Thank you very much for the stories and your service!
Thank you....I had no idea this morning that I would be doing this! We are in Forney, Tx. A little town 28 miles, more or less, from Dallas. About 8000 population. One high school. Our mascot is the Fighting Jackrabbit! LOL
I have yet to get a clear picture about how this bus ended up here. I'll get the whole story tomorrow. We've housed the people in a church in downtown Forney. Across from the church is the Lions Club sign with a huge jackrabbit on top. I'm told that when the people started getting off the bus, they saw the jackrabbit, and asked, "where are we?" lol
The shelter was sort of organized chaos. I was too busy to take it all in. I do know that I've never seen so much food, clothes, bedding and toys! And there was a constant flow of new stuff being dropped off. There was a group of refugee men, along with firefighters and police, that kept unloading and bringing in new donated items. The most heartwarming thing I saw was all the hugs the refugees were giving to anyone who walked by.(I'm using the word refugee because that is what they say they are. Bite me, Al and Jesse and black caucus!) Everyone I had contact with were very relaxed and doing what they could to help the volunteers. Our tiny police dept. had a tarp set up outside and the ones that wanted to be outside were all sitting and laughing with Forneys finest! I'm so proud of my little town!