as Trixie and Charlie helped others worse off than themselves, they both gave away the generators earmarked for themselves. Trixie was able to help the father of longtime Melaleuca customer Dennis Crosby. Real estate agent and Executive Director 4 Stefanie Peters was desperately trying to help a client who lost her home on Sanibel Island find somewhere to live. Charlie sold his vacant condo to her at a significantly reduced price to help. Trixie has never questioned the value Melaleuca has brought to her life. The products have immensely helped her maintain the health of her home and family. The income saw her through life as a single mother and several economic recessions. The friendships have enriched her life daily for 24 years. And whenever there’s a crisis, Trixie never has to doubt that the community she has discovered through Melaleuca will be there to see her through it.
family. “I got a text from [CEO] Jerry Felton, and it meant the world to me,” Trixie says. “[Members of the Coaching and Leader Development team] Mark Townsend and Ed Jessop checked in on us. Executive Director Joseph Lam, a Melaleuca friend from years ago, reached out and told us he was bringing us 10 gallons of gasoline.” With fresh gasoline in their car, Trixie and Charlie ventured out to devastated homes to help in any way they could. “We felt that we were safe for a reason,” Trixie said. Joseph Lam volunteered with them. Through their Melaleuca connections, Trixie was blessed and, in turn, was able to bless others. Trixie and Charlie received three generators donated by Melaleuca—one for her house, one for her son’s house, and one for Charlie’s condo. Without electricity for air conditioning, the Florida humidity can destroy a home just as completely as the winds of a hurricane. However,
“The wind was louder than a freight train,” Trixie says. “For 12 hours, we could hear loud whistling and the sound of things slamming against the house, but with all the windows shuttered up, we couldn’t see what was happening. The garage door was heaving in and out like it was breathing.” In the hurricane’s wake, they were cut off from the rest of the world. No power. No water. No internet. No gasoline. No open grocery stores. After 48 hours of what was like camping in their own home, Trixie’s enrollers, Corporate Directors Julie and Steve Peters, asked Trixie to come stay with them in a less- affected area 45 minutes away. With the last bit of gasoline they had, Trixie and Charlie navigated the treacherous roads and arrived at the safe haven of the Peters home. With restored cellular service, Trixie received a flood of messages of concern from her Melaleuca
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