PICAYUNE —
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and District 40 Senator Angela Hill led a convoy loaded with cleaning supplies, pantry items and water into the Westchester Subdivision for those affected by Hurricane Isaac.
The convoy brought approximately one pallet of each of the following: Ramen Noodles, canned food, water, crackers and bread items as well as Kool-Aid. In addition to the pallets, there were 50 buckets, 200 bottles of bleach and cleaners, brooms and mops. The items were donated by Jackson residents in a joint effort with the Secretary of State, the Miss. Center for Police and Sheriffs and the Miss. Food Network.
Senator District 40 Angela Hill said, “When Secretary Hosemann called me this morning and said he was coming with a truck of relief supplies, I asked him how he felt about going into the flooded neighborhoods where the people were working to clean out their houses. He said he was perfectly willing to go door to door, so that is what we did. We looked for the debris piles in front of the houses to guide us. I greatly appreciate the generosity of the Police and Sheriff's Association and Secretary Hosemann's willingness to drive the truck and carry supplies directly to the affected residents who don't really have the time or gas money to drive around and look for the drop off points.”
Secretary of State Hosemann said, “We are glad to be here. These items were all donated by Jackson residents who still have strong memories of when they went through this same thing. They all wanted to help here in Pearl River County.”
Hosemann said that the elements of piles of carpet, personal belongings and sense of loss brought back memories of Hurricane Katrina.
“While not of the same magnitude, the sense of loss and need is the same,” he said, “but we are the same people who struggled and rebuilt after Katrina and we will do the same with Isaac. I would just like for everyone to remember that this doesn’t end today. This struggle will continue and we all need to help our neighbors in every way we can, just like we did when the floods came to Jackson and the coast.”
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Above from left: Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann distributes supplies to Craig Brown while Senator Angela Hill listens to his wife. The Browns are residents of Westchester Subdivision and victims of the flooding that occurred due to Hurricane Isaac. The family lost everything in the subdivision flooding. Jodi Marze
Secretary of State Hosemann and Senator Hill reach out to flood victims in Westchester Subdivision
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