Member of the Royal Naval Tot Club of Antigua & Barbuda, Peter Carey, volunteered to have his head shaved in order to raise funds to assist in the relief effort for Dominica which was devastated by Hurricane Maria.
The head shaving took place on Wednesday 4th October and a total of EC$5,256.50 was raised in either pledges or cash. By Friday, all pledges were collected except for a few who will be visiting mainly from the US in the next couple of weeks. The Tot Club covered the pledges which are yet to be paid and Peter Carey and John Duffy went shopping for supplies.
A conversation with the head of the Dominica Marine Association led to a concentration on tarpaulins, hammers, crowbars and nails from the Builder’s Merchants in Tyrrolls who gave a 30% discount with a total net spend of EC$2,438.63
A visit to nearby Bargain Centre where the manager offered a discount of goods purchased led to four supermarket trolleys of assorted foodstuffs mainly comprising tinned foods with either ring pull lids or key opening mechanisms, dried foods, powdered milk, sugar, etc. and despite best efforts, only EC$1,619.42 was spent leaving a balance of EC$1,198.45 to be allocated for further supplies with a thought to ordering portable water purification systems.
A boat leaving Jolly Harbour for Dominica on Sunday 8th October will be taking all the supplies. It is anticipated that there will be a few more donations to add to the balance and the money will be used in time for the next boat to leave for Dominica.
We are very grateful to donations from Members –
Mark Boswell, Terry Bowen, Ian & (Helen) Brayley, Mike Briggs, Paul & Jean Cambridge, Geoff Croft, John Cusick, Martin Dempsey, John Duffy, Lindsay Duffy, Zoe Carlton/Richard Fear, Nick Fletcher, Martin & (Kate) Freeman, Will Howatson, Pete Ives, Joe Karpinsky, Rob & Lucinda Mclean, David Medlock, Jolyon Mehannick, Anne Morcom, Peter Mullins, David Parson, Sandy Perkins, Mike Rose, Anthea Beck/Les Stewart, Chris Thom, Willy Wanklyn, Richard Watson, Moya Williams.
And from non-Members – Janie Easton, Kerry Gordon-Jones, Cap Green, Andy Hatton, Phil Hopton.
AND, if you are really bored, you can watch the full live action on 3 YouTube videos: