Seven weeks ago James O'Dwyer, his friends and parents collected a truckoad of supplies for tornado relief, but that wasn't enough for the University of Alabama college sophomore from Alpharetta.

Since then, they've sent out three 18-wheeler, four 26-foot box rucks and five SUV/minivan loads of supplies to different areas in Georgia and Alabama, including Ringgold and Trenton.

"I also co-founded a non-profit organization called Magnolia Disaster Relief with the goal of helping small towns that haven't received a lot of help yet, even seven weeks after the storm," O'Dwyer said.
Now the charity has a warehouse in Alpharetta full of supplies that need to be organize  to continue filling requests for small towns in rural Georgia and Alabama.

"We need a lot of volunteers to help organize all the supplies," he said.

On Saturday, June 18, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Magnolia Disaster Relief will be at T&D Machine Handling in Alpharetta at 3590 Trotter Drive to sort supplies.

"And we need a lot of help doing it," O'Dwyer said.