Hurricane Maria Evacuee Marketplace
Ran the Evacuee Marketplace inside a multi-agency center, distributing $3M in donated goods to 1,000+ displaced families.
How it unfolded
- Set up
- Stock
- Serve
- Scale
Got the Evacuee Marketplace running inside a multi-agency center.
Sourced and organized around $3M in donated goods.
Set it up so families could pick what they actually needed.
Served more than 1,000 families over the course of it.
Families displaced by Hurricane Maria were arriving in New York and needed basics — and a way to get them that didn't feel like a handout.
I ran the Evacuee Marketplace inside a multi-agency center. We set it up so families could come in and choose what they actually needed, rather than handing out pre-packed boxes.
We got about $3M in donated goods to more than 1,000 families, and tried to do it in a way that respected people on a hard day.