The personnel from Ohio TERT are doing tremendous work in taxing and difficult circumstances. The folks of Western North Carolina have a long, long road ahead, and we feel honored to have the opportunity to provide assistance to our Brothers and Sisters and their community.
Reinforcements from Medina Co SO
Sending a team to operate on an operation like this is most definitely a team effort. Back in Ohio, the oversight committee has been working to support the forward operating personnel, and we’ve been humbled by the support received from agencies across our state. Last week, we wrote about the Butler County Sheriff’s Office and their delivery of goods. Today, a similar delivery of goodies came from our colleagues at the Medina County Sheriff’s Office. Water, food, clean-up supplies, and buckets were all a welcomed sight. We offer our kind thanks to Sheriff Terry Grice and the Medina County Sheriff’s Office staff for their kindness and support.
Committee Member Candie Cunningham and Jillian from R&R Identification
We’ve also relied on the efforts and grace of several businesses throughout Ohio as well. Vehicle rental companies, grocery stores, auto parts stores, outdoor adventures sales, and uniform companies. We’d be remiss if we didn’t gratefully acknowledge Jillian, the owner of R&R Identification in Fremont. Jillian’s small business has been our official outfitter through (3) cycles of uniform orders. And, last week, when it became clear that we would need to press TERT-OH-2 into service, we needed additional shirts on the double. Enter Committee Member Candie Cunningham, who reached out to Jillian and R&R Identification, to see if they could do a partial order on the fly. Not only did R&R get us a few shirts, they completed the nearly (100) piece order in just 4 days. To say we were floored would be an understatement. But throughout this deployment, we have been humbled to see that, in our hyper-partisan society, helping a community in need still binds us.