PINELLAS
DIY RELIEF EFFORT - Charley Pictures
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Click here to see a MS Power Point presentation of the damage done by Hurricane Chaley (2.5 MB)
 First donations Coming In |
 Even Dog and Cat Food |
 Loading up for Arcadia |
| Arcadia Florida: Wednesday August, 18th 2004 | ||
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| Arcedia Red Cross Drop Off Center - That's where we dropped all the donated supplies. | Arcadia: Mobile Home of the elderly Sick couple (husband has Emphysema) Dave & I relocaded. | The r. room is completely gone & The left of the mobile home is covered with two trees. |
| Haines City Florida: Thursday, August 19th 2004 | ||
 United Way Dispached us to work in Haines City. (and thanks for your help Dave... I know you where staying out of the pictures on purpose). |
 The city sent us to clear a cemetery for the park district (above and to the left: before we got started in "our section") |
 Above: Rob, a Park District Supervisor of Haines City (aka Cheesehead) and myself (from left to right). |
 After we cleared "our" section of the cemetery. |
Click
on the links below & select "open" to see the
videos of volunteers in action. |
 Another shot of our work at the end of the day. |
| Port Charlotte Saturday August 21st 2004 (Office Depot parking lot 2000 S. Tamiami Trail) | ||
 Setup camp at Office Depot |
 Finally serving hotdogs |
 Our "Pickup Truck Cooler" |
| Port Charlotte Sunday August 22nd 2004 (in the 4200 block of Tamiami Trail) | ||
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 All remaining supplies where left with the Florida Verterans (see background) to be handed out througout the following week. |
Special
thanks to all those Floridians who stopped by our stand
and dropped off more donated supplies for us to hand out (they
came all over - from Jacksonville to Fort Lauderdale). And a word to the person who dropped of the cooler with Popsicles: You made a lot of children smile that day! THANK YOU ALL – we did make a difference! |
 Not only hurricane victims (see family above) but also relief workers, firefighters, and other volunteers stopped for hotdogs & sodas, and supplies. |
| Here are pictures of the destruction in Port Charlotte - a friend took these Sunday after the storm hit (he went to drop off supplies right away) | ||
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