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Actions Following the Tsunami
Dec. 27th 2004:– Vice President Al Brandel reached out – He offered to help with tsunami relief – Lions Clubs International Foundation can
expedite an emergency grant
December 26th – 31st, 2004
Sri Lanka: 46,000>Indonesia: 94,081India: 9,575Thailand: 4,500Maldives: 81Malaysia: 66Burma: 59Bangladesh: 2Somalia: 114Kenya: Seychelles: 3Tanzania: 10
CNN.COM Jan 3rd .2005
CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL
•A country linked in sorrow and mourning
•A community unified to aid the tsunami victims
Local companies donating food Households donating canned and dry goods
•Local Lions front and center
The Rise of the Everyday Hero
-Vice President Al Brandel and Council Chair Andy Umreiko met with UNICEF
Analyzing RFQ from Sri Lanka to US Mission for Tents???
United Nations and Lions Clubs International
New York – January 2005
• West Hempstead & Rockville Centre Lions Clubs in New York had a joint meeting
• Together they donated funds to build a house in Sri Lanka as part of their Tsunami Relief effort
New York – February 2005
• Spoke to young children at the Waldorf School of Garden City
• Explained how the Waldorf School of Garden City could participate
Waldorf School – May 2005
• Waldorf students organized a fund-raising basketball tournament
• The funds raised were enough to donate a house
• Additionally, $2,000 was donated as a educational scholarship to the children in the house