by Brianna Crandall — September 7, 2016 — Several building and cleaning industry-related companies made donations in recent weeks to help the victims of last month’s storms and flooding in Louisiana, including the three highlighted below by worldwide cleaning industry association ISSA.
GK Green Klean
GK Green Klean, an Illinois-based supplier of replacement vacuum bags, filters, and belts for the commercial, janitorial, and industrial markets, donated more than 380 containers of its chlorinated bleach tablets to the American Red Cross and others. The nonprofits will distribute the donated product to victims of the storms in Louisiana, where floods have left thousands of local residents displaced and in need of cleaning supplies to fight mold and mildew. With the generosity of Custom Trucking, freight is included with the shipment.
Triple S
Facility maintenance supply distribution company Triple S of Billerica, Massachusetts, donated can liners, gloves and microfiber cloths to the Baton Rouge Relief Effort organized by the Ochsner Health System, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The products will aid in the cleanup of the homes affected by the devastating flood.
Georgia-Pacific
Global manufacturer of paper and building products Georgia-Pacific contributed $50,000 to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation Flood Relief Fund for recovery efforts. The company says it will also match up to $50,000 in contributions from its employees to the Georgia-Pacific Employees Assistance Fund held and managed by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. Contributions to this fund from employees of Georgia-Pacific or any other Koch company, as well as Georgia-Pacific’s match, will go directly to help affected employees in the area.
Additionally, Convoy of Hope, the company’s ongoing partner for distributing Georgia-Pacific products in disaster areas, has delivered numerous truckloads of bath tissue and paper towels into the area. Convoy of Hope has plans to continue working with FEMA to expand distribution to other areas for several weeks.
Louisiana is home to more than 1,000 Georgia-Pacific employees, and another 800 employees of other Koch Industries’ companies. Georgia-Pacific’s Port Hudson Operations are in one of the parishes where a state of emergency has been declared by FEMA. Hundreds of employees from the company’s Port Hudson operations have been moderately to severely impacted, and some have lost everything, says the company. Georgia-Pacific is also aiding employees there with additional emergency supplies. The Port Hudson mill did not sustain damage and remains operational.
