02/10/2024
Some of you may remember my post from 1 month ago on LinkedIn that may have caught your attention about an incentive event I had just been confirmed after working hard to create a unique 3 day event for a client, for June 2025?
I was supposed to fly tomorrow morning early to meet with my client for a site inspection, a visit of all sites and services that my company had put together for the June event. It was supposed to be a beautiful 3 days of fall and work but fun, in the Blue Ridge mountains.
Today, the sad reality is that Asheville, North Carolina was hit by a once-in-a-lifetime storm, and the devastation is hard to contemplate; you must have seen the news. And yes, the beauty I talked about in my post a month ago... It's there... Exactly there. Everyone in and around Asheville is still in dire need of help and assistance. As a DMC, my heart goes out to my suppliers, to my partners on the ground, and in the same way that I am always committed to Making it Happen for my customers, I am also committed to supporting the vendors with whom I work, because it is also thanks to them that we can create such astonishing and unique events.
You see, this luxury camp/lodge, Asheville River Cabins, where my client will be hosting her event next June, suffered damage from Hurricane Helene, and the owners are already working very hard to restore it to its former glory. While the owners are focused on repairs, they also care about the well-being of their employees and have created a GofundMe for them. Well, I don't know about you, but as far as I'm concerned, a small business or any business that cares about the well-being of its employees deserves our respect.
So, I know you may be far from Asheville, I know you may have nothing to do with any of this, or any stake in it, but my dear fellow event planners, agencies, clients, vendors in other regions, please help me help them!
Join me in donating to ARC employees so that while the owners work to restore the camp to its former glory, their staff can focus on recovery without suffering too much. Thank you in advance for your donation. There is no right or wrong amount. Any amount counts.
Thank you, my contacts on Linkedin who already donated!
https://gofund.me/db175d52