Launches $100,000 fund to help consumers and
small businesses cover the cost of repairs, in partnership with
Brooklyn Decker
Yelp is declaring August 26 “Make It Happen Day” in Texas, in
response to the challenging year small businesses and residents
endured due to the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, Winter Storm Uri,
and severe weather. A $100,000 Make It Happen Day Fund has been
established to help small businesses and consumers across Texas
make much-needed repairs. The fund will go towards covering the
cost of improvement projects for select small businesses across
Texas, including community-serving nonprofit Comfort Cafe in San
Antonio, as well as eligible Texas residents in need of home
updates or repairs.
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Yelp is declaring August 26 “Make It
Happen Day” in Texas, launching a $100,000 fund to help consumers
and small businesses cover the cost of repairs. (Graphic: Business
Wire)
To help spread the word and get funds to those in need of
updates to their spaces, Yelp has partnered with Texas resident
Brooklyn Decker — actor on Netflix's “Grace and Frankie” and
self-described home decor fanatic.
“To give back to Texans across the state, I’ve partnered with
Yelp to launch a $100,000 Make It Happen Day fund. We had a tough
year and spent more time in our homes than ever before. I'm glad we
can bring some much-needed good news to those looking to make
necessary repairs and updates. I can't wait to see all the great
projects Texans will spearhead to spruce up their homes and small
businesses,” says Brooklyn Decker.
Millions of users come to Yelp each month to find highly-rated,
trusted home professionals for everything from small home repairs
and landscapers, to contractors and roofers for larger projects.
With many small businesses and Texans still grappling with the
devastating impacts of COVID-19 and Winter Storm Uri, Yelp
introduced the new Make it Happen Day fund to encourage and help
the community make repairs and updates that might currently be out
of reach.
As a part of Make It Happen Day, 50 Texans will have a chance to
win $1,000 toward their project with one of the many trusted home
services professionals on Yelp. Eligible Texans can enter for a
chance to win by using Yelp’s Request a Quote feature to find a
home services professional in their area, and submitting the quote
at MakeItHappenDay.Yelp.com on August 26, 2021. *The Official Rules
are available at MakeItHappenDay.Yelp.com/Rules.
As many beloved pillars of the community experienced further
challenging circumstances, with recent flooding, fires and damages
to their facilities, Yelp will also donate $10,000 to help five
local businesses across the state make much-needed repairs and
updates to their establishments. In addition to San Antonio's
Comfort Cafe, recipients include Austin Pets Alive!, Austin's House
Park Bar-B-Que, Dallas’s Casita Tex Mex and Houston’s The Big
Easy.
After a severe storm, Comfort Cafe in San Antonio was damaged by
a devastating flood, causing the eatery — which benefits addiction
recovery programs and was named the #1 Place to Eat in Texas and #1
brunch spot in the U.S. by Yelp earlier this year — to shutter
until the restaurant could rebuild.
Austin Pets Alive! rescued over 1,040 dogs and cats from all
over Texas during the historic winter storms. The animal shelter
relies on highly-rated service professionals, like Elite Heating
and Air Conditioning, which has assisted them with repairs for
several years now, and will continue to support the shelter in
their facility upkeep.
Much like San Antonio’s beloved Comfort Cafe, House Park
Bar-B-Que, the oldest barbecue spot in Austin, was damaged by
circumstances out of their control. After extensive fire damage,
the BBQ joint remained closed since December 2020 while trying to
raise enough money and rebuild.
Beloved local favorite, Casita Tex Mex in Dallas, was damaged by
an electrical fire in December 2020, and has yet to reopen due to
the updates still needed to their building.
The Big Easy, an iconic Houston blues club that narrowly
survived the pandemic with the help of their fans after an 18 month
closure, will use the funds to make repairs to their stage, the
raised area next to the stage, the bar area, floors and walk-in
cooler.
“After seeing all of the damage from Winter Storm Uri and recent
storms and flooding, and other unforeseen events with lasting
impacts, we also saw how strongly the community came together to
support one another. As a company that connects people with great
local service professionals, we are thrilled to be able to lend a
helping hand to fellow Texans so they can make necessary repairs to
their homes and the beloved independent businesses that are central
to the community,” says Jonathan Truong, Texas regional manager at
Yelp.
About Yelp
Yelp Inc. (www.yelp.com) connects people with great local
businesses. With unmatched local business information, photos, and
review content, Yelp provides a one-stop local platform for
consumers to discover, connect, and transact with local businesses
of all sizes by making it easy to request a quote, join a waitlist,
and make a reservation, appointment, or purchase. Yelp was founded
in San Francisco in July 2004.
*Fifty (50) winners will receive a $1,000 American Express gift
card to be used towards a home project. The giveaway is limited to
the following categories: Handyman, landscapers, roofers, plumbing,
painting, electrician, flooring or HVAC. See the Official Rules
available at MakeItHappenDay.Yelp.com/Rules.
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