PoolCorp Sets Up Harvey Relief Funds for Staff, Community

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help staffers and their families, some of whom have been displaced.

The industry in the Houston area is still assessing how it withstood Hurricane Harvey, even as Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas prepared for Irma.

PoolCorp has established funds for its own employees and for the community. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help PoolCorp staffers and their families, some of whom have been displaced. The megadistributor also will be matching employee contributions for relief, with donations going to the Red Cross of Southeast Texas.

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Rebecca Robledo

Rebecca Robledo is deputy editor of Pool & Spa News and Aquatics International. She is an award-winning trade journalist with more than 25 years experience reporting on and editing content for the pool, spa and aquatics industries. She specializes in technical, complex or detail-oriented subject matter with an emphasis in design and construction, as well as legal and regulatory issues. For this coverage and editing, she has received numerous awards, including four Jesse H. Neal Awards, considered by many to be the “Pulitzer Prize of Trade Journalism.”