Bob Glindemann provided his take on the emergency mask delivery to the fire areas. But it's not only masks! It's help for our animals too!
President Kevin phoned me about the arrival of face masks on Qantas tarmac the next day. "My immediate reaction was “ you have got to be "....................!" joking - we simply don’t have room at DIK!”
However as we were filling a container of beds for Somaliland on that Thursday morning, we would be able to make the room once they were gone. So that afternoon, the trucks arrived and the 25 pallets were unloaded into the store ready for instructions on distribution.
They were all destined for the Red Cross and CFA but given that communications had already gone to the many District Governors, we could take whatever was requested for Rotary’s use.
DHL who were contracted to do the cartage, were not quite sure what they were supposed to do as everything had happened very quickly from Santa Barbara ,but clarity does not take long to sorted when Rotarians get involved and in the next couple of days, 14 of the pallets were despatched as follows:-
Another 20 pallets on the ground in Sydney are destined for D9685 in the Blue Mountains and for D9675 in the Southern Highlands.
The next 30 pallets of face masks are on their way to Melbourne by Qantas and we expect to see them in the next few days.
And it’s not only masks.
We had a team of volunteer nurses sort and pack 5 pallets of medical consumables under the guidance of a veterinarian. These have been delivered to the Victorian Dept of Agriculture’s Central Vet Store for issue to animal welfare agencies seeking assistance.
We have also despatched 50 cartons of new industrial clothing to Traralgon for use in the forthcoming cleanup with the balance of these going into Southern NSW for the same purpose.
All in all a busy time bearing in mind that the usual activities of Donations in Kind are continuing. Its pleasing when you see it all come together."
Cheers
Bob.
