Truckloads of supplies from Pittsburgh heading to help Helene victims
The trucks are heading to North Carolina and Georgia.
Truckloads of supplies are heading from Pittsburgh to North Carolina and Georgia to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene. The Brother's Brother Foundation filled up two trucks with supplies, sending them to Asheville, North Carolina, and Macon, Georgia."The need is just absolutely unbelievable, and it's critical. So, you know, just drinking water is a huge issue," Ozzy Somad, the President of Brother's Brother Foundation, said. Asheville is getting almost 40,000 bottles of water.The other truck is carrying 19 pallets of water, a pallet of Boost nutritional drink and roughly 1,700 hygiene kits to Macon. The trucks were scheduled to leave at 8 and 10 a.m., but Somad said there were some transit issues. The 8 a.m. truck to Asheville delayed."You get trucks scheduled, and oftentimes there'll be a delay, or there could be issues in terms of pricing when quite honestly, you know, trucks are trying to go to the areas that will pay them the most," Somad said. Both trucks are still scheduled to leave Monday. More supplies like blankets, diapers and cleaning products are expected to be shipped. "We're working with UPMC Physicians to try to provide oxygen tanks to, you know, the elderly that badly need them, and also look at mental health issues that are, you know, currently obviously, it's just been absolutely devastating," he said.And now, BBF is gearing up for Hurricane Milton, a Category 4 hurricane. "We do have Milton on the way and fortunately, you know, it continues in terms of our preparedness for, you know, addressing the needs that it's very similar in a lot of ways," he said. If you want to help, you can donate here.Truckloads of supplies are heading from Pittsburgh to North Carolina and Georgia to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene.
The Brother's Brother Foundation filled up two trucks with supplies, sending them to Asheville, North Carolina, and Macon, Georgia.
"The need is just absolutely unbelievable, and it's critical. So, you know, just drinking water is a huge issue," Ozzy Somad, the President of Brother's Brother Foundation, said.
Asheville is getting almost 40,000 bottles of water.
The other truck is carrying 19 pallets of water, a pallet of Boost nutritional drink and roughly 1,700 hygiene kits to Macon.
The trucks were scheduled to leave at 8 and 10 a.m., but Somad said there were some transit issues. The 8 a.m. truck to Asheville delayed.
"You get trucks scheduled, and oftentimes there'll be a delay, or there could be issues in terms of pricing when quite honestly, you know, trucks are trying to go to the areas that will pay them the most," Somad said.
Both trucks are still scheduled to leave Monday. More supplies like blankets, diapers and cleaning products are expected to be shipped.
"We're working with UPMC Physicians to try to provide oxygen tanks to, you know, the elderly that badly need them, and also look at mental health issues that are, you know, currently obviously, it's just been absolutely devastating," he said.
And now, BBF is gearing up for Hurricane Milton, a Category 4 hurricane.
"We do have Milton on the way and fortunately, you know, it continues in terms of our preparedness for, you know, addressing the needs that it's very similar in a lot of ways," he said.
If you want to help, you can donate here .
