Donation drive Oct. 20 at Cribb’s

Posted on October 19, 2018

A group of local postal employees are collecting donations for hurricane victims and organizing a disaster relief trip for the residents of one small community in the Panhandle.
Donations will be collected at Cribb’s Tire from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20.

On Sunday the items (and any monetary donations collected) will be delivered to residents of Fountain, Fla. – a small community of 3,500 people who are unable to travel to Panama City and other cities to get much-needed necessities.

According to postal carrier Jimmy Smith, Panhandle residents are requesting: five-gallon buckets, toilet seats, blue chemical (disinfectant for motor home and RV sewer holding tanks), tarps, roofing nails, hammers, visqueen and plastic sheeting, charcoal grills, diaper rash cream, headache medication and bug repellent, as well as non-perishable food items, pet food, diapers, baby wipes and propane.

Postal carriers also conducted the same donation drive in Live Oak this week in preparation for the Sunday delivery.