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The sun has just come up on September 8th. This is our home away from
home for the next 48 hours. At this point, we had no idea how things would
turn out. After all, who had ever done this before? But we were optimistic!
The help starts to arrive early in the morning of the first day.
Dogs and cats have to eat too.
Boxes were packed with love.
Jud Scott, Scott Brothers Insurance, talks with Norm Anderson of Purdy
Brothers Trucking about the load.
Sam Fisher and Teri Simon of the Bureau County Republican stop by to lend
support and to talk on the air about the project.
WZOE General Manager Steve Samet, Tommy Rose and Mayor Cain talk on the
air.
Maria Borri of the WZOE news department joins the conversation.
Tommy and Mayor Cain
Everybody needs a break - Mike from Browning Ford Lincoln Mercury and
Eric Scott of Scott Brothers Insurance take a short timeout
The Princeton Fire Department and Chief Gary Hanna help us attract some
attention.
Princeton Mayor Keith Cain and his family make a generous contribution.
The First Baptist Church made a generous contribution - three truckloads
of bottled water.
Tommy Rose, our morning personality on WZOE-AM, talks with Jud Scott,
one of our alliance members.
It's hard work, but it makes you feel good! This is Eric Scott of Scott
Brothers Insurance.
Every item we sent was new.
Everything was sorted and packed with loving attention.
Operations Manager and Webmaster Paul Bomleny and Maria Borri of our news
department talk with Jim Smith of Citizens First National Bank
As day one draws to a close, some of the volunteers take a break.
The first semi is starting to fill up.
The sun is starting to set on day one, and the semi is almost full. Could
we go for two?
Thanks to the generosity of the people of Bureau County, IL we did!
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