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        <p>MUSKEGON, MI - The world's largest kayak maker is sending 2,000 of its personal watercraft and a truckload of&nbsp;jon&nbsp;boats&nbsp;to aid in Hurricane Harvey relief.</p>
<p>Kayaks&nbsp;are being shipped out of Muskegon,&nbsp;Mich.&nbsp;<a href="http://kloutdoor.com/" target="_blank">KL Outdoor/GSC Technologies</a>&nbsp;does the majority of its manufacturing in Muskegon, which is also the location of its world headquarters.&nbsp;</p>
<p>While the kayaks were purchased&nbsp;from <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2017/08/kl_outdoor_to_have_first_downt.html" target="_blank">Muskegon-based KLO/GSC</a>&nbsp;by Walmart, KLO/GSC is covering the shipping costs, said Chuck Smith, KLO/GSC CEO.</p>
<p>The kayaks are being loaded into trucks bound for Texas and Louisiana, he said. Shipping began on Monday, and the kayaks will arrive at Walmart stores during the next three to five days.</p>
<p>"Our consumers are suffering down there," Smith said. "Anything we can do to make life a little bit easier for them is good thing."</p>
<p>KLO/GSC is also donating a truck load of jon boats to Academy Sports + Outdoors,&nbsp;a Houston-based sporting goods store, to help with rescue efforts, he said. A truckload amounts to about 50 boats.</p>
<p>Jon boats are small flat-bottomed fishing boats that are ideal for rescue efforts, as they can carry multiple people and relief items, such as water and clothing, Smith said.</p>
<p>KLO/GSC is also one of the largest manufacturers of portable toilets, and those will soon be on their way to affected areas as well, he said. The toilets will be distributed through FEMA as part of a package of relief products.</p>
<p>The kayaks and jon boats will aid in rescue and relief efforts after rain-fed flooding reached rooflines of single-story homes in Houston and surrounding communities on Monday, according to the Associated Press.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2017/08/kl_outdoor_to_have_first_downt.html" target="_blank" data-enhanced="small">World's largest kayak manufacturer to locate headquarters in Muskegon</a></p>
<p>Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coastline as a Category 4 hurricane Saturday morning, and there have been three confirmed deaths. Harvey was recently downgraded to a tropical&nbsp;storm. It&nbsp;<a href="http://google.org/crisismap/2017-harvey">remains over&nbsp;</a>the country's fourth largest city -&nbsp;Houston -&nbsp;as&nbsp;heavy rains and winds continue.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Walmart, Academy Sports and KLO/GSC are&nbsp;only a sampling of the companies that have stepped up and help with relief efforts.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2017/08/anheuser-busch_stops_making_be.html" target="_blank">Anheuser-Busch</a>&nbsp;sent more than 155,000 cans of safe drinking water this week.&nbsp;The <a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/08/university_of_michigan_opens_h.html" target="_blank">University of Michigan</a>&nbsp;has opened its on-campus housing early to incoming students from Texas who have been impacted by flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2017/08/anheuser-busch_stops_making_be.html" target="_blank" data-enhanced="small">Anheuser-Busch stops making beer, sends drinking water for Hurricane Harvey relief</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/08/university_of_michigan_opens_h.html" target="_blank" data-enhanced="small">University of Michigan opens housing to students hit by Hurricane Harvey</a></p>
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