NY relief group halts pickup
Verna Arthur, chairperson of SVG Relief USA, Inc. address press conference.
By: Nelson A. King - US Correspondent•
After spending the last five weeks sorting, packing and shipping relief supplies for volcano-ravaged St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Brooklyn, New York-based SVG Relief USA, Inc., two Saturdays ago, announced that it was halting pick-up and drop off operations from the main hub at the Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center in Brooklyn.
"As of today, May 22, 2021, we are putting an official pause on the pickup/drop off of our relief efforts,” Verna Arthur, SVG Relief USA, Inc. chairperson, told a press conference at the Friends of Crown Heights Educational Center.