#BILLBOARD VINYL FREE#

There are many organizations helping the residents of Lake Charles and Southwest Louisiana to recover, rebuild, and salvage their lives. Even though the billboards were donated, the costs getting them from Houston to Lake Charles still apply. $150 sends 5 billboards and $300 sends 10 billboards.

#BILLBOARD VINYL FREE#

If any of the larger regional independents or field ops persons at the big three have interest, please feel free to reach out to me If we can open a line of communication and coordinate some logistics, we may be able to build stockpiles ahead of time in appropriate staged locations with philanthropic partners.”Ī post shared by Every Shelter simple donation of only $30 can help Every Shelter send a billboard tarp to help those impacted by Hurricane Laura. “The OOH industry has a chance now with Every Shelter and folks like Tony Gallager of Sparta to build these efforts to become sustainable. “We will be filming instructional videos for the volunteer crews and will emphasize the need for the ad side to be installed down towards the damaged roof for those concerned about exposing creative inappropriately,” Key added.Ĭowlbeck noted that this particular response was similar to one from Hurricane Harvey in Houston in which IBO Associate Sparta Craine coordinated those efforts. Habitat for Humanity Houston also played a key role in moving the idea forward. We promptly fired out a blast given our efforts to help them with a shelter solution and our Associates already have many pallets ready, but need many many more.” “The email was from Scott Austin Key, Co-Founder, and CEO of Every Shelter,” he said, while adding that the email “said they were stepping up to be the coordinator for an effort in partnership with VOAD efforts to acquire as many billboard vinyls as possible and asked if IBOUSA could help get the message out and assist in any way. Chris Cowlbeck, General Manager for IBOUSA, shared that Every Shelter reached out to him for help. Billboard Insider reported where the vinyl came from - it was donated to Every Shelter by IBOUSA, a networking group of companies that focus on promoting things that are important to the Out Of Home (OOH) advertising industry. In the video Bludau shared, volunteers from the Houston nonprofit Every Shelter are taking old billboard vinyl and using them to tarp the roofs on damaged homes in Lake Charles. One way it is helping was shared by KHOU 11 reporter Janelle Bludau on Twitter.įROM SCRAP TO SHELTER: The Houston nonprofit Every Shelter is finding old billboard vinyls and using them to tarp the roofs of damaged homes in #LakeCharles. Recycling is a great way to help those affected by Hurricane Laura and other natural disasters.

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