Another Sign of Love
By John T. Ryan (Photos by Michelle Besaw)
Peru – Twenty-five volunteers took only two hours to fill a 40-foot container at the North Country Mission of Hope’s Peru warehouse this morning. Volunteers had already labeled and weighed each of the 548 items, greatly expediting the loading process.
In a few weeks, the container filled with 22,690 pounds of clothing, hospital beds, school desks and chairs, office equipment, children’s toys, medical equipment, sewing machines, books, school and medical supplies will arrive in Puerto Rico. They will be transported to people recovering from an earthquake and severe tropical storm flooding.
The Mission of Hope Executive Directory Sister Debbie Blow said, “They appreciate our shipments because we pay for the door to door transportation. Sometimes shipments arrive at the dock and rot because the local people do not have the money to pay transport from the dock to where the supplies are needed.”
Posted: August 26th, 2020 under Community Events, Faces of Peru, Northern NY News, Peru News.