So the area that we're in didn't get any damage from Hurricane Irene- we were pretty lucky. After looking through photos and watching the news about Southern VT, I had no idea that houses were washed away, roads were destroyed, and everyone lost something.
Service Group was trying to figure out what ways we could help. We did do a
bake sale but felt that we could have done more and thanks to our school's Dance Club, we combined forces and actually went down to a town in Southern VT (73 miles away) and 12 volunteers got down and dirty!
This is what the town bridge looked like during the flood.
We were assigned to help a business called UltraMotive. When we got there, the area outside was a mess. There were high piles of mud everywhere mixed with broken pieces of wood and whatever was in there.
We were assigned to help clear and clean. That may sound like nothing special but imagine if it was your business. If everything in it, the machines and the building in it was ruined. After hearing from the owner that 30 of their employees has been unemployed for the past month but still has been coming in from Monday to Friday- UNPAID and voluntary- to help clear/clean so they could have their jobs back is heartwarming.
Our very efficient assembly line to clean. If you notice the back wall ( the faint line on the green), that was how far the flood water went.
Just wanted to give special thanks to all the volunteers who helped out. This event was very vague in where and when they wanted us because help is needed everyday in different areas so I am glad everyone was patient with us.
If your in the VT area and want to volunteer I suggest going to this website:
http://vtresponse.wordpress.com/
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