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Kitty Hawk Kites Matches More than $3700 in Hurricane Irene Relief Donations: Total Donation of $7,476
NAGS HEAD, NC, OCTOBER 14 – In the first company-wide staff meeting held after Hurricane Irene carved a path of destruction across the Outer Banks, John Harris, founder and president of Kitty Hawk Kites, announced to his staff that the company would launch a coordinated campaign to collect relief supplies and raise money for those whose lives had been most severely impacted by the storm.
While four of his company’s Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island locations remained closed and inaccessible as a result of the damage to Highway 12, Harris said that all operating Kitty Hawk Kites, Kitty Hawk Surf Co. and Life is good locations would collect relief supplies and monetary donations that would then be given directly to the Outer Banks Interfaith Community Outreach. As a way of encouraging others to step-up contributions, Harris announced that his company would match, dollar for dollar, all in-store individual monetary donations up to $5,000.
Today, as a result of the kindness of many who have given freely and anonymously, Harris announced that Kitty Hawk Kites has been able to deliver three vanloads of donated items and match $3,738 in cash donations to the Outer Banks Interfaith Community Outreach, resulting in a total monetary donation of $7,476.
“It’s been amazing to see the generosity of locals and visitors,” said Heather Doyle, assistant manager at Kitty Hawk Kites in Nags Head. “People have been handing us money faster than we can ask them to donate.”
Kitty Hawk Kites’ events coordinator, Amanda Baker, who oversaw logistics for the relief campaign, said she’s seen donations of everything from clothes and mops to bug repellant and cat food.
All supply and monetary donations given to the Outer Banks Interfaith Community Outreach remain in Outer Banks communities.
Other Releases
2011
October
KHK Hurricane Irene Relief Efforts
July
Agreement to Acquire New Hampshire Hang Gliding and Paragliding School
April
Store Locations
North Carolina / Outer Banks
Corolla (+)
Corolla Kitty Hawk Kites
Life is good Shoppe
Monterey Plaza
819 Ocean Trail
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-3685
e-mail
Corolla Kitty Hawk Kites
Timbuck II
785L Sunset Blvd.
Corolla, NC 27927
(252) 453-8845
e-mail
Duck (+)
Duck Kitty Hawk Kites
Life is good
1214 Duck Rd.
Wee Winks Square
Duck, NC 27949
(252) 261-8787
e-mail
Life is good
1216 Duck Rd.
Wee Winks Square
Duck, NC 27949
(252) 261-4450
e-mail
Nags Head(+)
Nags Head Life is good
3925 S. Croatan Hwy
Nags Head, NC 27959
(252) 449-0650
e-mail
Nags Head Kitty Hawk Kites
3933 N S. Croatan Hwy
Nags Head, NC 27959
(252) 449-2210
(800) 483-2808
Fax (252) 441-4778
e-mail
Whalebone Kitty Hawk Kites
NC 12 at the north end of the the Oregon Inlet Bridge
7517 S. Virginia Dare Trl.
Nags Head, NC 27959
(252) 441-4112
Manteo (+)
Manteo Kitty Hawk Kites
307 Queen Elizabeth St.
Manteo, NC 27954
(252) 473-2357 fax(252) 473-2758
e-mail
Rodanthe/Waves/Salvo (+)
Kitty Hawk Kites Kiteboarding Resort
24502 Hwy 12 - Waves Village
Milepost 40
Sound Side
Rodanthe, NC 27968
(252) 987-2297
e-mail
Waves Kitty Hawk Kites
24502 Hwy 12 - Waves Village
Milepost 40
Rodanthe, NC 27968
(252) 987-2528
e-mail
Avon (+)
Avon Kitty Hawk Kites
Hwy 12 Island Shops
Avon, NC 27915
(252) 995-6060
e-mail
Hatteras (+)
Hatteras Kitty Hawk Kites
5848 Hatteras Landing
Hatteras, NC 27943
(252) 986-1446
e-mail
Ocracoke (+)
Ocracoke Kitty Hawk Kites
Community Sq.
Ocracoke, NC 27960
(252) 928-4563
e-mail
Florida / Destin / Fort Walton Beach
Florida Stores (+)
Kitty Hawk Kites FWB
Ft. Walton Beach, FL
1450 Miracle Strip Pkwy #101
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
(850) 796-0102
Fax (850) 244-7951
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Kitty Hawk Kites Destin
Destin, FL
Harbour Walk Village
34 Harbour Blvd
Destin, FL 32541
(850) (850) 837-2800
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