MAPEI Donates to Bahamas Relief Effort
MAPEI Caribe sent a 40-ft-long (12.2-m) shipping container filled with 20 pallets containing 600 units of bituminous, self-adhesive roofing membrane, while MAPEI Corp. donated buckets and work gloves.
MAPEI recently announced that it has donated to the Bahamian recovery effort, sending roofing supplies from Puerto Rico, as well as building accessories and monetary donations from the company’s headquarters in Deerfield Beach, Fla. “After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, we were devastated,” said Francisco Sanchez, general manager of MAPEI Caribe. “That storm only passed over Puerto Rico for a matter of hours, and we are still rebuilding from the damage here. Hurricane Dorian stalled for days over the Bahamas. It is a true catastrophe. We are compelled to help.”
Working with Tropix Shipping, MAPEI Corp. and MAPEI Caribe timed donations to concurrently reach the Bahamas Recovery Effort. MAPEI Caribe sent a 40-ft-long (12.2-m) shipping container filled with 20 pallets containing 600 units of bituminous, self-adhesive roofing membrane. MAPEI Corp. donated 1,000 buckets and 1,000 pairs of work gloves.
“We know from first-hand experience that roofing materials, buckets and strong work gloves are necessary elements in the rebuilding process,” said Luigi Di Geso, president and CEO of MAPEI North America. “As an international company, MAPEI has a long history of reaching out in times of trouble. In addition to the product donations, as a company, we also donated to the Red Cross Bahamas Relief Fund. It is a core company value that we give back to the communities where we live and work, and those in the Bahamas have our full support.”
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