Shortly after the collection points were
established, people began donating whatever
they could.
There is great incentive to give.
Whatever is donated will be automatically
doubled by Kroger.
Whatever we collect, we're going to weigh the
total amount collected, and we're going to
match it per pound.
If we collect 30,£000, we're going to add
30,£000 of canned food.
Food is not all that's being donated.
The Salvation Army is accepting clothes and
household items.
So far they've got enough to fill several truckloads.
Claude Odom is one who wanted to help.
I was putting myself in their shoes.
I'd want someone to help me if something
happened to me.
Officials say efforts like this are important,
but it's going to take much more.
The Salvation Army, the Red Cross, all of the
good agencies
and the federal government together, if we pull together,
we can get this thing done smaller groups are
doing whatever they can to
like this local company that donated 60 tons of
ice delivered in 15-pound bags
other collection points include fire stations
like this one in Fort Worth
where they are taking in canned food