Volunteers in the Philadelphia region fly donations to hurricane-ravaged areas

The Flying W Airport in Medford, New Jersey, has become a donation depot with volunteers sorting through supplies that are needed in North Carolina, where Hurricane Helene has ravaged the area.

“When I got here this morning and I saw the volume of stuff and how all the different rooms were set up, I almost started to cry, I’m not kidding,” said volunteer Howard Lewis of Cherry Hill. “I was so overwhelmed. It was just amazing. This is our community. This is so cool.”

So many donations were dropped off — from food to water, to baby supplies — that organizers are limiting what they’re accepting to medicines and EpiPens for now…

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