SHrImP It! – Earthquake Relief Effort
Trading shrimp for relief supplies. This has been 45 days in the making. David Bates, owner of Capt. Scott B, said to Danny Jordan (Teresa’s brother) that he really wanted to be a part of the earthquake relief by bringing supplies into Haiti using his shrimp boats. With that the wheels began to turn. My son-in-law (John “Phatrok” Lancaster) then called Janeil and thus was the beginning of this adventure. When the plea for supplies was put out after the earthquake, the churches and people responded. They began to pour in and there was no quick way to get them to Haiti. But God does provide and now we have a shrimp boat converted to haul these supplies.
With the generosity of the people at Port Canaveral a warehouse space was donated to house the tons of supplies pouring in from all over the country. It is amazing as you watch what people and organizations have donated to help the people of Haiti. Orlando Drum donated 340 plastic barrels to be used to haul donations and protect them from the weather. On this shipment alone there is 80,000 pounds of meals …
