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However, she and her family returned to New Orleans post-Katrina, where she was able to rebuild the agency. It is currently once again serving children and adolescents in the Greater New Orleans area with severe psychiatric illness (www.milestonesmha.com). Then, one year later, when life seemed to be calming down, an idea for a water product was sparked during a family vacation. In an effort to find a creative way to encourage her daughter to choose water over juice, she thought of putting water in a "juice box." Her research began immediately. Stacey quickly found that water boxes had been around for many years, and that this was not a new concept. However, the fact remained that there was room for another water box product on the market. Stacey decided to create a water box product that could be available to anyone interested, at a reasonable cost. She believes that water boxes, if used wisely and responsibly by consumers, are useful for a variety of purposes such as emergency preparedness (due to 5 year shelf life), large gatherings, and other situations in which access to clean water and/or reusable containers is not an option. The product was then created and developed over the next six months, and became available for sale in December 2006. Stacey's husband, Tal, along with many of her friends and family, provided valuable creative input and support throughout the process to accomplish this goal. Stacey says that the final product is a loving collaboration of everyone involved. AQUA2GOŽ is currently available for purchase online at Amazon.com. Please view the Where to Buy page for more order information. Due to an obvious interest in the well-being of children and helping others in need, Stacey decided that this new company would be active in charitable organizations. She hopes that her company's involvement with a variety of organizations may motivate other small companies to get involved as well (see the Making A Difference page). "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."
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Stacey Griffin, founder of AQUA2GOŽ, is a resident and business owner in New Orleans, Louisiana. She graduated from Tulane School of Social Work in 1995. After several years of working in the field, she opened a psychiatric facility for low-income children and adolescents in 2000. In August 2006, like many others in New Orleans, the business was lost during Hurricane Katrina.