In Sandy’s Wake MFDA Establishes Disaster Relief Fund
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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the Metropolitan Fastener Distributors Association has established a disaster relief fund.
“The purpose of this fund is to provide emergency relief to employees in the fastener industry who have experienced a personal loss due to a major disaster,” the board stated.
To qualify for relief funds, applicants must (1) be an employee of a member company, (2) must have personal loss due to major disaster, (3) must apply for relief within 30 days and (4) cannot have receive money from the fund in the past five years.
Awards will be based on funds available, extent of personal loss and need.
Application information is available online: mfda.us.
The deadline for applications involving Hurricane Sandy is December 15, 2012.
The MFDA is accepting donations for the fund. Checks may be sent to MFDA, 128-3 Bauer Dr., Oakland, NJ 07436. Indicate “Disaster Relief Fund” on check memo line.
The announcement came as fastener businesses in storm-ravaged areas got back to business.
Click here to read how fastener companies surivived the storm and what challenges they faced to ramp back up. ©2012 GlobalFastenerNews.com
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