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Volunteers & Groups Helping Midwest Flood Victims

posted 10:51 pm Wed August 22, 2007 - Across the ABC 13 Viewing Area

tags: red cross • gleaning • disaster • volunteer

22 people have died in storms across the Midwest. Three storms, including the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin, have pounded the center of the country. Now, help is on the way from right here in our area.

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John White, Red Cross Volunteer - "I'm expecting it to be extremely bad. Large areas that are flooded."

Rev. Ron Davidson, Gleaning For The World -"So they need food, they need water, they need things that we normally use on a daily basis until they can get their houses washed back out and it's safe to get back in."

Concord's Gleaning For The World is sending food, a semi-truck load of it.

Davidson - "It's just a beautiful Lynchburg thing to be able to say that we fed the equivalent of about a third of the population of Lynchburg in one swift move."

They don't know if the mouths they feed will be in Texas, Oklahoma or Iowa, but they know it is essential.

White - "I think this is much worse than what we saw before. There will be a lot of needy people."

The Historic Virginia Chapter of the Red Cross is sending John White to Oklahoma.

White - "Start contacting people, making sure the people have food, making sure they have shelter, making sure they have money."

He's trained to help people knocked down by disaster, get back on their feet.

White - "As much as we like to go we realize that if we're going there's a lot of heartache."

So we're sending in the heart of Virginia to help out. Box by box, person by person.

White - "Lynchburg is very active in providing volunteers for national disasters."

And Lynchburg is reaching out her hand again, this time pulling hope from the flood waters of the Midwest.

White - "They come up and they thank you and just very appreciative."

Both White and Reverend Davidson say they are anticipating even more devastation in the coming months. They say "they just have a feeling" this year is going to be tough.22 people have died in storms across the Midwest. Three storms, including the remnants of Tropical Storm Erin, have pounded the center of the country. Now, help is on the way from right here in our area.

John White, Red Cross Volunteer - "I'm expecting it to be extremely bad. Large areas that are flooded."

Rev. Ron Davidson, Gleaning For The World -"So they need food, they need water, they need things that we normally use on a daily basis until they can get their houses washed back out and it's safe to get back in."

Concord's Gleaning For The World is sending food, a semi-truck load of it.

Davidson - "It's just a beautiful Lynchburg thing to be able to say that we fed the equivalent of about a third of the population of Lynchburg in one swift move."

They don't know if the mouths they feed will be in Texas, Oklahoma or Iowa, but they know it is essential.

White - "I think this is much worse than what we saw before. There will be a lot of needy people."

The Historic Virginia Chapter of the Red Cross is sending John White to Oklahoma.

White - "Start contacting people, making sure the people have food, making sure they have shelter, making sure they have money."

He's trained to help people knocked down by disaster, get back on their feet.

White - "As much as we like to go we realize that if we're going there's a lot of heartache."

So we're sending in the heart of Virginia to help out. Box by box, person by person.

White - "Lynchburg is very active in providing volunteers for national disasters."

And Lynchburg is reaching out her hand again, this time pulling hope from the flood waters of the Midwest.

White - "They come up and they thank you and just very appreciative."

Both White and Reverend Davidson say they are anticipating even more devastation in the coming months. They say "they just have a feeling" this year is going to be tough.

Volunteers & Groups Helping Midwest Flood Victims

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