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Among those donating was Jim Lorz.
“Heard about it on the news and I said, ‘We gotta do this,’ you know. We’ve got it and they need it, an that’s the way it works,” he said.
Volunteers at Bill’s Donut shop are taking in everything from mosquito spray to rubber boots. Even new underwear.
“I don’t think I’d want to be wearing the same underwear that I’ve been wearing for the last five days,” Lorz said. “Just went into Walmart and bought a lot of underwear and some toilet paper.”
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He is not the only one. Hundreds pitched in, and to other charities across the Miami Valley this week. So many more also are donating money to the American Red Cross.
Dayton city leaders at the commission meeting on Wednesday night praised the four Dayton firefighters in Texas as part of Ohio Task Force 1, working 14 hours a day to rescue victims from catastrophic flooding.
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“They’re operating from 7 in the morning until about 9 at night,” Dayton Fire Chief Jeffrey Payne said. “They’ve rescued 194 people and 24 companion animals.”
Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley said that she will be on a conference call Thursday with other mayors around the country, including Houston, to work together to find out what can be done to help.
“I’ve been completely impressed from businesses that are helping out, nonprofits, obviously our firefighters, and just regular citizens donating to the effort,” Whaley said.
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