HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — A metro Atlanta business owner plans to travel to the island of St. Vincent on Monday to deliver emergency supplies to Hurricane Beryl survivors.
Yolande Horne-Payne owns Lady Boss Moss, a nutrition company based in Henry County. She said the hurricane destroyed the heart of her business, sea moss. However, her goal is to return to family and friends on her island home.
“They have no water, no electricity, no internet,” explains Yolande Horne-Payne.
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She comes from the Caribbean island and said Courtney Francisco, Channel 2 Action News reporter She was eager to join her family and friends and see the damage for herself.
“I hope to be able to go to the hardest hit areas,” Horne-Payne said.
She accepts donations such as diapers, solar-powered phone chargers, toiletries and first aid supplies.
“To help for a day or two until major help arrives,” she said.
The biggest help comes from several groups made up of local leaders from the Caribbean community in the Atlanta metropolitan area. They all work together to collect donations and raise funds to help the islands.
“Help is on the way,” Lawrence Prescott said. “It’s a typical Caribbean feeling.”
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Caribbean International Shipping Services, a Stonecrest-based shipping company, has the experience to get supplies to the islands quickly, which is why it offers its services free of charge.
“It’s the least we can do,” owner Sharon Barnwell said.
Barbados leaders are hosting a fundraiser on July 27 from 3pm to 8pm at Stonecrest Distillery. There will be live music, food trucks and games for children and adults.
Lawrence Prescott is the founder of Caribbean Life TV. He said organizers are asking for generators, baby diapers, toiletries, heavy-duty trash bags and work gloves.
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Prescott said you can drop off donations at his business address at 6254 Memorial Dr. in Stone Mountain starting at noon Monday.
You can also drop off donations at Caribbean International Shipping Services at 3048 Miller Rd. in Stonecrest.
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