HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Staff from Wallace State Community College with ties to east Tennessee have been delivering supplies donated by area residents to communities in east Tennessee that was impacted by Hurricane Helene.
CDL instructors Don Stepp and Nathan delivered at least two tractor-trailers filled with items to the Newport area, while athletic trainer Katy Chauvin and her niece Abby Robertson, a Wallace State Fast Track student from Cullman Christian School, took a truck and trailer with items collected through donations at Cullman Christian and Wallace State to Greeneville and surrounding areas.
A Wallace State trailer filled with items for Hurricane Helene victims is unloaded in Newport, Tennessee (Wallace State)
Stepp and Vaughn worked with Wrangler in Hackleburg to take hundreds of jackets and pairs of jeans as well as donations from Oneonta, Double Springs and Hanceville. Through his brother who lives in the Newport area where they both grew up, Stepp connected with Crossroad Flood Relief at Crossroad Community Church, whose efforts started in the basement of the church before expanding to a large warehouse…