Good afternoon all!

As you may be aware we have had a very tragic event in Syria and Turkey with the 7.8 earthquake. The death toll has now reached 5 figures and continues to grow. Please keep these folks in your thoughts and prayers as they face this growing tragedy.

You may have seen an emergency appeal from Kerry Murray, our USA president for funds, to enable ShelterBox to be better positioned to address the challenge ahead. We are now assembling to complete our assessments and focus on, when criteria is met, how we can best serve in this disaster.

I would encourage you to alert your districts and involve if possible any District Governors or others in related roles within your district and communities in establishing a possible action plan to assist in our need for funds. I know my district 7770 is currently evaluating this and I look for us to launch an effort within the next few days.

Thanks for your commitment to ShelterBox and to the many efforts such as this current challenge that we face.

More to come soon!