<p><span class="notranslate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><strong>Our Innovation</strong>: Redirect Consumption Patterns to Disaster Areas.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p>https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/consumer-driven-disaster-recovery</p><p>Recovery Pledge is a new marketplace that lets consumers take the lead in disaster recovery. We do this by connecting small business owners with customers immediately after a disaster to stabilize their sales. Customers, like you, will be able to purchase recovery pledges, which simply represent vouchers for the goods and services small businesses sell on a daily basis. Your purchases will provide small business with cash they desperately need to help them get back on their feet after a disaster.</p><p><span class="notranslate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate">Simply, Recovery Pledge enables you, the consumer, to redirect your consumption patterns to disaster areas. In doing so, you will stabilize small businesses and the communities they call home. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span class="notranslate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><span class="notranlsate"><strong>Why?</strong> According to the Insurance Information Institute, up to 40 percent of businesses affected by a natural or man-made disaster never reopen. The Recovery Pledge mission is to reduce this percentage by letting consumers take the lead in disaster recovery.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br><br><br>Regards,</p><p>Christopher Girdwood<br>Recovery Pledge, Inc.<br>[email protected]<br>&nbsp;</p>