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April 2019 2018 DISASTER RECOVERY UPDATE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL: GOOD360 2018 A FOCUS ON RESILIENT RESPONSE DISASTER RECOVERY In 2018, natural disasters cost us more than $155 on long-term recovery efforts in the impacted billion worldwide, claimed more than 10,000 regions. RECAP lives, and left millions of people displaced and suffering additional losses. This was on the Along with nonprofit partner, All Hands and heels of an especially devastating year in 2017, Hearts, and social impact agency, Global Active in racking up more than $300 billion in damage. Citizen, Good360 was proud to kick off the This past year, the US experienced a total of Resilient Response Initiative in 2018. Launched 20 Disasters 11 billion-dollar weather-related disasters, on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, (domestic and international) including Hurricanes Michael and Florence, Resilient Response is designed to encourage and the unprecedented wildfires in California. donors to focus on strategic disaster giving Both new and prior events required significant for effective long-term recovery. This public Partnered with attention from the Good360 Disaster Recovery awareness project encourages companies team. In all, we distributed more than $30 million and individuals to take a more thoughtful and 130+ Nonprofits in critically needed goods in response to 20 less wasteful approach to disaster response. A disasters at home and around the world. Impact number of organizations joined the Resilient on this level could only be achieved through our Response pledge, and collectively, we are close collaboration with partners large and small, committed to building stronger communities including more than 130 nonprofit organizations that can better withstand future disasters. Any $30 million and more than 300 corporate donors. organization is invited to commit to the best in critically needed goods distributed practices embodied by the six-point pledge: Good360’s role in the disaster recovery arena • Proactive: We will have plans in place is to fill gaps in product needs in impacted before disaster strikes so we can respond communities – we focus on delivering the effectively. 1:16 RIGHT GOODS to the RIGHT PEOPLE at the • Needs-based: We will find out what a For every $1 received, Good360 RIGHT TIME during all stages of a disaster, from community needs as the key driver of our the initial response phase through long-term support, collaborating and learning from distributed $16 in critically needed recovery and rebuilding. others who are also responding. goods • Immediate & Long-term: We will We are now in the recovery stage in a number address immediate and long-term needs, of impacted regions including Georgia, North staying in communities well after the In this status report, you will find an update on our Carolina, South Carolina, California, Texas, cameras leave. 2018 accomplishments and how we anticipate Florida, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. • Resilience-focused: We will leave engaging in the 2019 disaster seasons. We With this list growing each year, we know that communities stronger than before disaster thank all of our partners for your commitment these same regions will also be some of the most struck, helping them better withstand future and support of the individuals, families, and vulnerable regions for the 2019 hurricane, fire, disasters. communities impacted by these devastating and flood seasons. In order to provide continuity • Transparent: We will be transparent events. to our recovery partners, we need to take action about our actions and hold ourselves now to make sure we have the products and accountable to deliver on promises. commitments from our corporate donors so that • Educational: We will educate our we may take swift action to deliver items as needs associates, colleagues, consumers and the arise in the response stage. This will shorten our public on how they can better respond to 1 response times and allow us to remain focused disasters. April 2019 HURRICANE MICHAEL Hurricane Michael, a historic Category 4 storm, struck the Florida Panhandle in October 2018, unleashing heavy rain, high winds, and a devastating storm surge. The 155 mph winds that tore through Florida and parts of Southwest Georgia ripped homes and businesses apart, and left over 1 million people without power. To this day, hundreds of families are still unable to go back to their homes. Some are staying with family and friends who have opened their doors to them. Others had no other choice but to gather their families into tents on their front yards until they are able to find more suitable living arrangements. Good360 has been responding to the needs of the nonprofits on the ground who servethese families