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Hurricane Dorian: Palm Beach real estate agencies, agents helping Bahamians

Palm Beach Post (FL)

Across Palm Beach, real estate brokers, agents and agencies have been busy mounting and supporting relief efforts for Hurricane Dorian, which brutalized the northern Bahamas on Sept. 1 and 2 as a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 185 mph.

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http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-378444ca6b74bbba7703ff8273a56494">"Home away from home": At http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-f0e33f96d5efc4ff535c8e0888550aaf">Brown Harris Stevens, agents http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-a8fa47311aace456b8aabff3df936473">Sabra Kirkpatrick and http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-5eb5b16fe81b48184d13ba10692b6dfb">Sarah Koenig -- and their families -- have raised funds and sent supplies directly to the Bahamas.

The Koenig family has long docked their boat, Empty Pockets, on Green Turtle Cay in the northeastern Abacos, one of the areas hardest hit Dorian.

"It's our home away from home," Koenig told Daily News reporter http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-7ebdf8cf8a753259e562f783d14e772f">Jan Sjostrom last week.

Koenig's father, http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-777ec53918c4d5883e400d2e98d64f51">Patrick Koenig Sr., serves on the board of the http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-3a25453919967fc68d0c58cf83b50c5a">Green Turtle Cay Foundation. Starting Sept. 4, the foundation began raising funds for supplies and fuel to send relief flights donated though Island Time, a charter company based at the Lantana Airport.

Kirkpatrick, meanwhile, has been helping raise donations through a GoFundMe.com for a fund named Hurricane Relief for Elbow Cay-Hope Town Relief, founded by http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-7569cf7985b71022b42ac64892ec5210">Matt and http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-7a09922920b68fbfb85d90b6449f99a0">Courtney http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-4a3f116cd87d7ff6923599fbeb8f7a46">Winslow. In addition to Kirkpatrick, other key organizers of that effort include http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-8abbe111e5e56ede5366179ce0d4f2a1">Garrett Graue, http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-e07faaec562f5e64c38d1f203060e7e7">Seneca Reynolds and http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-bae9183563836637c9ddfa4b6b8c562f">Dr. Christopher Fox.

Last Saturday, Kirkpatrick and Koenig -- who sometimes co-list properties -- helped organize a hurricane-relief event for the fund athttp://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-29ecb2649206d3e7b0c2fff6e6b70a6f"> E.R. Bradley's, the waterfront restaurant in downtown West Palm Beach. Palm Beach Mayor http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-25ffdea0415929667d669d7e4ff0651a">Gail Coniglio and her family, the restaurant's owners, donated the drinks and food.

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http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-8073531be587d4950234e834b1985484">Help at hand: At the http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-6b4cda2247aa1625035a8749720057d4">Corcoran Group, agents http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-35a5aa70c4be8d353fc3f0ea8a92e945">Amy Triggs, http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-2cac29d5309e4546b2570621ef02652a">Julien Taylor and http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-ae0c1faf73eff548759e2f8721bcdbc5">Kristina McPherson in the Palm Beach office and http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-68a245465dbcbcbe4ca8d8fcb61d78ef">Nathan Zeiman in Delray Beach "are all directly involved in collecting supplies and flying or sailing them directly to the Bahamas," according to an email sent to the agency's South Florida agents by Palm beach-based broker and Senior Managing Director http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-5a523dd6cae2f1fc9dfd786faf928fe2">John R. Hackett.

Corcoran also is telling agents and clients who want to donate money that the agency has aligned itself with two organizations -- the Bahamas Disaster Relief Fund established by the http://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-a5b44e7fd4fc45d9a55ee302d89f84d5">Community Foundation of South Florida; and the Hurricane Dorian relief efforts of GlobalEmpowermentMission.orghttp://www.infomaker.se/idf/1.0" id="strong-73d080fea590dc72db24bd7c802097bb">. The latter will use funds directly for "purchasing flights and barges" to get supplies to the storm-ravaged areas, Hackett said.

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Darrell Hofheinz writes about real estate in his weekly "Beyond the Hedges" column. He welcomes news items about Palm Beach real estate for this column. Email dhofheinz@pbdailynews.com, call 820-3831 or tweet @PBDN_Hofheinz.

dhofheinz@pbdailynews.com

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