ANOTHER CHANCE TO HELP: 2nd collection Thursday for Puerto Rico hurricane-relief supplies

The West Seattle family that’s collecting donations to help hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico will do it again tomorrow (Thursday). In case you missed Jessica Delgado‘s update in this comment on one of our previous reports, here’s the announcement:

Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the donation event on Monday. It was a huge success thanks to the generous community of West Seattle!

We have gotten a lot of interest and will be having one more donation pick-up event this Thursday from 3-7 pm, again at Hiawatha Playfield.

Rey is leaving on Monday 10/2 and will be documenting his trip on his Facebook page so please stay tuned to see the neighborhoods he visits and the people our West Seattle community will be able to directly help in this great time of need. When he arrives in PR he will be working with a local group to go into elderly communities and low-income neighborhoods to hand out all of the donations we have collected. Any cash donations received will be used to buy water for distribution, people are standing in line for hours to buy 2 bags of ice in the hot sun!

Thank you again to everyone who has reached out and helped,

Jessica Jaksich Delgado & Rey Delgado

You can reach Rey directly on his email reydelgadobaseball@gmail.com or text him at 206-380-2710

Here is Rey’s Facebook page where he will be documenting his trip.

As announced before the family’s Monday collection event, they’re requesting batteries, flashlights, manual/crank chargers, small-denomination gift cards for Home Depot, Walgreens, and Walmart, and water-purification tablets.

3 Replies to "ANOTHER CHANCE TO HELP: 2nd collection Thursday for Puerto Rico hurricane-relief supplies"

  • Rey Delgado September 27, 2017 (11:01 am)

    Update on donation needs:  We have just heard from Puerto Rico and people are standing in the 100 degree heat and sun for hours without cover. There is a need for Battery Operated Small Hand Held Fans that people can use while they are waiting in lines for water, ice and gas.

    Thank you all for your support!

    Rey Delgado 

  • Lisa M September 27, 2017 (12:11 pm)

    Ray, are the gift cards so you can buy items to take to PR?

    • Rey Delgado September 27, 2017 (2:01 pm)

      No I will not be using any of the gift cards to buy anything to take with me.  Puerto Rico has many Home Depots, Walgreens and Walmart stores on the island and they will be available to most people as soon as they open and have electricity.  We will be giving the cards away to the needy so that when those stores open up and start selling items they will be able to buy what they need.  Light and easy for me to take on the plane. 

      Any cash collected will be given out in small denominations to the people directly so they can use it to buy what they need from the local neighborhood stores who do not have the use of credit card or ATM machines.  Many people cannot even access their own money because the local banks are closed and ATM s are not connected to a power source.  They need cash to buy food, water, gas, ice.

      I will be taking all donated flashlights, batteries, bug spray, mosquito netting, face masks,  battery operated portable hand fans, water purification drops/tablets.  Filling up 8-10 suitcases to take with me.

      Thanks for the support! 

       

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