Local Food Drive at B & E for Hurricane Survivors in Puerto Rico

B & E Meats and Seafood and McCarthy and Schiering Wine Merhants team up to support a great cause – helping survivors of Hurricane Maria by collecting funds and needed items to send back to islanders. Learning of the plight of a large family in rural Guayama, Puerto Rico, Owners Jeff Green and Steve Dunaychuk, along with Queen Anne store Manager, Gordy Maggs, made a decision to step up to help. McCarthy and Schiering, a neighboring wine shop, also agreed to participate. Together the two companies will be sampling delicious bites and tasty wines donated by some wonderful vintners.

Bettina Carey, the event’s organizer, a Puerto Rican who has family in Guayama, a small rural community in Puerto Rico wrote, “Imagine this, an island of palm trees and blue seas now turned into an island that looks like a war zone as a result of Hurricane Maria. Now imagine life under martial law, limited access to funds, boiling contaminated water, 8-9 hour long lines to get fuel, limited or no cell service, no electricity, food rationing, the list of the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria goes on and on. Months, if not years, of recovery is expected to cost billions.”

Carey adds, “For weeks I have felt helpless not knowing how to help my family in Puerto Rico but now as a result of B & E and McCarthy and Schiering my family will get the help that they so desperately need.”

Funds can be donated directly to “Help Guayama Puerto Rico Survivors” GoFundMe account at: https://www.gofundme.com/helpguayamapuertoricosurvivors. 100 cents of every dollar goes to benefit Puerto Ricans.

Owner of B & E, Jeff Green says, “Please help us share information about the event and help where you can. Thank you in advance for sharing, caring and donating!”