North Texas Volunteers Organize Aid for Venezuela After Quakes Kill 1,700
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Updated · CBS New York · Jun 30
North Texas Volunteers Organize Aid for Venezuela After Quakes Kill 1,700
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jun 30
Summary
Hispanohablantes and local volunteers in North Texas have launched a supply drive for Venezuela after twin earthquakes killed more than 1,700 people and displaced thousands.
Andrea Ng, a recent Frisco High School graduate from Venezuela, said relatives back home lost communication, electricity, water and housing, underscoring the need for bottled water, canned goods and medicine.
Using Ng's trucking business, organizers have been picking up donations across the area; after collecting clothing over the weekend, they are now seeking more essential supplies and a donated storage unit.
Frisco's Venezuelan community also gathered to pray over the weekend with city leaders joining them, highlighting how the disaster is reverberating through families far beyond Venezuela.