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Virginia volunteers drive donations to North Carolina
10/4/2024 | 1m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
A dozen trucks filled with donated goods head for western North Carolina.
It took less than a week for a group of Prince George residents to collect 12 trucks worth of donations for western North Carolina.
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Virginia volunteers drive donations to North Carolina
10/4/2024 | 1m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
It took less than a week for a group of Prince George residents to collect 12 trucks worth of donations for western North Carolina.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipADRIENNE HOAR McGIBBON: Marlee Dance is taping up boxes filled with supplies heading to western North Carolina an area that's still reeling from Helene.
MARLEE DANCE: We started out with one trailer, and now we're up to what, 12?
ADRIENNE HOAR McGIBBON: 12 trailers full of tools, water, food, and first aid supplies.
It was all her friend Heather Coleman's idea.
After church this week, she decided to do something.
HEATHER COLEMAN: I don't know why, but I was so drawn to it and I said, “We need to go help.” ADRIENNE HOAR McGIBBON: So she set up staging areas at Dances Sporting Goods and in Old Towne Petersburg.
Then she put the all call out on Facebook.
The response has been overwhelming.
>>I'm in between jobs right now, so I don't have a lot extra.
MARLEE DANCE: I had a mother here yesterday and she was dropping off kids stuff and she just started crying and she was like, “I can't imagine not being able to feed my child or clothe my child.” ADRIENNE HOAR McGIBBON: The Colemans plan to drive the convoy of donations to western North Carolina Friday morning.
Heather says she's relying on her faith to guide her.
HEATHER COLEMAN: Everything that I have prayed about and wish for has come together for this.
So I know it's going to happen.
ADRIENNE HOAR McGIBBON: Visit VPM.org to find ways to support recovery efforts in Southwest Virginia and North Carolina.
For VPM News, I'm Adrienne Hoar McGibbon.
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