Save the Rain’s Kelly Coleman said she shed a tear or two when she saw the thousands of  pounds of shirts, pants, pajamas, hiking boots and other items that were donated to the people of Haiti during a clothing drive last week.
“At every opportunity, our community rises to the occasion to help in every way possible,” said Coleman, who organized the drive along with the students of the Mount Shasta High School Key Club.
When all was said and done, a total of 2,300 pounds of clothing was collected during the six hour drive, Coleman said. “We had over 160 boxes completely filled with women’s, men’s, and children’s clothing. It was amazing.”
By Save the Rain’s estimate, enough was collected to clothe 2,000 to 3,000 people.
The clothing will be going to Haiti along with Jack Rose, a former Mount Shasta resident and founder of RainCatcher, Coleman explained.
Rose’s organization is already in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, distributing water purification kits, and the clothing will be distributed along with them.