The community gathered supplies all day Saturday in front of Ladd-Peebles Stadium to send off to Louisiana to help those affected by Hurricane Ida.

Organizer Lorenzo Martin says they wanted to hold this hurricane relief drive to help our Mardi Gras neighbors in New Orleans who are still struggling weeks after the storm.

“My report that I’ve gotten from the mayor, they are still in need. Of course, power is being turned on and some things are going back to normal but people that have lost everything, of course, you don’t get that back overnight. So, she sent a list of things that they’re in need of so we requested those from the citizens of Mobile County, City of Mobile and Prichard but we also encouraged people to bring whatever they could. We were accepting anything that they care to bring and send to New Orleans,” Martin said.

Organizations like the Unlimited Brother Hood and Queens helped pack a large transport truck full of food, water, clothes and toiletries.

“When they asked us to help donate to New Orleans we got together, we put it together and we already filled up two pallets with water and food,” President of Unlimited Brother Hood and Queens William Prince said.

Another organization, the local chapter of Tuskegee University alumni also filled up several palettes of supplies.

“We know how hurricanes are, some people get devastated, and some people do a little better than others, but we said we just wanted to participate. We knew we were a new group and wanted to get out in the community, wanted to do some positive things and not just the social things we wanted to do the community-based things as well,” President of Mobile Gulf Coast Tuskegee University Alumni Club Akareem Spears said.

After they filled the truck up as much as they could they had a special send-off from Vigor High School Band, Cheerleaders and Mr. Mardi Gras.

The truck full of supplies is headed to Louisiana on Monday.