Southport Magazine

The Adventure Kayak Company will offer a kayak tour on Rice Creek Sunday, November 18th meeting at 1:30 PM. All of the participants’ kayak tour fees collected will be donated to Hurricane Sandy disaster relief. Please contact The Adventure Kayak Company at 910-454-0607 if you would like to join in the kayak tour for Hurricane Sandy diaster relief.

The Adventure Kayak Company, Inc.
807 N. Howe St.
Southport, NC 28461
910-454-0607
www.theadventurecompany.net

The American Red Cross along with all the local chambers, communities, businesses and organizations in our area are teaming up to collect items needed to help those residents who are hurting after Hurricane Sandy.

The Southport-Oak Island Chamber of Commerce is asking for our help! Thanks to Ward Mini Storage and Truck Rental, they are able to collect items at the chamber building (4433 Long Beach Rd., SE; 457-6964) starting November 12th through November 15th from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

Other businesses are opening their doors as drop-off locations:
Silver Coast Winery, 6680 Barbeque Rd, Ocean Isle Beach, NC 910-287-2800
Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, 4948 Main St., Shallotte, NC 910-754-6644
North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce, 151 Poole Rd, Suite 3, Leland NC 910-383-0553

Local boutique Boo & Roo’s is contacting their customers and asking them to bring donations to the store. She will then bring the donations to the chamber on Thursday, November 15th before 5 p.m. Shop and restaurant owners can do the same!

Bring items in boxes or plastic storage bins, and please, NO cash.

ITEMS NEEDED:
Blankets
Plastic storage bags
Work gloves
Diapers
Soap
Sheets
Trash bags
Storage bins
Baby wipes
Shampoo
Towels
Canned goods only
Jackets
Baby lotion
Deodorant
Napkins
Hand can openers
Almost new sweaters
Hand sanitizer
Toothpaste
Paper towels
Flashlights
Socks
Hair brushes
Toothbrushes
Toilet paper
Batteries
Gloves
Shaving cream
Women’s sanitary supplies
Cleaning Supplies
Razors

The chamber will take these items to Silver Coast Winery for the main collection point and these items will be delivered to Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department in Brooklyn, New York over the weekend.

Fellow Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce member Scott Gardner, of Accurate Builders from Oak Island, is donating his time amd truck to deliver the items to New York.