Tag: Puerto Rico

The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund Directly Helps Thousands of Families in Puerto Rico

Stuart Mitchell

On January 13, 2019, the Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund (“Relief Fund”) directly handed out $1,000 Payoneer® prepaid cards to approximately 4,000 families in Puerto Rico who are still recovering after Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the island. More than 200 volunteers from Cantor Fitzgerald and its affiliate companies BGC Partners and Newmark Knight Frank, along with New York community volunteers and clients from Banco Santander and Scotiabank, distributed $4 million at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Relief Fund worked directly with the office of Carmen…

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Watts Partners with Planet Water Foundation to Bolster Clean Drinking Water Supply for Communities in Need in Puerto Rico

Stuart Mitchell

For the second time in four months, Watts Water Technologies, Inc. will fund and help install two water filtration systems that provide clean drinking water for children and families in need in Puerto Rico. hrough its partnership with Planet Water Foundation, a U.S.-based non-profit organization that works to bring clean water to the world’s most impoverished communities, Watts will send five employees to build “AquaTowers” at the Escuela Emilio Del Toro and Escuela Juanita Garcia Peraza elementary schools in San Juan on World Water Day (March 22). The towers remove…

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Puerto Rico Launches Largest Public Health Campaign Since Hurricane Maria

Stuart Mitchell

One of the world’s largest-ever one-day vaccination campaigns happened on Saturday, March 10, across Puerto Rico. Up to 25,000 people were vaccinated against influenza in a daylong event conducted by the VOCES Puerto Rico Vaccination Coalition, Puerto Rico’s Department of Health, The CDC Foundation, Direct Relief and others. “A year-round flu season, combined with the damage inflicted by Hurricane Maria to Puerto Rico’s vaccine inventories, has left the island’s population severely vulnerable to influenza and other conditions,” said Lilliam Rodríguez, President and Founder of VOCES Puerto Rico. “Immediate action through…

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Teddy Dupay For Kids Fund And MCS Foundation Launch Campaign To Help Kids In Puerto Rico

Stuart Mitchell

In the wake of the humanitarian crisis after Hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico, the Teddy Dupay for Kids Fund (“TD4Kids”), Teddy Dupay’s philanthropic fund, announced yesterday it has joined forces with the MCS Foundation to launch a campaign consisting of inspirational basketball training sessions and fundraising aimed at helping kids recover from Hurricane Maria on the island of Puerto Rico. As part of the “Ball 4 Hope” campaign, Teddy Dupay and his Teddy Dupay Basketball Academy (“TDBA”) team, will bring much needed messages of hope and perseverance during week-long basketball…

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Charities Launch Campaign to Reunite Displaced Pets from Puerto Rico With Their Families

Stuart Mitchell

American Humane, the country’s first national humane organization, which has been first to serve in the rescue of animals in disasters for more than 100 years, joined forces with Wings of Rescue, The Sato Project, and the Humane Society of Broward County to help reunite 19 dogs and cats with their owners who relocated to the United States from Puerto Rico. This weekend, a Wings of Rescue plane filled with pets and more than a little hope touched down at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport where a 50-foot American Humane Rescue…

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