Crawfordville veterans are helping hurricane survivors nearby They're sending items to hurricane-impacted areas like Steinhatchee, Horseshoe Beach, and Perry. Watch the video to see how it's making an impact and why they do itBROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:Helping hands packing up food, toiletries, and other items in a trailer and sending them off.The items are going to hurricane-impacted areas like Steinhatchee, Horseshoe Beach, and Perry.The first stop is the VFW in Perry, an area thats struggling after the recent hurricanes.Veterans from post 4538 in Crawfordville stepped up to support them, including Ryan Atkinson.The veteran community is a very tight group they might not say that they need help, but when they do need it theyre genuinely appreciative for it.Theyve loaded this trailer several times with essentials and brought it over to them.Veteran Bill Lamb says he felt called to help because it hits close to home for him.Weve been there, and we know how we felt so we can kind of relate to them better than somebodys never experienced it."So far they've raised $7,000 locally and from the help of other Veterans across the state.As a veteran, Lamb says its one way theyre still serving their community.When we retire from the military we feel like thats over but we are still serving as VFW members were still serving our community and its just a way to keep our service going. The trailer will be kept here locally and you can donate by contacting the VFW post 4538.