A King County youth soccer club is rallying the community to help families from Ukraine fleeing to safety. FOX13
This weekend, they've been gathering supplies to ship overseas. Their efforts grew by the hour on Sunday.
"We live in an awesome community. People, they have big hearts around here," said Valor Soccer Club CEO Dean Aldridge.It started as a cleat exchange to make sure every child can play soccer, but then it became something even bigger. Lisa Gillespie with Excel Real Estate Experts helped spark this collaboration at the Covington Community Park, gathering supplies for people who've lost nearly everything."She, like I said, still has people right there, she's in contact with every day, that are calling her. She is getting videos of what's going on," Gillespie said.
"They were receiving all of them, they were unpacking them. So, we're seeing them get there, you know, and it's real-life stuff. I think right after they shot that video, they had to go down into the bomb shelter again," Gillespie said."It just means a lot to me, helping out the community, and just a big deal, you know," Roderick Aldridge said."We're thinking of them, and we're trying to help the best we can," Gillespie said.
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