It was a bright, warm early fall morning in Fishers when students and staff of Hoosier Road Elementary School finished filling up a huge semi truck trailer.  The truck was full of hurricane relief supplies and person items destined for Braeburn Elementary School in the Houston, Texas area.  The school, its students and staff felt to brutal impact of Hurricane Harvey.

The atmosphere was electric as the students chanted “We love Houston.”

When a donor offered a truck to haul relief items to Houston, it dawned on the organizers they now needed to fill a huge truck trailer.

“When the donations started pouring in, our hearts were filled with joy,” said Bridget Westerfield, one of the organizers and a teacher at Hoosier Road.  “Friday night, we had a carnival here, trucks and trucks were backing up to our gym.  It gave us goosebumps.”

Another organizer and teacher at Hoosier Road, Wendi Washburn, said donations surpassed any expectations.  “(The truck) was filled beyond our wildest dreams,” Ms. Washburn said.  “We were stuffing as many things as we could get, we just had so many donations still coming in this (Monday) morning.”

Bridget Westerfield, Wendi Washburn and two other Hoosier Road Elementary staff members will be flying to Houston and meet the truck at Braeburn Elementary on Wednesday to help unload and sort the donations.