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Rotary Responds To Hurricane Dorian

Former Rotary International President Barry Rassin has been using social media to appeal for help for his home country, the Bahamas, after Hurricane Dorian hit the island nation.

Grand Bahama Island has 5 Rotary clubs and is a valued part of Rotary District 6990. Rotary International District 6990 has secured a 181-foot ship and begun the efforts to fill four (4) 20-foot containers with needed supplies to aid in the Hurricane Dorian Relief Efforts. Rassin wrote: “The Bahamas Rotary Disaster Committee has already had meetings and is ready as soon as possible to help our country. They have an account set up for donations. Rotary District 7020 has also met and have a disaster fund which can accept some donations. Hurricane Dorian is the worst ever to hit land and is still creating devastation. We will need all hands on deck to help us restore the islands.”

According to the International Red Cross, 45% of homes on Grand Bahama and the Abaco have been severely damaged and destroyed – roughly 13,000 properties, and the United Nations has predicted that 60,000 people will need food and clean water.

The Escondido Rotary Club Is Stepping Up, Too

If you would like to make an individual contribution to the Bahamas Rotary Clubs Hurricane Dorian Relief Efforts, please give your cash or check made out to Escondido Rotary Foundation, and note “Dorian Hurricane Relief”, to Mike Freet, Johnny Watson, or Christine Montan.  We will combine this with the ERC donation of $1,000 from the International Service budget for 2019-20 and forward to Rotary International Donor Advised Fund #574, Rotary Relief Fund Abaco and Grand Bahamas.  This will be matched by The Rotary Foundation 1:1 and double our gift.

Please complete this by Friday, September 20.

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