Help is on the way from Oxford County to devastated regions of Cuba. Hurricane Sandy swept through the island nation in late October, wiping out thousands of homes, according to local Rotarian, Peter Stam. "There are more than 14,000 homes in the Santiago and Holguin area totally destroyed, totally gone. So if you already have nothing, and you lose your home too, and your neighbours have nothing, what do you have?" Stam is helping head up a local effort to collect household items, building supplies, and basic necessities to help the people rebuild and remain healthy. Large shipping containers are being provided and flown down to some of the hardest hit areas later this month. Those containers are being funded by the John Dubois Foundation. Needed items include: -Clothes and shoes in clean, good condition -Kitchen materials of all types, small kitchen appliances, bed sheets, towels, pillows, mattresses (new or very good condition) -Radio, CD players -Soap, shampoo, detergent -Toothbrushes and toothpaste -personal care and hygiene products -Tools (manual & electric) -new building materials (metal roofing, lumber, doors and fasteners)Maybe you can contact your supplier of roofing steel if they have something to give, if you have roofing steel, we need to include nails or screws also because they are not available either in Cuba. -Duct tape and other fastening materials -Waterproof tarps -Dry food in original packaging -Vitamins -Garbage bags -Small lamps and other related household products, emergency kits. A drop off is running Saturday, Dec. 22nd and Friday, Dec. 28th from 9:30AM - 11AM at 1101 Dundas St. Unit 6. If you can't make it during those times, but have items you would like to donate, contact Peter Stam at 519-532-2181 or e-mail peter@mankar.ca
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