since the storm first hit and will continue working alongside them throughout the long-term recovery. Nonprofits Assisted: • Adventist Community Services • Afya Foundation, Inc. • Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church • American Red Cross - Georgia • Bay Education Foundation • Eight Days of Hope, Inc. • Global Citizen USA • Goodness Outreach Depot • Save the Children Federation, Inc. • Saint Bernard Project (SBP) • The Salvation Army Products Sent: Product Needed: • Cleaning supplies • Insulation • Tarps • Tools • Baby products • Mattresses • Work boots • Bedding • Solar lights • Pillows • Mattresses • Roofing • Christmas toys • Flooring • Clothing • Paint • Safety equipment • Drywall 2 April 2019 HURRICANE FLORENCE Hurricane Florence caused severe damage in the Carolinas in September 2018. Despite making landfall as a weakened Cat- egory 1 hurricane, Florence still had enough wind speed to uproot trees and cause widespread power outages throughout the Carolinas. However, the majority of the damage inflicted by the storm was a result of freshwater flooding. Due to the storm’s slow movement, Florence continually dumped heavy rain along coastal areas and then stalled completely over the city of Wilmington. The heavy rain caused widespread inland flooding, inundating cities and rendering major highways impassable. Although the damage caused by Florence was unprecedented, its downgrade to Category 1 caused many news outlets to limit their coverage and donors to lose interest in the response and recovery. Good360 understood the dire need for assistance in the Carolinas and was on the ground within 72 hours of when the storm hit, leveraging the strong partnerships we forged in the wake of Hurricane Michael in 2016. We will be working with those same trusted partners and others throughout the recovery of Hurricane Florence. Nonprofits Assisted: • Afya Foundation, Inc. • All Hands and Hearts - Smart Response • Brewster Academy • Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity • Crisis Response International • Eight Days of Hope, Inc. • Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina • Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders Inc • Goodness Outreach Depot • Greene Lamp • Habitat for Humanity of Greater Products Sent: Product Needed: New Bern • Hope Heroes • Insulation • Tarps • Impact Ministries of Myrtle Beach • Tools • Safety kits • North Carolina Coalition to End • Mattresses • Mattresses Homelessness • Bedding • Personal care items • Pick 42 Foundation Inc. • Pillows • Baby products • Robeson County Disaster • Roofing • Blankets and pillows Recovery Committee • Flooring • Shingles • Rock Point Elementary School PTO • Paint • Small appliances • Tabernacle of God Dillon • Drywall • The Green Chair Project INC • The Provision Group • The Salvation Army - Southern Territory • Unity in Disasters • United Way of Robeson County Inc • Word of Faith Ministries of Kenansville 3 April 2019 2018 CALIFORNIA FIRES: WOOLSEY, CAMP, CARR, CRANSTON AND MENDOCINO COMPLEX FIRES A period of extended drought over many years has led to longer and more devastating California wildfire seasons. 2018 exemplified the heightened danger that wildfires pose – among others, two massive fires burned concurrently in northern and southern California. While both fires did widespread damage, the Camp Fire was exceptionally fierce. The fire completely destroyed the town of Paradise and became the most destructive fire in California history. Disasters often expose underlying socioeconomic challenges in a region, and that was true in the aftermath of the Camp Fire. Butte County, already in the midst of a housing crisis before the fire, now also had 50,000 displaced survivors to take care of. In the midst of this catastrophic event, several groups stepped in to help their neighbors. Organizations like Caring Choices, Hayden Ministries, and the North- ern California Youth and Family Program jumped into action to ramp up the assistance they were already providing before the fires. Good360 has already provided these groups with essentials like blankets, socks, and mattresses for sheltering. We will continue our support of these groups as the rebuilding phase kicks off. Nonprofits Assisted: • Baby2Baby • Butte County Office of Education • Giving Children Hope • Hope Recovery Center • Mildrie’s Road Foundation, Inc. • North Coast Opportunities • Northern California Youth and Family Program • Sacramento Fire Department and Community Foundation • State of Being, Inc. • YMCA of Southeast Ventura County Products Sent: Product Needed: • Electronics • Respirator masks • Sheets • Emergency mattresses • Hard hats • Comforters • Socks / underwear • Shovels • Pillows • Diapers • Pickaxes • Pencils • First Aid • Contractor bags • Pens • Work gloves • Backpacks • Protective eyewear • Notebooks •