The bay of the Citizen's Fire Company of Middleport was turned into a donation warehouse as firefighters, volunteers and community members spent the last few days sorting, counting, folding, bagging, boxes and stagin over a hundred thousand donations collected by the fire company and area volunteers for hurricane victims in New York and New Jersey.
"There has been a great overflow of support from local businesses and community members," said organizer Todd Amos, President, Citizen's Fire Company of Middleport. "I can't say enough about all the support I received from the community."
He added that some donators drove about two hours to donate items for their donation collection.
"In addition, about 30 local volunteers from Schuylkill, Carbon and surrounding co