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(LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL) - Immediately after Hurricane Milton, LRHS junior Zachariah Kersey collected food and supplies and donated it to help residents in his grandmother's community, Colony Cove in Ellenton, for those stuck in their houses after the storm.
Hurricane Milton left many elderly residents with challenges involving fallen and broken trees, debris blocking exit routes, and lack of electricity. This had a profound effect on Kersey and he began to aid those in need.
Kersey asked residents from his neighborhood, Greyhawk Landing, for donations. With the help of friends, family, and those around him, they quickly separated, bagged, and delivered the supplies to the Colony Cove Community Center.
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“I came up with this plan when driving through my grandma’s community and seeing all the destruction,” Kersey stated. He mentioned that there were many people stuck in their houses and unable to get to the distribution centers.
“The residents were very thankful for the food as most of their food went bad from the power outage and they could not go to the store to get more,” he said.
“I did this to fill that small niche of people who lost a lot from Milton," stated Kersey.
