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Do you know what’s in the Box? It is quite amazing what can be achieved in just eight hours when everyone pulls together.


On the fi rst Saturday in May, outside three supermarkets, two in Dunblane and one in Bridge of Allan, a small group of Rotary members, together with some pupils from Queen Victoria School, organised a collection to send assistance to the people of Nepal who had been made homeless as a result of the devastating earthquake on 25 April.


The Club endorsed the suggestion of a collection to raise money; contact was made with the managers of the stores; a rota of volunteers, including pupils from Queen Victoria School, was drawn up and the collection started at 10am on the Saturday.


The public certainly did not let us, or the Nepalese people, down. Throughout the day, at all three venues, they emptied their pockets and purses of change, and opened their wallets for notes, so that at the end of the eight hours we had managed to raise almost £5000!!


This is enough for The Rotary Club of Bridge of Allan and Dunblane to buy eight “ShelterBoxes” to replenish stocks already on the ground in the disaster area. These boxes contain a family sized tent and groundsheet, thermal blankets, cooking stoves and utensils, solar lights, a basic tool kit, and a children’s activity box. (Visit www.shelterbox.org so see how this works).


There are a number of Nepalese students at Queen Victoria School, who have family members directly aff ected by the disaster. As well as helping with the Rotary collection, the Interact Club also gathered in 9 huge boxes of clothes to send to Nepal and ran a coff ee morning to raise a further £500.


Many thanks to you, the public, for your generous support and willingness to help others at these times of greatest need.


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