Dear Club Presidents, Secretaries, Assistant Governors and District Leaders:
The Rotary Club of El Dorado and Rotary District 5690 are proud to announce participation in a service project phenomenon developed by one of their own, Rick McNary. Mark your calendars now for Wednesday, December 29th from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for “Rotary and Friends Feed Haiti,” hosted by the El Dorado Rotary Club and District 5690 with Numana, Inc. at the El Dorado Civic Center.
Rotarians, friends and families of District 5690 will gather together on the 29th to package a container of food -- 261,000 meals -- to send to the Cap-Haitien Rotarians for distribution in Lambert, Haiti, near the north coast. This is the same area clubs have supported with contributions of sun ovens, a solar powered water well, computers, bicycles, etc.
Numana, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) international hunger relief organization whose mission is to empower people to save the starving. Since its first packaging event on December 29, 2009, exactly one year prior to the upcoming packaging event, Numana has mobilized over 120,000 volunteers coast-to-coast and packaged and sent over 20 million meals to disaster victims in Haiti.
This event is the perfect venue to invite your family and friends and potential new members to experience the camaraderie enjoyed by club membership. A Numana event is a festive hands-on opportunity to roll up your sleeves and feed the hungry. Children and adults of all ages enjoy assembling the soy, beans, rice and vitamins into bags and preparing them for shipping. Participants are deeply changed by spending just a few hours to save starving people.
Additionally, a canned food drive to benefit local food pantries will occur simultaneously on the 29th. Please remember to bring canned goods and encourage others to do so as well.
Numana and District 5690 will share fundraising responsibility of approximately $80,000 for the food and shipping. Promotional materials and information to aid in raising the awareness of the event and our District 5690’s leadership are being developed by Numana and will be sent via e-mail and postal mail to distribute to your members. Go to our district website www.rotary5690.org and download the PowerPoint presentation customized for D5690 Rotary clubs. A copy of the PowerPoint is attached in the form of a .pdf document. We encourage you to use this tool to share information about the event at your next meeting. A helpful video about Numana’s history and process may be viewed at http://numanainc.com/video.
Please join us in supporting this important District 5690 event and promoting the work and commitment of Rotary to this year’s theme of “Building Communities, Bridging Continents.” An event sign-up sheet is available at www.numanainc.com/rotary. For more information about Numana, please visit www.numanainc.com or www.facebook.com/numanainc.
Even if you and your club members cannot join us at the packaging event – you can still help with your financial contributions. Please send donations payable to “Numana” with the notation “Rotary Event” in the memo line, and mail to: Numana, Inc., P O Box 572, El Dorado, KS 67042.
Watch more for information next week on this exciting event and how your club can help. In this season of giving, I hope you will make this event a HUGE sucess in every way!
PDG Geri Appel
District 5690 Rotary Foundation Chair
Haiti Project Committee Member
Rotary Club of Wichita
316-733-7030
appelg@kenlerman.com
