Hottubs for a good cause! ChooseHotTubsDirect.com & Steve Barbarich Charity Efforts
Online retailer of portable spas & jacuzzis, Choose Hottubs Direct, reaches out to Hurricane Ike survivors
With winds and pressure as high as 145 mph and and 935 mbar (respectively), Hurricane Ike would have been more damaging (and possibly more deadly) than Hurricane Katrina if Ike had hit the Texan coast much sooner. Thankfully Hurricane Ike dropped to a category 2 tropical storm, otherwise the situation would have been worse. "Hurricane Ike was the third most destructive hurricane to ever hit the United States . . . [and was] the most massive Atlantic hurricane [ever] recorded," according to Wikipedia.org. The hearts of many Americans go out to the victims of Hurricane Ike and their families, especially of those who sadly no longer walk amongst us in this world.
Hottubs and hurricanes. You may be asking yourself right about now, what's the connection? Choose Hottubs Direct is a 100% Internet-based retail store dedicated to offering cheap deals on quality portable spas, hottubs and jacuzzis to online shoppers as compared to traditional offline counterparts. The online retailer, ChooseHotTubsDirect.com was founded in the middle of 2007 by its Chief Executive Officer Steve Barbarich whose ideals of respecting the individual and providing the utmost personalized care for customer were infused into the ChooseHotTubsDirect's organizational culture.
And at this point, you are probably still asking yourself, what do hottubs have to do with Hurricane Ike? Well, the ideals of Steven Barbarich (respect and care for others) are not restricted to the business side of things. Steven Barbarich expressed his own deep sympathy for the victims of Hurricane Ike, "...my words cannot express the sorrow & sympathy we at ChooseHotTubsDirect feel for all of the Gulf Coast Texas area families who have lost their loved ones, homes, and priceless possessions due to this uncontrollable natural disaster. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims.”
Many customers of Choose Hottubs Direct and loyal owners of their jacuzzis, hottubs and portable spas reside in the Gulf Coast Texas area. As the CEO of ChooseHotTubsDirect, Steven Barbarich would not stand to have his company do nothing in the wake of the Hurricane Ike aftermath. A few days after watching the breaking news coverage on TV, ChooseHotTubsDirect.com informed the public through a press release that it would be teaming up with the Gulf Coast Fund and donating a portion of the October proceeds of all its Paradise Hottub Portable Spas sales to Huricane Ike disaster relief.
It is unusual these days to hear about a company or a CEO who has the sincere desire to do their part to help humanity. This is something usually reserved for entities we would already expect to hear it from (say a multi-billion dollar business like baseball. However, the fact that this time we are hearing it come from an American small business - and an online hottubs dealer of all places - is very profound.
Choose Hottubs Direct was happy to announce on the Choose Hottubs Direct.com Hurricane Disaster Relief page of its website's Info Center that it was on track to giving more than $500 dollars towards food, clothing and shelter for the survivors of the Hurricane Ike aftermath. The online hottubs seller expects to earn even more during the remaining two weeks of October. Even if they are probably 1/1,000,000 to 25/1,000,000 the size of a giant business like ExxonMobil who has a market cap of $353.4 Billion and was able to donate $5 million to Hurricane Ike disaster relief efforts, it is encouraging to see small and local companies come together to share their kindness and generosity with the world. It is inspiring to see them contributing their part, no matter how large or small, in hopes of empowering others to do the same.
"It’s difficult for most of us to comprehend the amount of pain and suffering local communities go through when a disaster hits their home. Little donations, if contributed by many can trigger the “snowball effect” and build into funds large enough to make an impact in order to help bring victims of natural or man-made disasters back to their feet as well as rebuild their communities," says Choose Hottubs Direct CEO Steve Barbarich.
It looks like October is the best time for a new hottub if you were already in the market to buy one or thinking about it. The Paridise Hottub Spa looks like an excellent jacuzzi to consider. You can tell your friends how you were able to buy at a cheap wholesale price through the ease and convenience of the Internet and with a jacuzzi spa company who is trying to affect positive change in the lives of less fortunate people. Also, with winter around the corner, the timing really could not be any better. How comfortable would for your home and selves to feed off the warmth of a hottub.
Understandably, portable spas, hottubs and jacuzzis are not considered luxury home furniture for no reason. Even though you can save several thousands purchasing one of the hottubs on sale through an online retailer like ChooseHottubsDirect.com as opposed to your typical retail hottubs sales outlet, to buy a hottub is still an significant purchase for many folks. ChooseHotubsDirect tries to educate consumers and encourages them to plan ahead before committing to any major upgrade to your home and lifestyle.
If you are straight-out not ready for this kind of upgrade but still interested in playing a role in the consorted efforts to aid Hurricane Ike victims, you can contribute whatever you wish to the Gulf Coast Fund online at http://rockpa.org/special_programs/gulf-coast-fund/ or by mailing a donation check to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, ATTN: The Gulf Coast Fund, 6 W 48th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10036.