TPD
the poor dad
This past weekend, local organizations in Ridge - Lions Club, Knights of Columbus, American Legion - got together and decided to ask for donations from the community to take down south to the hurricane victims. Our store, along with many other local businesses, agreed to be drop-off locations for these donations. Originally the plan was to use a U-Haul truck, but as the week progressed, the organizers realized that truck wasn’t going to be big enough. They reached out to PJs Towing who agreed to donate his time and tractor-trailer to deliver the items. All week along, donations have been coming into our store and other locations throughout the southern half of SMC. All collections are being sorted and boxed this evening and tomorrow morning at the Knights of Columbus Hall to be loaded on the truck by 3pm tomorrow afternoon for PJ to deliver this weekend.
I stopped by the Hall this evening to drop off some packing totes and was amazed at what I saw. There were more than a dozen local volunteers there sorting and boxing. The Hall was half to three quarters filled with everything from manual can openers to 50# bags of dog food, tampons to toothpaste. I spoke to one of the organizers who said he had been picking up truckloads of stuff all day from local drop-off points and had more stops to make tomorrow. I’m not sure one 53’ trailer will hold everything. I have offered my forklift and time tomorrow to pick up more items and load the pallets of donations on the truck. I hope to be able to document this with my GoPro to show the world there are people in this country who can put their political differences aside and come together for the common good of our citizens.
I was told by an organizer today that they hope to do another drive in a week or two. For the next donation drive, they will be looking for cleanup supplies - rakes, shovels, etc. I will try to keep you updated here in case you want to donate to the cause.
It is truly amazing to me that in a time of need, communities come together and do what it takes without the help of any government officials. We need to take our government back to the days of the people, by the people, for the people!
I stopped by the Hall this evening to drop off some packing totes and was amazed at what I saw. There were more than a dozen local volunteers there sorting and boxing. The Hall was half to three quarters filled with everything from manual can openers to 50# bags of dog food, tampons to toothpaste. I spoke to one of the organizers who said he had been picking up truckloads of stuff all day from local drop-off points and had more stops to make tomorrow. I’m not sure one 53’ trailer will hold everything. I have offered my forklift and time tomorrow to pick up more items and load the pallets of donations on the truck. I hope to be able to document this with my GoPro to show the world there are people in this country who can put their political differences aside and come together for the common good of our citizens.
I was told by an organizer today that they hope to do another drive in a week or two. For the next donation drive, they will be looking for cleanup supplies - rakes, shovels, etc. I will try to keep you updated here in case you want to donate to the cause.
It is truly amazing to me that in a time of need, communities come together and do what it takes without the help of any government officials. We need to take our government back to the days of the people, by the people, for the people!
