NRCA member GAF, Parsippany, N.J., and Good360, a global leader in product philanthropy and purposeful giving, have expanded their partnership to establish a new community redistribution center to provide disaster relief support throughout the Gulf region.
The new GAF + Good360 Community Redistribution Center is in Mobile, Ala., and serves as a hub that enables Good360 to rapidly respond to disasters in the Gulf region by sourcing highly needed goods and distributing them through a network of diverse nonprofits that support communities in need.
As part of the partnership, GAF is offering its 60,000-square-foot Mobile warehouse rent-free to Good360 to make donated goods available to nonprofits when and where they are needed most. Although the warehouse will broadly serve those in need, the location is central to many states typically affected by common natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes and floods. Having a dedicated hub in the Southeast will enable Good360 and its partners to more quickly and effectively help vulnerable communities rebuild after natural disasters. Good360 and its local partners already have begun using the facility to deploy products, including roof shingles donated by GAF, to areas in Louisiana hit by Hurricane Ida.
“We are incredibly proud to expand our partnership with Good360 to support disaster resiliency in the Gulf region,” said Jim Schnepper, GAF CEO. “A key tenet of our GAF Community Matters social impact program is to help communities prepare for and respond to disasters, which includes helping to build infrastructure and critical resources and providing much-needed products that can be deployed to aid in response and long-term recovery.”
