So many donations arrived in such a short amount of time that a 27-foot Penske moving truck was rented, in addition to the trailer, to handle the sheer volume. Loading the donations was another matter. The Belk Ford and Oxford Toyota teams pitched in to physically load the trailer themselves. However, the donations didn’t stop, and the truck was loaded and unloaded four times in an effort to make everything fit. The physical donations kept coming, and people also showed up one after another to donate their time. “One of the most impactful moments to me was when, without being asked, two different fraternities, the Ole Miss Soccer coach and his son, police officers and a number of high school students all showed up to help,” Jamison said. “They formed a human chain all the way out to the highway and were tossing cases of donated water to each other off an 18-wheeler.” 15
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