For 10 years, Channel 2 viewers have helped disaster victims through Convoy of Care

For the past decade, Channel 2’s Convoy of Care has helped families in Georgia and across the country recover after severe weather and natural disasters left communities devastated.

Since 2016, the effort has delivered critical supplies to communities recovering from hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other disasters.

The Convoy of Care began in 2016 after devastating floods struck parts of Louisiana.

In the winter of 2017, a historic tornado outbreak tore through South Georgia, damaging communities including Albany and leaving families in need of critical supplies.

“This outside help is a true blessing to all of us,” one person said.

The Convoy of Care responded again in September 2021, helping families in southern Louisiana recover from Hurricane Ida.

“People came together to make this happen. It is overwhelming,” one person said.

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Just months later, in December 2021, a series of tornadoes devastated communities across eight Midwestern states, with Kentucky suffering some of the worst damage.

Channel 2 Action News viewers donated enough supplies to fill more than half a dozen tractor-trailers.

“Today, you coming in here, the trucks driving in, that is God,” one person said.

Channel 2 Action News activated the Convoy of Care again in January 2023 after Severe Weather Team 2 spent hours providing live coverage of tornadoes that tore through Spalding County.

In 2024, Family to Family and community partners joined law enforcement, nonprofits and the Georgia Trucking Association to send supplies to Valdosta and Augusta after Hurricane Helene.

“This is going to bring relief in ways that is unimaginable,” one person said.

The effort provided families with basic supplies to help them through the recovery process.

Ten years after the first Convoy of Care, the effort continues a tradition of bringing together Channel 2 Action News viewers and community partners to help families when severe weather leaves them in need.