Promotional Products Association Intl. (PPAI), Irving, Texas, is offering disaster relief to assist promotional products industry members and non-members affected by the impact of hurricane Sandy.
The non-profit is offering aid in the form of the Promotional Products Disaster Recovery Foundation Business Recovery Fund (PPDRF BRF).
PPAI urges affected industry members to contact PPAI at [email protected] or 888-I-AM-PPAI (426-7724) for assistance with specific needs to restart their businesses, update their contact information, ask questions or to report a business outage. The PPDRF BRF also has information and resources on its website about how to prepare for a disaster.
“Hurricane Sandy could affect the promotional products industry all along the East Coast, and PPAI and the PPDRF Business Recovery Fund are prepared to help,” says Paul Bellantone, president and CEO of PPAI. “I encourage the industry to reach out and help with recovery efforts to get our fellow promotional products industry members back up and running.”
Here’s how to help:
– Contact affected members. Identify specific needs. Report business outages to PPAI disaster recovery hotline at [email protected] or (972) 258-3063. Outage notices will be posted to PPAI sites upon receipt.
– Donate to the PPDRF BRF. Financial contributions can be made online or directed to the Promotional Products Business Recovery Fund, care of PPAI RAC, 3125 Skyway Circle North, Irving, Texas 75038. This fund is a 501(c)(3) organization and all contributions will be tax-deductible. Donations help enable the PPDRF BRF to prepare for and provide assistance to the promotional products industry in response to disasters.
– Send donation proposals for goods, materials and services essential to operating and managing a distributor sales office or supplier manufacturing facility to [email protected].
For more information, visit ppai.org. — L.M.
