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Alpharetta College Student Continues Tornado Relief Work

University of Alabama student formed charity to help towns still lacking help seven weeks after storms.

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 Β to continue filling requests for small towns in rural Georgia and Alabama.

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"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.

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


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