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Outreach Depot sends out flood buckets

| 02 Oct 2014 | 02:06
    High Point Regional High School junior Nate Stillings, 16 —son of co-chairwoman Jane Stillings — double-checks that the buckets contain the necessary amount of required flood-bucket items.
    High Point Regional High School junior Nate Stillings, 16 —son of co-chairwoman Jane Stillings — double-checks that the buckets contain the necessary amount of required flood-bucket items.
    From left, Skylands Outreach Depot co-chairwomen Kimberly Burse of the Wantage United Methodist Church and Jane Stillings of the Sussex United Methodist Church celebrate the successful turnout of volunteers Saturday, Sept. 27.
    From left, Skylands Outreach Depot co-chairwomen Kimberly Burse of the Wantage United Methodist Church and Jane Stillings of the Sussex United Methodist Church celebrate the successful turnout of volunteers Saturday, Sept. 27.
    Volunteer Bob Terpenning seals the completed buckets, already double-checked for the correct amount of supplies just minutes prior
    Volunteer Bob Terpenning seals the completed buckets, already double-checked for the correct amount of supplies just minutes prior
    Wallkill Valley Rotary Club 560 President Sharon Hosking, now in her fourth term, counts 24 heavy duty trash bags per flood bucket. Recently, the Rotary Club provided the Skylands Outreach Depot with a grant of $4,500 to go towards disaster relief efforts.
    Wallkill Valley Rotary Club 560 President Sharon Hosking, now in her fourth term, counts 24 heavy duty trash bags per flood bucket. Recently, the Rotary Club provided the Skylands Outreach Depot with a grant of $4,500 to go towards disaster relief efforts.
    Ed Burse, husband to Skylands Outreach Depot co-chairwoman Kim Burse, counts two pairs of kitchen gloves and one pair of work gloves for a flood bucket he is preparing to assemble.
    Ed Burse, husband to Skylands Outreach Depot co-chairwoman Kim Burse, counts two pairs of kitchen gloves and one pair of work gloves for a flood bucket he is preparing to assemble.
    First Presbyterian Church of Sussex member Paula Houck, left, volunteering at the Skylands Outreach Depot on Sept. 27 with Wallkill Valley Rotary Club No. 5560 28-year member Mary Ann Seeko, right, who serves as the club’s secretary.
    First Presbyterian Church of Sussex member Paula Houck, left, volunteering at the Skylands Outreach Depot on Sept. 27 with Wallkill Valley Rotary Club No. 5560 28-year member Mary Ann Seeko, right, who serves as the club’s secretary.
    Volunteer Terri Peter of the Sussex United Methodist Church and Tranquility United Methodist Church seals a completed flood bucket.
    Volunteer Terri Peter of the Sussex United Methodist Church and Tranquility United Methodist Church seals a completed flood bucket.
    Walter Houck of the First Presbyterian Church of Sussex marks a flood bucket assembled by the Skylands Outreach Depot as 'complete' after verifying it was packed with the correct amount of flood-bucket items.
    Walter Houck of the First Presbyterian Church of Sussex marks a flood bucket assembled by the Skylands Outreach Depot as 'complete' after verifying it was packed with the correct amount of flood-bucket items.

FRANKLIN — Volunteers for Outreach Depot were busy at work on Sept. 27, assembling the flood buckets Mission Central will transport out once fully filled with the necessary supplies (liquid laundry detergent, liquid household cleaner, dish soap, air freshener, personal insect repellent spray, a hand-held scrub brush, 18 cleaning wipes, seven sponges, five scouring pads, 50 clothespins, clothesline, 24 heavy duty trash bags, five dust masks, two pairs of disposable kitchen gloves and a pair of work gloves).

Members from the Wallkill Valley Rotary Club No. 5560, including President Sharon Hosking, were present to help out. The Rotary Club provided the Skylands Outreach Depot with a grant of $4,500 to go toward disaster relief efforts.

There were enough supplies to put together at least one hundred flood buckets. About 20 volunteers came to help out, including Rev. Amy Lawrence of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Sussex (21 Unionville Avenue in Sussex.

— Photos by Viktoria-Leigh Wagner