When the extent of the damage from Hurricane Laura began to become known, B&C Mobile Homes owner Bo Burroughs immediately started making phone calls. It was time to organize and conduct a relief supplies drive to get desperately needed supplies to Louisiana residents who were suffering.
As the Assistant Fire Chief at Powers Fire & Rescue, Bo Burroughs is no stranger to helping others in times of crisis. He and his wife Beverly have opened up their business location for hurricane and tornado relief supply drives several times over the past few years. Hurricane Laura would be no different. Their B&C Mobile Homes location at 1513 Highway 84 East in the Powers Community once again was used as a central staging and load-out center for relief supplies bound for hurricane ravaged Westlake and Lake Charles, Louisiana.
"We are called to help those in need and this hurricane disaster is no different," notes Bo Burroughs. Jones Countians always pour their hearts out anytime a disaster occurs. We were able to collect through the efforts of volunteer fire departments, Ellisville Fire Department and JCSD over 21,000 lbs. of donated relief supplies. These critically needed supplies were delivered onThursday, September 10th," concludes Burroughs.
B&C Mobile Homes employees worked tirelessly along with volunteers, Jones County Sheriff's Department staff, and working JCSD inmates to sort and load the relief supplies.
Jones County Sheriff Joe Berlin notes, We can't say thanks enough to Bo and Beverly for making their business location available. They stepped up and helped make the lives of the residents of Westlake and adjacent Lake Charles much better."