NEW YORK, NY-- The #BeYou Campaign shipped out to Flint, Michigan on July 7, 2016 to deliver loads of necessary goods for more than 300 families experiencing the Flint Water Crisis. Their send-off ceremony took place at 1148 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY from 9:30am-11:00am. Campaign supporters pitched in to help and dropped water, hand sanitizer, and other essential items to ensure a fully packed truckload to bring to people in need. News Channel 12 Brooklyn covered the story that aired on the same day at 11:30am.

From New York City to Seattle to Flint, many are helping to resolve the water emergency. Syrah Scott, founder of the #BeYou Campaign launched #BeYouNYC4Flint, a NYC citywide water drive to collect 10,000 bottles of water, hand sanitizer, baby wipes, and filters for the children and families experiencing the Flint Water Emergency. With the help of over 14 organizations, including a leading water filter company (Watercura), the Office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and the Legendary Afrikan Poetry Theatre, BeYou has surpassed their donation goal. The collection campaign was a success, but getting the supplies to Flint was a huge dilemma. When the earlier transportation plans fell through, Syrah turned to her business colleague Michele Evans in Seattle, WA to help complete the mission. Michele reached out to family and friends across the nation for support to help with the transportation costs to deliver the vital supplies to Flint.

It’s summertime and people are Hot and Thirsty. Grabbing a cold glass of water without concern or taking a shower to cool off is not an easy task. The people of Flint must drink and bathe in bottled water or hope the filters that they've been given by the city even work, because the water coming from their pipes is filled with lead and other harmful toxins; causing skin lesions, hair loss and other deadly illnesses.

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said lead readings at 26 homes in the city were 10 times the federal limit-- too high to be treated by filters distributed by the state. At least 100 children have tested positive for high levels of toxic lead in their blood.

The problems began when Flint switched its water source from the Great Lakes to the Flint River. For more than a year, lead leached from the pipes because the city failed to add standard anti-corrosion chemicals to the water. The system switched back to Detroit late last year but the damage is already done. The city and government of Flint, Michigan failed its people. The community needs help, and it's time that more people step in to send the necessary goods over to Eastern Michigan.