Although emergency officials have cautioned people to not simply show up with trucks or cars filled with donations, Elisabeth Omilami, executive director of the Hosea Feed The Hungry and Homeless program in Atlanta, already had a couple of truckloads of water and toiletries ready to take to churches in Alabama.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would you say don\u2019t send stuff?\u201d\u009d she asked. \u201cHow much can you hurt another family by giving them clothes when they don\u2019t have any?\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
Other people are doing what they can. Grocery stores set up trucks in parking lots to hand out free water. Amy Audette, a special effects makeup artist in Los Angeles who grew up in Alabama, started soliciting donations of food and clothing via her Twitter account. She said she would send whatever she gets to family in the state to distribute.<\/p>\n