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Caribbean Love Now

October 2017

Joe Bogdanovich (third from right), investor & CEO, Downsound Records is flanked by (from left) Lloyd Distant, former CEO, Hardware & Lumber Limited; Delano Seiveright, senior advisor, Ministry of Tourism; Tarrus Riley, recording artiste; Gary Matalon, CEO & director, KLE Group; and Marcus Richards, current managing director, Hardware & Lumber and executive vice chairman of Argyle Industries Inc, at the launch of the Caribbean Love Campaign in support of post-hurricane rebuilding efforts in islands affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria. Mr Bogdanovich leveraged the businesses and brands with which he is associated to rally donations on behalf of the people in islands impacted by the hurricanes. October 2017.

Lloyd Distant (right), former CEO, Hardware & Lumber Ltd, sorts through 3,500 mops donated by Richard Coe, deputy managing director, Fleetwood Jamaica Ltd, in support of Caribbean Love, a campaign to offer relief to islands affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria. H&L, a launch partner of the campaign, will donate equipment and building supplies.

Another image of Lloyd Distant (left), former CEO, Hardware & Lumber Ltd, receives a donation of 3,500 mops from Richard Coe, deputy managing director, Fleetwood Jamaica Ltd, in support of Caribbean Love, a campaign to offer relief to islands affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria. 

The Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) is the latest corporate entity to donate to the Caribbean Love Now campaign, an initiative in aid of rebuilding programmes in islands affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria. (R-L) Hardware & Lumber Limited executives: Marketing Customer Experience officers Andrea Green-Brown and Donnett Mitchell; Marcia McLaughlin, vice president of Marketing, join JPS executives: Tania McDonald Tomlinson; director of Recruitment & Employee Services; Gina Tomlinson Williamson, director of Performance Management & Organization Change; Carolyn Parchment, Talent and Organization officer; Latoya Martin, Human Resources clerk and Lionel Walker, training officer, for a photo op. Members of staff at JPS pooled resources and donated seven cases of water, three boxes of toiletries and 17 boxes of assorted canned food. These items will be donated to the people of Dominica as a part of the Caribbean Love Now hurricane relief effort founded by Joe Bogdanovich. In addition to this donation, the power company also sent a team to Dominica to assist in conducting repairs to their electricity grid to bring back power to their customers.