Pest Management Professional, September 2011
COVER STORY weathering the storm Cleggs Termite and Pest Control Quench the Thirst of Tornado Victims in Need Come see us at PestWorld 2011 in New Orleans at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center October 19 22 2011 Booth 626 National Contracts License Assistance Discounted Group Insurance Name Recognition Protected Geographical Area Expanded Customer Base Volume Buying Power Education Financing Assistance May Be Available OAC D isasters like the tornadoes that ravaged North Carolina this year can bring out the worst in Mother Nature and the best in charitable businesses such as Cleggs Termite and Pest Control in Durham N C Pictures dont do justice to any natural disaster says Jason Viar branch manager of Cleggs Its a shock but sometimes when you see that sort of destruction and disparity you also see people come together to do anything they can to help After seeing what a tornado is capable of doing to a community Viar found a way to help a neighborhood the company services in Fayetteville Because safe drinkable water is in short supply after most natural disasters Viar thought distributing bottled water would be one way to have a positive impact on an area that needed all the help it could get I asked our owner Mr Clegg if this was something we could do Viar says He graciously approved and said Take some time get the water take the guys out and distribute where you can That afternoon Viar and other employees stopped at a big box store to buy bulk pallets of bottled water loaded them onto one of their trailers and headed out to the harderhit local areas We already called the police department and emergency management to let them know what we were trying to do and to get permission to go into the neighborhood Viar says Wed already seen things such as downed tree limbs and other types of damage but when we got back to where it was hardest hit it was like God icked his nger and destroyed everything We drove through the neighborhood past fallen power lines and downed trees and distributed 100 cases of water from the trailers of four trucks in less than an hour Everyone was thankful and appreciative At the end of the day we found people whose car was ipped on its side Viar adds Their house gone They received the last bit of water we brought with us WN 34 September 2011 Pest Management Professional mypmp net
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