PETERSBURG, Va. — Following a successful relief effort in Western North Carolina last week , a group of small businesses and volunteers in the Tri-Cities is mobilizing again, this time to assist Damascus, Virginia.
“The donations never stop rolling in,” said Antrynet Elston, who donated water and paper towels.
“Just felt like I had to. Something we wanted to do, me and my wife,” Ron Stanfield, who contributed 24 cases of water and other supplies, said.
Angela Mastrovito, who traveled from Varina with a car full of supplies, expressed gratitude for the volunteers.
“To take their time and resources to go down, not all of us can do that, so I’m so thankful that there’s people here who can,” she said.
After their previous convoy, the volunteers quickly formulated a second relief effort.
“To take as much as we can take to bless Damascus, that is our goal,” relief organizer and owner of Old Towne’s Alibi restaurant in Petersburg Kathleen McKay said.
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