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A Journey for Jamaica

Brent Kummer, Director of OGT Logistics and Bob Schleppenbach, OGT Logistics Driver left Norfolk on Tuesday to drive to Miami with a water purification system that can process 4,200 gallons of water per day. The state-of-the-art purifier along with 800 water buckets, gas cans, two pop-up tents and a generator will be delivered to an air cargo provider and shipped to Jamaica where it will be met by a team of people to be used to turn salt water into drinkable water.


Categories: Branch Updates, Current Relief Efforts, Disaster Relief, International Aid

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