Hoosiers helping Texans and Flordians

Friday, September 8, 2017

We here at the Greene County Daily World have been happy to feature photos and stories of the many ways in which ourselves and our fellow residents have banded together to help the residents of Houston and other areas devastated by Hurricane Harvey. We have created a photo gallery on our website titled, “Hoosiers helping Houston,” and have included some of our own photos of people as they load trucks and gather supplies to help our fellow Americans. Have you or someone you know been a part of such efforts? Please send your photos in to greenecountynewsdesk@gmail.com, along with the names of those appearing in the photos, and we will add them to the gallery! Thanks for your help, Greene County!

Eastern Greene Schools Superintendent Ted Baechtold loads water onto a cart. (By Kristen Inman)
Dylan Kirkwood and Luke Helms do some heavy lifting, moving items from the school office to the waiting truck. (By Kristen Inman)
Kale Helms pulls a cart of bottled water from the school to the truck outside. (By Kristen Inman)
Baechtold pitches in to help. (By Kristen Inman)

Alayna Sylvester heads to help while Luke Helms and Dylan Kirkwood have a little fun. (By Kristen Inman)
Baechtold lends a hand. (By Kristen Inman)
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Alayna Sylvester, her father Aaron, Marie Lewis, Tony Ranard and Margaret Baechtold transfer supplies from the back of a bus to the U-Haul truck bound for Texas. (By Kristen Inman)
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Supplies (By Kristen Inman)
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UDWI REMC Line Foreman Jeremy Feltner works to clear a tree from a damaged line in Florida. (Courtesy Photo)
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Our home base, Worthington CFW, was a god send," said Lacey Fender. "All the ladies chipped in to help organize and the all the men had no problem helping pack and load."