Plainfield community rallies together in storm aftermath to help victims [Video]

ARE CLOSED RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE MANY MORE THAT ARE PARTIALLY CLOSED. AS COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO CLEAN UP FROM THE STORM, VOLUNTEERS ARE COMING TOGETHER in Plainfield TO HAND OUT FOOD AND SUPPLIES TO THOSE IN NEED. NBC5’S YUNIER MARTINEZ SHOWS US THE RESPONSE. AMY LESTER, VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR PLAINFIELD <“SO I POPPED UP A TENT IN FRONT OF MY APARTMENT, THREE HOUSES DOWN THAT WAY, AND PUT SOME COFFEE OUT AND WATER AND WE JUST STARTED GROWING FROM THERE.”> VOLUNTEERS in Plainfield are TAKING THE NEXT STEPS to salvage what they can in THEIR BELOVED TOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH is now a COMMUNITY- OPERATED RESOURCE CENTER OPEN TO ANYONE IN NEED AMY LESTER, VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR PLAINFIELD <“WE ARE INUNDATED WITH, UM, CLOTHING, HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND, UM, AND NONPERISHABLE FOOD. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PERISHABLE FOOD DONATIONS THAT KEEP COMING IN. AND IT’S JUST …