Mothers

and daughters folded clothing, high school

students shouldered crates of water and senior

citizens sorted out cans and jars of food Monday,

preparing a truck load of donations for

Venezuelan flood victims.

The

parking lot of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in

Peachtree City was dotted with boxes of blankets,

folded-up wheel chairs, bottles of water and

packages of diapers, as volunteers worked

steadily to get the emergency supplies packed for

shipment via UPS to the most devastated regions

of Venezuela.

Pedro

Carillo, organizer of the relief effort, was

overwhelmed with the community's generosity.

"It really restores your faith," he

commented.

Carillo

is a native Venezuelan and a parishioner of Holy

Trinity. He and Elsie Ramos, a fellow

parishioner, initiated the drive for food,

clothing, water and first aid supplies just one

week ago. By Monday morning, the truck's trailer

was filled to capacity.

Significant

cash donations were made as well. "People

have been just coming up and giving me

checks," Carillo said.

According

to news reports, the death toll in Venezuela has

reached 50,000, with another 250,000 people left

homeless. A 60-mile stretch of the country's

coast was affected by the floods and mud slides

last week.

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