Philipsburg:--- The Rotaract Club of St. Maarten Sunrise held a very vigorous food and clothing drive during the Hurricane season for 2012 from July-November. The Club last H.A.M event was held on Saturday 10th November 2012 and it was a success. For the past months, Rotaract Sunrise Hurricane Awareness Mission attracted many customers at the various supermarkets as the members campaigned hard to make sure that the island was well stocked with non perishable items and clothing incase a Hurricane or natural disaster strike the island. Rotaract's Hurricane Awareness Mission is a project whereby the club members collect non-perishable items and clothing from customers shopping at the supermarket. The items collected are then given to the local Red Cross in the event of a hurricane or natural disaster. If there are no natural disasters, The Red Cross distributes the items to persons in the community that are in need.
All H.A.M events would not have been possible if the various Supermarkets did not allow the members of the Rotaract Club to set up a station outside their business. The Rotaract Club of St. Maarten Sunrise would like to take this opportunity to publicly extend sincere gratitude to the management and staff of Cost U Less, Sunny Foods Supermarket and Le Grande Marche for granting the club permission to carry out this important drive. The members of the Rotaract Club would also like to extend its appreciation and gratitude towards members of the community that made contributions to the H.A.M events.
The Hurricane Awareness Mission does not stop here; any day we can be affected by a natural disaster, therefore, we have to continue preparing our island with the necessary items that we will need to survive. Donations of clothing or non perishable items can be given to the Red Cross throughout the year. The Rotaract Club will be commencing its annual H.A.M events on July 6th 2013. For more information about the club you can visit our facebook page:"RotaractSunrise St Maarten" or send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
