Valdosta Food Drive for Haiti
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Updated: 4:48 PM Jan 22, 2010
Valdosta Food Drive for Haiti
A community-wide food drive in Valdosta is helping to get much-needed supplies to the people of Haiti.
Posted: 4:46 PM Jan 22, 2010
Reporter: Gabrielle Sarann
Email Address: gabrielle.sarann@wctv.tv
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A rice, beans and water drive was held today at the field house across from Valdosta Middle School.

And Valdosta city school kids turned out to help unload and sort the nearly 12,000 pounds of goods they've received so far.

These include donations of bottled water, dry beans and bagged rice dropped off by area residents throughout the day.

Melissa Rinehart
"I talk about Haiti in some of my classes and I know how much they've struggled politically, socioeconomically for years," said Dr. Melissa Rinehart, an anthropology professor at VSU, who organized this drive.

Robbie Jones, an eighth-grader at J.L Newbern Middle School was moved by the experience. "This right here... This is what I can do. I can help them collect food and send it over there. And hopefully it'll help somebody," said Robbie.

Second Harvest is coordinating efforts to get these supplies to Haiti, which will hopefully make it down there soon.

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Posted by: kati Location: new york on Jan 27, 2010 at 09:52 PM

this was the worst thing to happen to my country we all under stress not knowing how many people we lost but im gratefull the world has been very kind and how things are in haiti its one thing to see the news but its another thing when you look one the ground god bless each and everyone in haiti im keep hoping for the best Ihave a two year old I cant volunteer donating dont help me much I would like to organize a food ann clothing drive but i would like to know and get some information on how I can get the money to haiti please if you have any info let me know thanks for everything you doing
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