Wood View Drive for Tornado Victims Nets 50 Boxes of Relief Supplies

Wood View Elementary School (Bolingbrook) staff and students collected and sent more than 50 boxes of food and supplies to victims of tornado-ravaged Washington, Illinois.

Wood View Maintenance Supervisor Jim Burns, and teachers Kelli Buresh and Nancy Anding headed up the collection effort Thursday and Friday. Burns and his wife, Leslie, Wood View Nutrition Services Manager Francine Crain, Mrs. Anding and her first graders, Mrs. Strzempa and her third graders, and Mrs. Morten, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Neary all helped packed the boxes. Burns and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Anding and two other community helpers drove the items to Washington Saturday.

Included in the donations were food, clothing, cleaning supplies and personal hygiene items, all collected in just two days.

“That was pretty amazing,” Mrs. Anding said. “It was a very transforming experience to see the incredible devastation but all of the outpouring of help down there.”