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HAITI: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 Carrefour Engine Assessment Team with Haiti National Police & Fire Service Leaders along with the city and fire service leaders from the city of Carrefour. More Powerful Procurement Is Here! LaMATS & Technical Services Bureau CALL (225) 344-5001 Our newest service offers a better way to save money on your city's annual purchasing. The BidBoard Procurement Network provides a secure, no-cost platform for online sealed bids, reverse auctions, contract sharing and even "shopping" for frequent purchases on prenegotiated contracts. VISIT: LAMATSBIDBOARD.COM Page 20 LMR | October 2017
Cover Story Operation Give Back BY CLAIRE SHAW, LMA MEMBER SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT What do you get when you mix sweet memories of receiving pure, unadulterated kindness during a natural disaster with a burning desire to truly make a difference for victims of another catastrophic water event, Hurricane Harvey? As a survivor of the Great Flood of 2016 and one of thousands of people dramatically impacted by it, LMA Membership Services Coordinator Amber Jones recently felt this intense struggle pulling at her heartstrings. After the 2016 flood waters destroyed her home and all of its contents, Amber experienced the stinging pain of loss. Amber remembers watching the horrific images on the news countless times, feeling a sense of hopelessness and longing for someone to tell her what to do next. Amber also recalls being one of fourteen LMA and RMI employees who were recipients of a Go Fund Me account established by the National League of Cities following the August floods. Donations totaling over $17,000 came pouring in from across the nation - some from familiar faces, but many from benevolent strangers. The LMA staff’s profound sense of gratitude for the immense goodness of friends and strangers in supporting rebuilding homes and lives manifested itself through the creation of an initiative to pay it forward: Operation Give Back. While Hurricane Harvey was dumping an estimated 33 trillion gallons of water, an informal early morning coffee conversation in the hallway of the LMA building prompted the employees to spring into action. Over the following two weeks, LMA employees donated over $1,000 worth of clothes, pillows, blankets, food, household items, cleaning supplies, Sears gift cards, diapers, baby items, diabetic supplies, a pallet of water, and other miscellaneous items to the cause. Amber spear-headed the initiative as the LMA team donated, organized, and boxed the items to distribute to flood victims in the Acadia Parish area and Texas through Operation HOPE (Helping Other People Endlessly). On September 5, Mayor Greg Jones of Crowley drove a trailer to Baton Rouge where LMA employees loaded the items, and then returned to the Acadia Crawfish Company facility, who provided warehouse space in Crowley to store the items. Acadia Crawfish also furnished an 18-wheeler and a driver, Roland Broussard, who transported the combined twenty-four pallets of donated goods to League City, TX on September 11. “I just couldn’t imagine not doing anything,” Amber stated. “We’re just ordinary people living our lives. But even in the midst of life’s most difficult moments, LMA employees always come together to make a difference.” If you would like to assist victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, please visit the LMA website homepage. LMR | October 2017 Page 21
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