VILLAGERS in Hemyock have raised £2,000 to send four Rotary ShelterBoxes to earthquake-hit Haiti.

They responded to a plea from Hemyock resident Roger Lambert, who is the area Shelterbox organiser for the Exe Valley and Upper Culm.

Roger went to Hemyock Market on Saturday morning and on Sunday he attended the Baptist Church where friends from St Mary's Church were also gathering, to explain what Shelterbox was doing for that country.

Roger said: "Some 930 boxes have already been sent to Haiti and 1,000 more were being packed over the weekend.

"Hemyock people have responded generously to the appeal for funds so that another four can be sent."

# Members of Wellington Rotary Club will be collecting in the town centre on Saturday for the Haitian earthquake appeal.

Rotary collectors will be in the vicinity of the old Post Office on High Street between 9am-4pm.

People wanting to give to Shelterbox, whose work is a project of Rotary International, can visit their website at http://shelterbox.org/">http://shelterbox.org/