<div><strong>A Place on Earth</strong> is a bath &amp; body products business operating in <strong>Cape May, NJ</strong>, since the early 90s. Last Monday, February 9th, we walked into something no small business owner ever wants to see.
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<div><strong>A freeze-induced water main rupture caused significant flooding in our factory</strong> — soaking floors and drywall, damaging equipment, contaminating raw materials, and bringing production to an immediate halt.
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<div>For a large corporation, this would be a setback.
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<div><strong>For a small, family-run business like ours, it’s devastating.</strong>
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<div>We are not a big brand backed by investors. We are a small team — family-owned, hands-on, and deeply involved in every batch of soap, every poured candle, every whipped sugar scrub.
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<div>When something like this happens, it hits us personally, financially, and emotionally.
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<div>After spending the past few days cleaning up, we've got most of the standing water out. It doesn't look like much has happened, but <strong>our carpets and drywall are waterlogged, and black mold is growing by the moment.</strong> In the next few days, we will need to shut down and move out of the factory until repairs and remediation are completed.
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<div>While we do carry insurance (because we believe in doing things responsibly), <strong>insurance does not cover everything.</strong> Expenses for the remediation of water damage quickly add up to more than the limits of our coverage:
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<div>• Lost inventory
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<div>• Destroyed raw materials
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<div>• Production downtime
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<div>• Deductibles
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<div>• Temporary relocation costs
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<div>• Cleanup beyond basic remediation
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<div>• Missed wholesale orders
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<div>• Lost retail revenue
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<div>And perhaps the hardest cost of all: time.
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<div>Every day our factory is not fully operational, we are falling behind on orders, restocks, and new launches we’ve worked months to plan.
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<div><strong>We’ve always built this business around love, kindness, and ethical practices. We are proud to be a small family company creating vegan-friendly, cruelty-free products that bring joy to people’s lives.</strong>
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<div>Now, we’re asking for help to protect what we’ve built.
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<div>Your support will go directly toward:
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<div>• Professional remediation and sanitation
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<div>• Replacing damaged equipment and supplies
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<div>• Restocking raw materials
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<div>• Covering payroll during downtime
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<div>• Getting our production space safely back up and running
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<div>We are committed to transparency and will share updates throughout the process.
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<div>If you’ve ever enjoyed one of our soaps, lit one of our candles, or gifted one of our sugar scrubs — please know that you are part of our story.
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<div><strong>Small businesses don’t have large safety nets. We have community.</strong>
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<div>And right now, we are leaning on ours.
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<div>From the bottom of our hearts — thank you.
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<div>With gratitude,
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<div>Canyon &amp; Crew
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<div>A Place on Earth
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<div>aplaceonearth.com
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