EARLYACT CLUB MEMBERS DO THEIR PART FOR THE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

O’Neil Campbell at the steps of Naz Children’s Centre in Ironshore with his donation of children’s clothes for the children of the Haitian earthquake


The day after the earthquake struck Haiti, a young 7 year old Montegonian began thinking about how he could personally help children just like himself who had been affected by the tragedy.

O’Neil Campbell, a student at Naz Children’s Centre in Ironshore decided to search through his closet at home and donate any clothes that did not fit him anymore to the children of Haiti.

As the secretary of the EarlyAct Club at Naz Children’s Centre, O’Neil and his idea were at the right place at the right time and when Natasha Parchment-Clarke, New Generations Co-ordinator for the Rotary Club of Montego Bay was told of O’Neil’s thoughtful gesture, her creative wheels began turning and the very next day she made phone calls, sent emails and visited schools broadcasting the plan:

COLLECTING WITH COMPASSION

CHILDREN’S CLOTHES & BLANKETS

Please donate gently used & nearly new items

for children just like you in Haiti

Bring to school between

FRI 15 – FRI 22 JAN

Pick-up by Rotarians will be on Mon 25 Jan

Items will be taken to 2 fellow Rotarians

in the Salvation Army for delivery to Haiti

As of Monday 18 Jan, 4 schools have begun collections and one parent has offered her vehicle and time to pick-up donations and deliver them to the Salvation Army.

On Tuesday 19 Jan, 12 garbage bags full of donations had to be collected from Naz Children’s Centre to make room for more donations.