Calmar resident Jenny Johnson recently spent four days in Florida helping clean up damage caused by Hurricane Irma, including this house that was left completely destroyed. The initial purpose of Johnson’s trip to the Naples, Fla., area was to check on a condominium her family owns, but after finding no damage to her property, she decided to stick around and help others as they began the recovery process. (submitted photo)
'A call to help' in a time of need'
Zakary Kriener
News Writer
zkriener@fayettepublishing.com
While over 1,500 miles may separate calm and quiet northeast Iowa from the areas of Florida that were recently affected by Hurricane Irma, that wasn’t enough to keep one local woman from doing her part to help with cleanup efforts in the Sunshine State.
“One of my favorite quotes is from Mother Teresa and goes, ‘If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other,’” recited Calmar resident Jenny Johnson. “That was one of the things that inspired me to help out in whatever way I could.”
Johnson went on to explain that her family owns a condominium in Naples, Fla., one of the hardest-hit areas to be affected by the Category 5 hurricane that approached the Florida shoreline on Sunday, Sept. 10.