Courts donates stove to Nanton family
Those members of the Nanton family who escaped death when a landslide destroyed their home during the Christmas floods, have been presented with a stove, compliments Courts.{{more}}
On Wednesday, Courts senior marketing executive Alexis John and a delivery team from Courts transported a 30 inch Indurama stove, fully fitted with a 20 pound gas bottle, hose and regulator, to the family in Rose Bank, much to their surprise and appreciation.
Five members of the close-knit family died when a landslide displaced one home, which toppled over on to another, where family members were.
Some members of the family were rescued, suffering a variety of injuries.
Wendell Nanton, one of the survivors, said that the family was deeply grateful for the gesture, and thanked Courts for extending care and consideration to the family in its time of mourning and need.
He said that the appliance was definitely an essential need, seeing that the family had lost all their possessions in the landslide.
Courtâs acts of charity was also extended to two of the shelters in the North Leeward area.
The furniture and appliance store donated to the Rose Bank Community Centre Shelter a MABE 11 cubic foot refrigerator and an Indurama 24-inch stove, also fitted with a 20 gas bottle, regulator and hose.
The persons previously housed at the Buccament Bay Secondary School and who have since been relocated to the Rillan Hill Community Centre, were also the recipients of a MABE fridge and Indurama stove.
John said that the gesture was done to make persons more comfortable while they are housed at the shelter.(JJ)
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