That’s the slogan for St John’s Rotary and this week, on a wild
and wet Wednesday night an enthusiastic group of members,
friends and family could be found in an empty Penrose warehouse packing
Emergency Response Kits (ERK’S).
Prepositioned stocks of ERK’s are held in readiness by
Rotary Clubs in Samoa & Fiji for immediate distribution when needed with
backup and replenishment stocks of ERK’s held in Auckland & Christchurch
ready to be air lifted by the NZ Government through NZ AID to any disaster
areas in the South Pacific Islands. The kits contain a vast array of household
items and clothing including cooking utensils, clothing, blankets and
tarpaulins, hygiene items, first aid supplies and a few basic tools and cost
approximately $700 each. There’s a degree of precision involved in packing over
120 items into the containers but with 21 able volunteers it was a case of many
hands made light work and there are now, courtesy of St Johns Rotary, 75 more kits
ready to be airlifted to Samoa.
If you’d like to know more about what Rotary is doing in our
community, would like to contribute in some way email stjohnsrotary@gmail.com or visit www.stjohns.rotarysouthpacific.org
