Channel 2 activates ‘Convoy of Care’ to help flooding survivors in north Georgia

WSB-TV Channel 2 is once again partnering with law enforcement, the nonprofit organization Caring for Others, the Georgia Motor Trucking Association, and other community partners to activate Convoy of Care.

This major disaster relief project will bring much needed supplies to communities in Georgia’s Fannin and Gilmer counties devastated by record flash flooding. More than eleven inches of rain fell in 24-hours last week flooding the Toccoa River.

Convoy of Care will collect cleaning supplies, non-perishable foods, personal hygiene kits, and new blankets.

Donations will be accepted on Wednesday, November 11 from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. at these Atlanta area locations:

• WSB-TV – 1601 West Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta
• Cobb Civic Center – 548 South Marietta Parkway, SE Marietta
• Delta Community Credit Union – 5006 Mt. Zion Parkway, Stockbridge
• Kroger – 6555 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth
• Kroger – 3875 Chapel Hill Road, Douglasville
• Chamblee First United Methodist Church – 4147 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd., Atlanta

“Some six to seven feet of water flooded downtown McCaysville,” said WSB-TV Director of Community and Public Affairs Condace Pressley. “These are our neighbors and they need our help.”

“This is the tenth year that the Convoy of Care team has activated for communities in need,” said Clarence Cox, former President of NOBLE, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives. “We know the people of metro Atlanta will respond.”

The Convoy of Care will deliver an initial truckload of relief supplies to McCaysville on Saturday, Nov. 14, where impacted residents may pick up much needed supplies.

The Georgia Motor Trucking Association and law enforcement organizations including the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (GACP), Georgia Coach Lines, Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys, and others, have pledged their networks to recruit volunteers to deliver and distribute donations.