ShelterBox appeal support

Whitehead Primary School has responded to the disaster in the Philippines in a practical and generous manner.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Jan 2014, 10:32 BST
Pictured with Whitehead Primary School pupils Bret and Eisle presenting the cheque for ShelterBoxes for the Philippines are, from left, Carrickfergus Rotary Club president-elect Sam Crowe, president Billy Luney and school principal Jim Loughins. INCT 02-702-CON ROTARYPictured with Whitehead Primary School pupils Bret and Eisle presenting the cheque for ShelterBoxes for the Philippines are, from left, Carrickfergus Rotary Club president-elect Sam Crowe, president Billy Luney and school principal Jim Loughins. INCT 02-702-CON ROTARY
Pictured with Whitehead Primary School pupils Bret and Eisle presenting the cheque for ShelterBoxes for the Philippines are, from left, Carrickfergus Rotary Club president-elect Sam Crowe, president Billy Luney and school principal Jim Loughins. INCT 02-702-CON ROTARY

Along with others, the school supported the Rotary Club of Carrickfergus ShelterBox appeal and just before Christmas handed over a cheque for £1,248 which will purchase and transport two fully equipped boxes.

Each box supplies an extended family of up to 10 people with a tent and lifesaving equipment to use while they are displaced and homeless. It includes thermal blankets, insulated ground sheet, mosquito nets, water purification kit, a stove, a toolkit, cooking and eating utensils and a children’s pack with drawing books, crayons and pens.

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Rotary Club president Billy Luney thanked the pupils, staff and parents for their generous support for the people of the Philippines. It was noted the school has a track record of involvement with Rotary having previously sent boxes to Haiti.

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