Effort Underway to Send Truckload of Supplies to Houston

A Toccoa retailer is joining with members of the community to gather supplies to send to victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston.

Steve Paysen is an Evangelist and founder of the P230 Foundation in Toccoa.

He says they are working with Quality Foods in Toccoa to send buckets of cleaning supplies to people in Houston.

“We are taking a load of supplies into the Houston area,” he said. “I spent about 10 weeks there last year doing a crusade in the Bay area, and I made a lot of contacts there. Some of the pastors I’ve been in contact with have lost their own homes but are still helping others. So I asked them, ‘What do you need most?’ and they said with 40% of the metro area in Houston under water, cleaning is huge.”

Paysen said the manager at Quality Foods is filling buckets from Home Depot with cleaning supplies so when people in Houston return to their damaged homes, they will have supplies to begin the arduous task of clean up and repairs.

“So what we’re asking is for people to go by Quality Foods and Richard has set up these buckets. We have pre-filled these buckets with cleaning supplies and deliver them to First Baptist Church of Friendswood and they will distribute that stuff,” Paysen said.

Paysen said the buckets of cleaning supplies are designed for quick turnaround, that is, items that can be distributed quickly to those who need them.

Once there in Houston, people can come by the church, grab a bucket with cleaning supplies and go back home to work on their houses.

You can purchase a bucket of cleaning supplies to send to a family in Houston for just $10.

Paysen says they’re hoping to fill the truck with buckets of cleaning supplies as well donations of other items to help people clean up from the flooding.

“Richard’s gotten a price on pallets of bleach and we’re also taking pallets of water. Any kind of donation of cleaning supplies are needed – push brooms, shovels, mops anything like that will be welcome. Anything you could imagine you would need if you were shoveling out the shell of your house if you had to do it on your own,” Paysen explained.

The truck will be parked in front of Quality Foods until September 23 for people to come by and donate $10, which again, will pay for one bucket filled with cleaning supplies.

The truck will also be parked at the Stephens County Indians game against Hart County.

“Our community always steps up. We’re very generous, very good-hearted people. We understand what it is to struggle. It resonates with our community that when people are struggling we want to go help,” he said.

If you can’t get down to Quality Foods to donate you can make a monetary donation to Paysen’s P230 Foundation at P230.org.

Paysen said Ebenezer Baptist Church is paying for the 18-wheeler and Randy Hemphill is providing the truck.