A Penticton man香蕉视频直播檚 grassroots efforts to provide aid for those displaced by the of wildfires ravaging the province is gaining momentum, with a truckload of supplies already sent out.
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Quickly reaching 100 members just hours after the group香蕉视频直播檚 formation on Saturday, there are now 550 members offering a hand in various ways.
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Love said clothing, food and shelter make up the bulk of what the group is offering, with numerous members offering to make room in their homes for the evacuees.
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Love has set his garage up at 101 Nelson Street as an ad hoc donation centre, clearing space to hold items earmarked for evacuees, with the closest donation centres set up in the Lower Mainland and in Kamloops.
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About a pickup load has already been sent out from Love香蕉视频直播檚 place in Penticton up to Kamloops, which he said is a good start so far.
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Love said he香蕉视频直播檚 also seeing requests for clothing, with many evacuated in early days having cycled through all of their clean clothes. Members in the group span across the province, with Facebook profiles showing up from the coast, up to Lillooet and as far out as Calgary.
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