"Is everything loaded in the car?" Jeremy asked his son Lester if the relief goods that they were intending to donate to flood victims were in the car.
"Yeah," Lester replied quickly.
A powerful hurricane hit their state just a few days earlier, causing widespread damage and flooding in numerous towns and cities. Their town was also affected by the hurricane, but the damage was minimal. They were fortunate, but the same cannot be said for others.
Because their community was not severely impacted by the hurricane, the family felt it was only right that they assist families whose homes were swamped and devastated by the flood. As a result, they stock up on food and clothing to donate to the victims.
"Let's go," Jeremy remarked as he opened the door to their car's driver's seat. His wife and two sons joined him in the car, and Jeremy took the wheel.
Jeremy noticed that many of the vehicles had supplies in them while traveling. Many individuals in their town appear to share their viewpoint. Seeing so many people wanting to aid the flood victims made Jeremy happy.
After roughly two hours of traveling, Jeremy's family arrived at the city's Red Cross headquarter. Normally, it would take less than an hour to get to their destination, but traffic was severe due to the large number of vehicles on the route. Still, no one grumbled; on the contrary, everyone smiled because they knew why the traffic was so bad that day.
Inside the headquarter, Jeremy took out the boxes and passed them to the relief workers who were taking the donations with the assistance of his wife and sons.
"Thank you very much for donating," one of the relief workers who took their donations stated.
"You're very welcome. "We're just glad we can help, even if it's just a little," Jeremy responded. "Having said that, you seemed to be very busy."
The aid worker grinned at Jeremy's comments and told them that many people from adjacent towns flooded their headquarter after learning that the storm had caused severe flooding elsewhere.
"Yeah, we're lucky the storm didn't hit us hard," Jeremy agreed with the relief worker.
After a few more words with the relief worker, Jeremy said his goodbyes and boarded his car with his family, as he didn't want to take up the worker's time while more people were arriving to donate.
Jeremy's family left the Red Cross headquarters with smiles on their faces, knowing that they had assisted the victims of the flood in some small way.