HOPE TOWN RISING SYNOPSIS
OUR MISSION
To marshal and deploy the resources, expertise, and knowledge needed to assist the Hope Town and Elbow Cay community in recovery and rebuilding. In the near term this means providing care for those remaining on Elbow Cay and stabilizing infrastructure and the built environment. In the long term, it means providing the support and help needed to implement the vision and plans of community leaders in restoring this beautiful and special place.
ACHIEVEMENTS & ONGOING INITIATIVES
- $40,000+ for air transportation
- $100,000 in medical supplies and relief
- 8,000 pounds of supplies, including medical supplies, doctors, nurses, and EMT personnel
- Hope Town Medical Clinic-established and currently providing ongoing support-Mark
- Building and roofing supplies- over $50,000 in materials shipped to multiple on island residents
- Generators – 40 units shipped and are being provided to locals on an as needed basis
- Paint and refurbishment for replacement firetruck (Truck was donated and provided by St Johns County Fire and Rescue?)
- Materials and support for Abaco Inn as ongoing relief center
- Financial support, housing and donated goods for Marsh Harbour resident relocation
- Assessment and documentation of Elbow Cay structures
- Site and architectural work for school rebuild
- Fundraising documentary, produced by Wes Brown, to raise awareness of the continued needs of Hope Town and Elbow Cay.
OUR TIMELINE
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Ongoing ABACO COMMUNITY CARE CENTER
Hope Town Rising has partnered with Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine and Hope Town United to commence fundraising for the proposed Abaco Community Care Center. In addition, Hope Town Rising has contributed $20,000 for the existing government-owned, Acute Care Clinic. A one-acre parcel of land has also been generously donated for the project that will… -
Ongoing TEACHERS COTTAGE
FaverGray has partnered with Hope Town Rising, an initiative of Community Assistance Foundation, to focus on civic projects like the Teachers Cottage and School that served 55 children on the island prior to its destruction. Without the reconstruction of the Teachers Cottage and school, Bahamian families will not return to the only place they have… -
September 2020 ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE DORIAN
On the one-year anniversary, after Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas, little progress has been made with the restoration to most of the island’s civic buildings and infrastructure. The island is left without a school for children to expand their education, a clinic for immediate medical care, health care facilities or a police station. Hope Town… -
September 2020 FUNDRAISING DOCUMENTARY
Sharing our team’s personal experiences of traveling to Hope Town over the last year shed little light on the daily struggles endured by the Bahamian residents. We could tell you all about the destruction and the people of Hope Town banding together to pick up the broken pieces of their lives, but words alone cannot… -
December 2019 GENERATORS
The shipment of the 30 generators arrived on Elbow Cay the morning of Thursday, December 19, 2019 and distribution started immediately. -
November 2019 REBUILDING HOPE TOWN MEDICAL CENTER
Hope Town United is working to restore the town’s only medical facility, the tiny Hope Town Medical Center. The walls of the concrete structure are still standing, but like the school, the clinic needs substantial rebuilding, and everything inside was ruined. The clinic served residents and tourists alike and sometimes served as triage for the…
Hurricane Dorian
Hurricane Dorian arrived to the Bahamas on Sunday, September 1, 2019 as a Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph sustained winds and higher than 200 mph gusts. Dorian was the strongest recorded Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall, flattening buildings, cars and anything that got in its path. The damage wrought by Hurricane Dorian is likely to lead to insurance payouts of up to $3-billion in the Bahamas. As many homes on the islands are uninsured, the total cost of the disaster will be well above that figure. Aid has slowly been making its way to the islands. The United Nations said that about 70,000 people are in need of life-saving assistance on Grand Bahama and Abaco islands.