How We’ve Helped Robin Wolf

Orkin office administrator Robin Wolf, a 15-year employee, was at her home in La Place, La. with her husband and two sons, ages 16 and 11. She said she woke up that Sunday morning in 2012 and had no electricity and no water.

“There was nothing on the radio about LaPlace,” said Robin. “The media focused on New Orleans, not the river parishes. My son got a text from one of his friends who said he had a foot of water in his garage. We thought he was joking.”

It had been raining all day Saturday and into Sunday, and the streets were holding water. Robin said when they looked out the window after her son received the text, they saw the water rising.

“We went to the neighbor’s house and told them to leave, and when we got back to our house, we picked up what we could off the floor and shoved two days’ worth of clothes into garbage bags, but it happened so fast,” recalled Robin. “We had to be rescued by boat that afternoon.”

They were taken to a local shelter where Robin saw a friend of hers.

“Luckily, my friend’s dad brought my family to meet up with my sister-in-law,” she recalled. “We actually had eight people and two dogs piled in a truck, and it did not matter just as long as we did not have to be transferred to another shelter.”

They stayed at Robin’s sister-in-law’s home for four months while everything was repaired and renovated. Robin had to commute more than an hour each way every day because of dropping off and picking up her kids at school.

“It was harder on my kids than on my husband and me to understand why this happened to us,” said Robin. ”It was my oldest son’s senior year in high school and he just got his first car five months before the storm. Unfortunately, he lost his car in the flood.”

They had 18 inches of water in their home, but construction crews had to gut four feet high.

“It was like a whole new house,” said Robin. “We had to paint and get new carpet, tile, cabinets and furniture. We’re still living in that house.”

She received money from Rollins, which they used to help refurnish their home.

“I was really surprised at the dollar amount I received,” said Robin. “I didn’t know the company was collecting money, and I don’t know how many people contributed or who gave what, but it was wonderful. To this day, I am grateful for everyone’s contributions.”

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At Rollins, we consider ourselves a family of coworkers. When one family member suffers a catastrophe, we all want to pitch in to help. It’s been part of our culture for decades. That is the reason for the Rollins Employee Relief Fund.