Host:  Ali Haskins and Tormel Pittman
Host Community:  New Brunswick, NJ
Donations for:  Truck Rental, Gas, Lodging, Additional Bottled Water to fill truck to capacity.
Distribution Date:  March 5, 2016

The Communities of New Brunswick, Franklin, Elizabeth, and Newark, NJ would like to come together to support the Water Crisis in Flint, MI by donating bottled water. 

The first week of March a host of community leaders will take a truck load of bottled water to Flint, MI.   This GoFundMe page was created to allow individual community members that can’t physically donate water to be able to contribute a monetary donation.  These funds will contribute towards a truck rental, gas, and lodging expenses.  We will also purchase additional bottled water to make sure we have our donation truck is filled to capacity.  Please donate by 2/25/16.

Additional Information about the Flint Water Crisis (Retrieved from Wikipedia.org, 2/9/2016)

The Flint water crisis is a drinking water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, United States that started in April 2014. After Flint changed its water source from treated Detroit Water and Sewerage Department water (which was sourced from Lake Huron as well as the Detroit River) to the Flint River, its drinking water had a series of problems that culminated with lead contamination, creating a serious public health danger. The corrosive Flint River water caused lead from aging pipes to leach into the water supply, causing extremely elevated levels of lead. In Flint, between 6,000 and 12,000 children have been exposed to drinking water with high levels of lead and they may experience a range of serious health problems. The water change is also a possible cause of an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the county that has killed 10 people and affected another 77.

 Thank you in advance for your donation.

Ali Haskins & Tormel Pittman