to the Haiti in the next few days from Miami, Curucao and France with enough for an another 11,000 people.
ShelterBox Founder and CEO Tom Henderson said, “The need in Haiti is huge. Current estimates are that there are over a million people who have lost their homes. We continue to rely on the support of volunteers and donors to allow us to help them in the days and weeks to come.”
Brits will be offering a Buffet for a $20 donation, live music and raffles for prizes..drink specials and much more. 1770 East Colorado Blvd. Call 578-1301 for more details.
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