Your Help Supports Port Employees After a Disaster
Port communities throughout the Americas will face substantial challenges associated with climatic hazards and tectonic events in the coming decade. Natural disasters such as inland flooding, tropical storms and hurricanes, extreme heat events, wildfires, and earthquakes are not only a threat to port infrastructure and operations, but to individuals’ livelihoods. AAPA’s Emergency Relief Fund offers a means to provide timely assistance to port employees severely impacted by a disruptive event.
The Emergency Relief Fund provides a cash grant — up to $1,000, depending on need — to port authority employees. It is often that much-needed, first-dollar help while individuals are scrambling to provide for their family in terms of food, clothing, and shelter, prior to receiving other aid or insurance payments after a disaster.
The Emergency Relief Fund relies on charitable donations, which are tax-deductible, by ports, organizations, private companies, and individuals. A generous donation and/or recurring donations to the Emergency Relief Fund will enable AAPA to be well positioned to quickly respond to impacted port employees in the coming weeks and months. Supporters can also offer a matching commitment, which encourages more giving since their dollars will go further to help the cause. 100% of your donation will go directly toward the cause.
Donate now and help strengthen the backbone of global trade.
"I can’t say enough wonderful things about the team at AAPA and member ports who supported this program through their generous donations.
We are all one family in the port world and understand how Mother Nature can uproot all we hold dear within a few minutes, hours, or days. This sort of giving is impactful because it helps to alleviate some of the weight off a person’s shoulders when they have so much happening all at once.” - Thad Angelloz, Greater Lafourche Port Commission/Port Fourchon
“I was able to get more supplies to help my kids sleep a little more comfortably without any power. Most of the time, we are the ones working to make sure our community is taken care of. We don’t necessarily have or take the time out to go and apply or look for resources that could help with our family situations.
I felt relieved to know that people were willing to help us out." - Angela A. Yoshida, Port Authority of Guam
