In Coffee County, hard-hit by Hurricane Helene, many of the donated goods and supplies are coming through one local church.
“I told my staff this morning that as far as I’m concerned, our church is a logistics hub for disaster relief until further notice,” said Douglas First Methodist Church Pastor Paul Elliott. “We’re still a church and we’re still going to have church, but we’re trying to do as much as we can. A lot of times what you’ll see is churches, they do a lot to take care of themselves. This is one of the times where we’re able to, as a church, take care of others, and so that’s my focus.”
Elliott spoke to the Recorder by phone Monday as volunteers sorted through pallets of food, toiletries and other supplies delivered by good Samaritans in semi trucks, trailers and passenger vehicles. He estimated that volunteers have sorted and shipped out about 500 tons or 1 million pounds of goods in the past week.
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