Hundreds of disaster relief kits heading to Florida in the wake of Tropical Storm Idalia will have been packed by Regent University students.
Working in collaboration with Operation Blessing, hundreds of students packed nearly 800 kits that will be sent to Operation Blessing International in Ocala, Florida on Thursday.
“To lead is to serve others—and by participating in a service project as vital as this one, Regent students got the opportunity to experience what our school is truly about,” Petra Bailor, a senior at Regent, said in a press release.
Each kit contains contractor bags, paper towel, Clorox wipes, cleaning spray, hand sanitizer, face masks, gloves and scour pads, according to the press release.
Tropical Storm Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning at Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 3 hurricane. The National Hurricane Center downgraded the hurricane to a tropical storm Wednesday afternoon. States along the east coast are bracing for tropical storms — largely in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. North Carolina remains under a state of emergency.
Kelsey Kendall, [email protected]
