This is from Debra Dodson with Prudential: Dear Lisa, As most of you know, Hurricane Odile hit Los Cabo and the Baja Sur area during the late evening hours on September 14, 2014 and the early hours of September 15, 2014. Odile, a category 3 hurricane was the strongest hurricane to ever hit our area and it left significant damage in its wake. For comparison, hurricane Katrina was a category 3 when it hit the gulf coast. Right now power lines are down, cell towers are down, roads are blocked with debris, the marina is damaged, many people are without water, and our airport has been wrecked. Fortunately, our city, our government and most importantly our people have handled this well (all things considered). Through the local leadership, the community was widely and thoroughly notified of the impending danger. 30,000 people, most of them tourists, were given shelter. The Mexican military has been airlifting tourists out the area to cities where they could layover to get home. And through it all, there are no known causalities to date; there are no known major injuries; and per the latest report only 135 people have been treated for minor injuries from things like flying debris and/or glass. This is paradise. It is our paradise. Though some say, today it is paradise lost; make no mistake about it, we will re-build. This area and this community is full of some of the best people on earth; in both its citizens and its expats. Well put it back together and be ready to share our paradise with the world once again. We hope to see you soon! This bulletin is usually full of interesting tidbits about our area/community, blended with various property listings, my company, Prudential Cabo Gold, would like to sell. Due to the circumstances, we are temporarily abandoning that format. We will post where you can offer help and where you can find help. Depending on which side of that coin you are on, I encourage you to utilize this opportunity. I also have a request, if you know of other places rendering aid in the Baja Sur area that are not listed here, please send me or my marking director, Matt Echols, an email advising us of such, so we can share this information. Our emails are, debra@prucabogold and matt.cabogold@gmail. As always, we welcome any comments and/or suggestions. Until next time, well be ..... Living the good life (in no time)! Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Visit our blog View our videos on YouTube How to contact us One Medano Beach Office Tel: 011 52 624 143 4626 - Vonage 1-619-817-8831 Cabo Corridor Office Tel: 011 52 624 104 3225 - Fax: 011 52 624 104 3227 - Vonage 1-619-819-7986 San Jose Office Tel: 011 52 624 105 2666 - Fax:011 52 624 105 2667 - Vonage 1-619-819-5524 Our E-Mail: Click Here - Our Website: Click Here - eFax (619) 923-3820 Thirst No More thirstnomore.org/ This is a ministry we choose to partner with during natural disaster for relief aid. Craig Miller, founder of Thirst No More has agreed to help lead efforts in Cabo. Theres no one better for this type of work. Hes asked us to raise money to help put together PAKS (Primary Assistance Kits). These kits are designed to meet the very basic needs of people who have lost everything. PAKS are typically in some sort of plastic containers that can be used to store the items or also to store clean water. The contents include things like soap, wash cloths, towels, sandals, a toy, plates, forks, matches, a cooking pan, flash light with batteries, some food. We also like to give tools like tarps, saws, hammers, and nails that can be used to build temporary shelter. The standard price for a PAK is $50.00 USD and it includes everything in one PAK, as well as cost of getting it to the victims. When you think of Cabo, most people are thinking of the beautiful resorts and scenery. What many of you dont know, in the outskirts of Cabo, there are poverty stricken people that live in homemade shacks that they call home. Their shacks/homes have been demolished and there are literally thousands misplaced as we speak. Please go to the Thirst No More website. On the bottom right hand corner you will see a DONATE tab, click on it. This will lead you to the next page where you will see a CLICK HERE tab underneath the big BLUE DONATE, click on CLICK HERE. Under the drop down tab, select CABO RELIEF all the way at the bottom of the list. Every penny of your donation will go directly to our relief work in Cabo. Thank you for helping us with this effort. We need purification tablets donated as well. If youre in the Houston area you can drop off at The Waters Church. iamthewaters/ Mexico Red Cross cruzrojamexicana.org.mx/ Donations via paypal on the link above Bisbee s Cabo Relief Bisbees Cabo Relief Website Were creating a call to action throughout the global sport-fishing family to help those who have suffered so much in this natural disaster, Bisbee says. Were donating $250,000 in seed money to the Bisbees Cabo Relief Fund and ask our generous fellow anglers to help out by donating themselves. The money will be routed through the Rotary Club Internationals Boulder City, Nevada Club to get where its needed the most. Please visit their site by clicking here for more information Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association Ruben Flores is a resident of Laguna Beach, and has another home in the San Jose del Cabo area. He is collecting donations mentioned to submit to a transport company in Tijuana, which will take supplies to Los Cabos. Items needed: flashlights with batteries, trash bags, dust masks, mosquito repellant, tarps, rope, saws, nails, hammers, tents, sleeping bags, water purification tables, used clothing/shoes, matches, candles, etc. For monetary donations (NO CASH PLEASE) make checks payable to LBSCA (Laguna Beach Sister Cities Association). Please write Hurricane Odile 2014 in the Memo section of the check. Laguna Nursery has kindly offered to accept supply donations and donation checks at their landmark nursery business site: Laguna Nursery 1370 South Coast Highway Laguna Beach, CA 92651 (HOURS: 8am-5pm 7 days a week) Or you can mail checks to: LBSC P.O. Box 1011 Laguna Beach, CA 92652. For more information contact: Fabiola Kinder, Laguna Beach San Jose del Cabo liaison Casa Hogar Casa Hogar Donation Website Casa Hogar is a local home for 41 boys ages 3-17 that will need funds to continue and re-build. The facility was severely damaged as the boys survived the hurricane overnight in a class room - however their most important treasure survived! This organization operates solely from private donations. Your gift provides for the needs of the boys including food, housing, transportation, education, medical and dental care and a loving staff the boys consider their family. You enable us to provide a happy and supportive home where every boy is assured a future by either returning to their family, through adoption or a post Casa Hogar education/work plan tailored to their needs. Immediate Collection Center Donations being accepted at Best Food and Bev, 640 E. St. Chula Vista, Ca. 91910 Items will leave for La Paz/Cabo on Sunday 9/21 - have all items to donation center by Saturday 9/20. A list of Needs: Small first aid kits, flash lights and batteries, plastic tarps, Bottled water, clothes, shoes, blankets, can food, small coolers, duct tape, pet food, hand can opener, lighters, towels, work gloves, duffle bags, kitchen accessories like paper plates, cups, utensils, garbage bags, protein bars, paper towels, toilet paper, bar soap, shampoo, and water purification tablets and bug spray to name a few. It has to be at the above address by this coming Saturday. Terms & Conditions All information supplied in this newsletter is deemed correct at the time of issue. 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Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 02:58:00 +0000
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