This holiday season many of you can’t wait for that Amazon package to arrive at your doorstep.
The online giant, which is building a new facility in North Haven, made a special delivery for families forced to leave Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
“We were looking for organizations that help people who have been displaced and people who are impacted by disaster,” Amazon spokesperson Lauren Lynch said.
The Amazon Holiday giving truck dropped off dozens of boxes filled with $15,000 worth of toys and supplies like diapers, soap and sheets to Junta for Progressive Action, an organization based in Fair Haven that serves the Latino community.
“It is a great pleasure to be among all of you as we welcome a truckload of important supplies delivered to help some of the city’s newest residents,” Mayor Toni Harp said.
Junta has been instrumental in helping about 600 people from Puerto Rico relocate and resettle in New Haven following the September hurricane that ravaged the island.
“We lost everything in Puerto Rico, but my main concern was my child that has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and microphilia,” Efren Perez said through a translator.
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Perez and his family were among the first evacuaees to arrive in New Haven, a city that is providing housing, medical needs and public school enrollments for Puerto Rican families displaced from their homeland.
“I just want to thank everybody for welcoming us to Connecticut,” Perez added.
The Amazon Holiday Giving Truck is making 33 stops across the country. Next up, the 53-foot Santa sleigh heads to Pennsylvania and Maryland.
