The California Camp Fires caused devastation in Chico, CA and surrounding areas. Cleanrite Buildrite (CRBR, DKI Member Company) in Chico, CA had major losses of their own. 10 of their employees lost everything from the devastating Camp Fire, which was found to be the world's costliest natural disaster in 2018. The Benefect Community Fund needed to help them, and their families get back to normal, as the CRBR team has helped and continues to help, so many themselves. You can donate directly to the Go Fund Me page specifically for these 10 employees here: https://www.gofundme.com/dki-member-needs-your-help. For more information about how you ...
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No Town Left Behind (NTLB) and Servpro (https://www.servpro.com/) reached out to the Benefect Community Fund after the tragic, catastrophic damage left behind from Hurricane Florence. Volunteers from NTLB are on the ground in North Carolina helping those in need with recovery/restoration efforts. They expressed a need for some product to disinfect the homes they were restoring. The Benefect Community Fund was happy to donate some product to help the relief efforts. Servpro then turned around and matched the Benefect Community Fund’s donation, and a large quantity of Benefect Decon 30 was supplied to help these clean-up efforts. NTLB is helping not ...
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Ashton Owens, a past Servpro (https://www.servpro.com/) employee & concerned family member, who had family impacted by Hurricane Florence in Pollocksville, N.C., reached out to the Benefect Community Fund to express an interest in supporting one of the least prosperous towns in their community. The community of Pollocksville is situated on the Trent River and during Hurricane Florence the entire area was essentially a river for over a week and every home in the town was completely flooded in some way. Ashton reached out to express an interest in helping. “Although a lot of recovery restoration has been completed, there are still ...
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Renew Restoration from New Jersey, owned by Chris Carbone, heard through the grapevine that a friend of theirs had experienced a complete loss fire, and knew they had to step in and help. Dana Ilg was always opening her door, to her sons, grandchildren and friends throughout the years, and has given her time and energy to her church, community and to her son’s and grandchildren’s schools. It was devastating to Chris hear that her family home of over 42-years, was destroyed in a house fire. The family lost everything, and the family’s feline companion is currently being treated for ...
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Paul Davis Restoration of Cleveland West (PDR-CW) was contacted by Kathy McConnaughy of St. Joseph’s Church in Strongsville, OH, regarding a member of her parish who needed some support. This female homeowner is a retired police officer on disability from being injured in the line of duty. She is now older and due to some physical challenges is unable to easily access the basement of her home in Strongsville. Fellow church members discovered significant amounts of mold there and knew that she needed help to get it removed. PDR-CW’s associate Nick Fitzgerald inspected the home and wrote an estimate. The work ...
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The Coalition of Disaster Responders (CDR) out of SouthernCAT, helped to make the holiday season bright for many families in Puerto Rico who were devastated by Hurricane Maria. The CDR heard of a story in Humacao, Puerto Rico, where a church and community hub was wiped out. The Pastor of the church and his wife, Edwin and Judy Nazario, have always given themselves to their community and God and this was an opportunity for SouthernCAT and CDR partners to help these families over the holidays. The church was wiped out in the hurricane and the small community where they live had ...
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