AUSTELL, Ga. — Volunteers with the Home Depot Foundation will be assembling 500 disaster relief kits on Sunday, to be sent to communities that have been impacted by Hurricane Ida.
The volunteer effort will be happening in Austell and then Convoy of Hope, a partner with the Home Depot Foundation, will deliver the kits to communities on Monday.
In a release, the company said an additional 1,000 kits were being assembled at three Alabama stores.
"The disaster relief kits will contain critical supplies including tarps, gloves, water, flashlights, sponges, mold cleaner and other cleaning supplies," a release said.
Home Depot said that during hurricane season it works with its non-profit partners to "pre-fortify warehouses with disaster relief kits for quick deployment when a disaster strikes."
"Additionally, the company activated its disaster response teams to support stores, associates and communities in the path of Hurricane Ida," the foundation said in a release. "Associates from the company’s merchandising, operations, supply chain and other teams have been working around the clock. So far, hundreds of trucks have reached the area with products like generators, gas cans, lumber, AC units and fans."