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Keene, TX - Albuquerque, New Mexico radio station, 93.3
KOB-FM asked for help from New
Mexico to help the survivors of Hurricane
Ike. A semi-tractor and trailer was donated by Jeff Bentley of
Bentley's Auction Company. Their company also donated the fuel and a
driver to deliver the donated goods to the
Adventist Community Services Disaster Response Depot in Keene, TX.
The ACS volunteers in Albuquerque,
NM, under the direction of Sean
Robinson, Adventist Community Services Director for the Texico Conference,
along with many community volunteers, sorted the donations and packed them in
the semi-trailer. There was a great outpouring of generosity from the
local community as the on air personalities did live broadcasts from the
donation site.
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The radio station asked for items such
as: baby diapers, baby wipes, food, pet food, toothpaste, tooth brushes
as well as other toiletries and cleaning supplies. They worked closely with Charlene Sargent,
Adventist Community Services Disaster Response Coordinator for the
Pacific Union Conference to make a list of the items that would be
needed in the coastal area of Texas
devastated by Hurricane Ike. This made sure that the items donated
would meet real needs.
The truck
filled with the donated goods departed Albuquerque
at 1:00 PM Friday, September 19 to make the journey to Keene, TX,
arriving at 2:00 AM Saturday, September 20. Saturday afternoon
volunteers from Southwest Adventist University, area Seventh-day Adventist
Churches and Master Guide Clubs worked on sorting and
repacking the donated goods so it could be delivered to various distribution
sites. By 5:00 PM the donations we reloaded into a Texas ACS
semi-trailer and early Sunday morning left for ACS Distribution Center in
Beaumont, TX. From this center the goods are
being distributed to the survivors of Hurricane Ike.
The pet food was
taken to Tarrant County Humane Society and Dallas SPCA, as they are providing shelter for the pets of
evacuees and they are in great need of food to feed these
animals.
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