(L to R) Asplundh Technical Services Manager Geoff Kempter, Florida Power & Light Company Senior Director of External Affairs Irene White and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, partner to assist Bahamians with the donation of 70 chainsaws, 2-cycle oil and safety gear, in Miami, Fla., Sept. 23, 2019. The equipment donated, which has a value of $21,000, will help with clean-up efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Photo credit: Joe Skipper for FPL.
70 chainsaws, 2-cycle oil and safety gear provided by Asplundh and Husqvarna, in partnership with Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, Miami-Dade Office of Emergency Management, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and Tropical Shipping, will travel to the Bahamas from a hurricane donation staging site in Miami, Fla., Sept. 23, 2019. Florida Power & Light Company is also donating more than $300,000 in relief to the Red Cross, which includes employee donations the company is matching dollar-for-dollar. Photo credit: Joe Skipper for FPL.
Asplundh and Husqvarna, in partnership with Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, Miami-Dade County Office of Emergency Management, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and Tropical Shipping, donates 70 chainsaws, 2-cycle oil and safety gear – a value of more than $21,000 – to provide relief to the Bahamas at a hurricane donation staging site in Miami, Fla., Sept. 23, 2019. Photo credit: Joe Skipper for FPL.
This week, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) employees, Miami-Dade County Office of Emergency Management, Tropical Shipping, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez and Asplundh and Husqvarna joined forces at the Miami Dade County Office of Emergency Operations Fuchs Youth Fair Grounds to donate 70 chainsaws, 2-cycle oil and safety gear to the Bahamas. The equipment donated was valued at $21,000 and will assist in clean-up efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.
In addition to this charitable contribution, FPL is also donating more than $300,000 in relief to the Red Cross, which includes employee donations the company is matching dollar-for-dollar.
In attendance at the hurricane donation staging site were FPL’s Senior Director of External Affairs Irene White, FPL’s Vegetation Manager Iliana Rentz, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez and Asplundh’s Technical Services Manager Geoff Kempter.
