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Gainesville logistics company reports "overwhelming" response to Helene aid drive

By AccessWDUN staff
Posted 10:00AM on Tuesday 1st October 2024 ( 4 hours ago )

Update published 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 1:

Steve Syfan with Gainesville-based Syfan Logistics says they've seen overwhelming support from the Gainesville and Hall County communities for their efforts to send aid to areas impacted by Hurricane Helene.

Syfan spoke on WDUN the morning after a day-long donation drive held by the logistics company Monday that the company said solicited enough supplies to fill seven trucks headed to affected parts of Georgia and North Carolina.

He said that number surpassed donation drives held in years past by the company for previous disaster relief efforts.

"I think back to (Hurricane) Hugo 30-something years ago, we did a truck and a half, maybe two," Syfan said. "(Monday's drive) was overwhelming in a good way."

Syfan said the company will continue soliciting donations for as long as the community continues to bring them in. He said the drive is continuing Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Turbo Truck Center on Old Candler Road in Gainesville.

Syfan added that the supplies are mainly being delivered to smaller communities in southern and eastern Georgia along with western North Carolina.

"The government does a good job...but it can only do what it can do," Syfan said. "If the government does its part to the larger areas and then we hit the small pockets, then we'll get everybody covered. At least that's the goal."

Details on what items to donate can be found in the original article below

Original story published Monday, September 30:

A Gainesville-based logistics company is soliciting a wide variety of donations that will be transported to victims of Hurricane Helene in Georgia and North Carolina.

Over the weekend, Syfan Logistics announced plans to collect the donations during an eight hour window on Monday, September 30. Crews will then load up trucks to transport the items to Augusta (GA), Hazlehurst (GA) and North Carolina.

Steve Syfan with the company commented on the community's generosity on WDUN's Mornings on Maine Street. 

"It just goes back to 'what all would you need,'" Syfan said. "And we're so thankful that we live in Hall County, and the response of the surrounding counties have been amazing. And I'm thankful for the people that reached out to me and said, 'Hey, we got to do something'. I'm very, very humbled."

The following items will be accepted Monday until 6 p.m. They can be dropped off at the Turbo Truck Center, located at 2037 Old Candler Rd., Gainesville, GA 30507. 

Syfan Logistics will collect items for those impacted by Hurricane Helene until 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30.

http://accesswdun.com/article/2024/10/1264710/donations-sought-to-aid-hurricane-helene-victims-in-ga-nc

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