WOOD RIVER, Ill. – Churches on the Streets are calling for volunteers and donations to support their disaster relief efforts in response to Hurricane Milton.
“We are as a community gathering together to help those in desperate need for disaster relief in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Southern Florida. So we’re out here gathering a ton of items: non-perishable items, baby items, clothing new or used, gently used clothing, water, anything. Just anything that can help those in desperate need,” manager Jen Valdes said.
Trucks will be leaving from Wood River, Illinois, with supplies bound for North Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. Churches on the Streets are asking for more help to keep their mission going strong.
“Matlacha, Pine Island, they were horribly devastated after Ian. They’re still cleaning up after that, then they got hit by Helene and then Milton. So we are setting up a command center on the island there and dispersing to different people in need,” co-founder and executive director Angela Valdes said.