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Kerry Falagario bringing in supplies collected by students from Milton High School in Georgia.
Photo by Petra RiveraTom Lopes bringing in supplies collected by students from Milton High School in Georgia.
Photo by Petra RiveraMilton High School parent Jack Berube drove from Milton, Georgia to bring supplies for hurricane relief to Longboat Key.
Photo by Petra RiveraKerry Falagario bringing in supplies collected by the Milton High School Hurricane Fund.
Photo by Petra RiveraTony Falagario and Sharon Austin unpacking the trailer of supplies collected by students from Milton High School in Georgia.
Photo by Petra RiveraTony Falagario and Jack Berube bringing in supplies collected by students from Milton High School in Georgia.
Photo by Petra RiveraKerry and Tony Falagario bringing in supplies collected by students from Milton High School in Georgia.
Photo by Petra RiveraTony Falagario handing water collected by Milton High School to Julie Swanger from Northern Trust.
Photo by Petra RiveraTom Lopes, Julie Swanger, Sharon Austin and Tony Berube unloaded supplies collected by Milton High School on Oct. 22.
Photo by Petra RiveraMilton High School art students Samantha F, Courtney W, Carly P, Lauren P and Audrey B.
Courtesy imageMilton, Georgia wanted to make amends with Longboat after a hurricane with its namesake came ashore on the Key.
When Twin Shores resident Sharon Austin shared the disarray left on the island by the two recent hurricanes, her friend who lives in Sarasota, Julie Swanger looked for ways to assist. Her solution was to reach out to their hometown of Milton, which is a suburb of Atlanta, because she knew they would band together to help one of their own.
Students from their children's alma mater, Milton High School, organized a hurricane relief drive to donate emergency items for all Longboaters. Milton High School parent Jack Berube drove down on Oct. 22 and unloaded the supplies at Twin Shores Mobile Home Park.
His trailer was packed with items such as toilet paper, diapers, cleaning supplies, bottled water, moving boxes, yard tools, batteries, canned food and clothes.
Berube grew up visiting his grandparents at their house on Longboat Key. So, when Swanger contacted him to help, he didn't hesitate to organize the drive with the help of his daughter Reagan, who is on the Milton High School equestrian team.
The Milton High School student council and flag football team also helped collect items. The art department at the school put the finishing touches by decorating and signing the trailer.
Berube plans to drive down again in the next week to drop off another trailer full of supplies.
The Milton High School Hurricane Relief is open from 10 a.m. to noon and 5 to 7 p.m. every day until supplies run out at Twin Shores, 3740 Gulf of Mexico Drive. The supplies are available for all Longboaters to take if they need them. Austin will be there to help and answer any questions.
