Monthly Archives: November 2012

Happy Thanksgiving from the Kaptur Team

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With everything that has been happening lately, particularly Hurricane Sandy, the Nor’easter that came shortly after, and the ongoing recovery efforts, many of us are starting to realize how lucky we really are.

As Thanksgiving is just a couple days away, we decided to take this opportunity to reflect on everything we have to be thankful for.

Here at Kaptur, we are thankful for a lot of things. I asked everyone on the team what they’re thankful for:

Tej - My family and my team – I am extremely thankful for each and every member of the Kaptur team.

Dimitri – I’m thankful for long stretches of uptime, successful database migrations, my friends and family, and the excellent judgment of the American electorate.

Sarah – I am thankful for Thanksgiving (I’m English and we don’t have it across the pond); I am thankful for our lovely Kaptur users who I communicate with on a daily basis; I’m thankful for the Kaptur team; and I am thankful for my New York family, and my family and friends who are spread all over the rest of the world (I wish they were closer though)!

Ian – I am thankful for my friends and family.

DQ – good food, a loving fiancé, loving parents who have sacrificed so much to get me to where I am today, a wonderful year at Kaptur and the amazing user and product growth we have achieved as a team.

Adam - I’m thankful for family, friends, eluding the Sandy superstorm, and the way my 2 year old son says, “More Pumpkin bread please daddy please!”

Vik – cheesy but amazing friends, amazing family, amazing team and product @ kaptur :)

A huge Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at Kaptur!

Start collecting your Thanksgiving photos by going to www.kaptur.com

Thanksgiving Parade

What are you thankful for? Leave a comment below and have a safe and relaxing Thanksgiving!

Help Hurricane Sandy Victims!

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Although we were without power and had bad internet connections, the team at Kaptur got off lightly from the devastation that Hurricane Sandy caused last week. We’ve created a Kaptur with some of the photos highlighting the destruction – visit www.kptr.it/hurricanesandy to see them.

Breezy Point, Queens. Hurricane Sandy(Image from Associated Press)

There are millions of people who still need your help, especially with the Nor’easter hitting! Check out how you can lend a hand:

DONATE

Text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to Hurricane Sandy relief

Donate blood! The storm created a blood shortage for 200 hospitals in NYC, Long Island and the Hudson Valley. Locations for blood drives near you can be found via New York Blood Center

Non-perishable, dry and ready-to-eat food (cereal, granola bars etc.), vegetables, and meat (chicken, ground beef) are being collected at:

  • St. Jacobi Church at 5406 4th Avenue
  • Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew at 520 Clinton Avenue

Both locations are in Brooklyn, New York

Toys for children age 1-5, diapers and baby wipes, children books, art supplies, plastic storage bins, and cleaning supplies are being collected at The CPC Jacob Riis Child Care Center in the Lower East Side.

  • 108 Avenue D, New York, NY 10009

Contact volunteer@cpc-nyc.org or 212-941-0920 ext.155 for more information

Non-perishable food items and clothing are being collected at the following locations in Long Island (information via Long Island Press)

  • 2138 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park
  • 770-14 Grand Blvd., Deer Park
  • 246 Smithtown Blvd., Nesconset
  • 1102 Route 110, Farmingdale
  • 2667 Merrick Rd., Bellmore
  • 448 Union Blvd., West Islip
  • 5135 Merrick Rd., Massapequa Park
  • 3899 Hempstead Tpke., Bethpage
  • 1518 Union Turnpike, New Hyde Park
  • 3965 Long Beach Rd., Island Park
  • 2120 Middle Country Rd., Centerreach
  • 1330 Hicksville Road, No. Massapequa
  • 822 Fort Salonga Rd,. Northport
  • 515 Montauk Hwy., West Babylon
  • 2323 Jericho Tpke., Garden City Park
  • 52 E. Main St., Smithtown
  • 15 W. Main St., East Islip
  • 360 Route 25A, Rocky Point
  • 518 Middle Neck Rd., Great Neck

VOLUNTEER

  • Join Sandy Baggers, an organization helping in relief and recovery efforts in Staten Island.
  • Visit Rockaway Relief, which is dedicated to helping the Rockaways, Breezy Point and surrounding areas in Queens.
  • Or, check Occupy Sandy Relief for a location to volunteer near you!

For real-time updates you can search for the hashtag #HurricaneSandyHelp and #HurricaneSandyVolunteer on Twitter too.

Thanks for all the support and well wishes sent to the Kaptur team! We’d love it if you could show your support to all the people still in need of help.