Yesterday we partnered with CHKD thrift stores to get clothes to people who are still living in shelters.
They each got $50 gift certificates to pick out what they needed, but the goodwill does not stop there.
This house isn't big, but for Rami Cooper, it had everything in it she owned. Everything she could salvage from the storm now fits into these boxes.
"It was bad, it was waist deep, it covered the bed I lost everything," she said.
Rami's neighborhood near Pretty Lake was hit the worst. Her roommate George lived through Isabel and said last week was worse. Across the street, Craig Barrett dries out these apartments for the owner. There is nothing for him to do but sit, wait, and stare at the dumpster filled with the ruined lives of his tennants.
"It's kind of heartbreaking to know that everything people have collected all these years is gone...everything," said Barrett.
Rami Cooper says her landlord has given her back this month's rent money. She says that will help her pay for a place to stay while her home dries out. As for replacing her things, she's not sure how she will do that.
"I don't know who to turn to. The landlord gives us our Novemeber rent but I don't know who to turn to, I don't know I really don't know."
"My heart is breaking it really is...I'm so overwhelmed by everything. I've never been in a flood before."
They each got $50 gift certificates to pick out what they needed, but the goodwill does not stop there.
This house isn't big, but for Rami Cooper, it had everything in it she owned. Everything she could salvage from the storm now fits into these boxes.
"It was bad, it was waist deep, it covered the bed I lost everything," she said.
Rami's neighborhood near Pretty Lake was hit the worst. Her roommate George lived through Isabel and said last week was worse. Across the street, Craig Barrett dries out these apartments for the owner. There is nothing for him to do but sit, wait, and stare at the dumpster filled with the ruined lives of his tennants.
"It's kind of heartbreaking to know that everything people have collected all these years is gone...everything," said Barrett.
Rami Cooper says her landlord has given her back this month's rent money. She says that will help her pay for a place to stay while her home dries out. As for replacing her things, she's not sure how she will do that.
"I don't know who to turn to. The landlord gives us our Novemeber rent but I don't know who to turn to, I don't know I really don't know."
"My heart is breaking it really is...I'm so overwhelmed by everything. I've never been in a flood before."
