Watching the devastating news from the Bahamas during Hurricane Dorian, Rikki Kahley and her friends decided to cancel her bachelorette trip there. But then the group opted to go anyway, transforming the celebration into a relief mission.
But after talking to a woman working for the Baha Mar resort in Nassau, the group opted to go anyway, transforming the celebration into a relief mission. So, after a social media campaign, the bride-to-be and her crew brought 40 bags of relief supplies to the islands."When we called they said: 'Please don't cancel, we need your tourism,'"Rikki Kahley's mother, Sandy Gibbs Kahley, told CNN."The lady I spoke with was crying.
"So, we thought it was a good idea and made all the phone calls to get it coordinated, then just posted on our Facebook pages to ask if anyone felt led to donate supplies -- that they could bring it to us and we were taking them."The Kahley family started receiving donations of baby wipes, diapers, food, clothes, toys, books and water filtration tools. They originally thought of taking just 10 extra suitcases but boarded with 37. Delta Airlines waived the fees.
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