We Lost Everything to Hurricane Ida...Help!
Hey Guys,
This is Alex and the team from Uprising Meals. (www.uprisingmeals.com).
We put this GoFundMe together because our business and all of our property was destroyed during Hurricane Ida that swept through New Jersey. For those of you in other regions, there was massive flooding that ruined businesses, homes, and even took a few lives. It has been a very hard situation in an already difficult year.
Our kitchen facility was submerged in rushing water. It took doors off the hinges, broke equipment, ruined our freezers and inventory inside, destroyed our tray sealing machine, thousands of dollars of insulated shipping boxes, kitchen appliances, contaminated everything with mud, broke our walk-in refrigeration units, and rendered the facility inoperable. Everything we worked so hard to build and purchase to run the business is gone.
Sadly, our insurance will not cover our damages, let alone provide enough money to allow us to get started up again. It’s likely that we will not be able to reopen due to the extent of the damage, but there is a chance. This fund would allow us to avoid bankruptcy due to this catastrophe, and as a young start up we aren’t able to cover these costs alone.
If you’re not familiar with Uprising Meals, we made high protein, macro-balanced meals with restaurant quality and shipped them nationwide. We also made it our mission to give back to those in need.
Now, we are in a position that we need to call on our friends, family, and community to lend us a hand if possible. We know these past couple years have been hard on everyone so it was a very tough decision to create this page and ask for donations, but we’re hoping that some of you can help, and that we’ll be able to put that positivity back into the world one day!
Thank you so much for those of you able to donate. And if you can’t, thank you for taking the time to read this, and please share this link.
Sincerely,
Saba, Jason, Alex, Eric, and the Uprising Team
Eat. Train. Overcome.
