Mount Carmel collects 250 boxes of goods for hurricane victims
By LINDA MOSS
moss@montclairlocal.news
Parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church over the past week or so collected 250 boxes of goods, such as clothing and toiletries, that have been shipped to victims of Hurricane Harvey.
At Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Thursday Cindy Smith helps load the truck, while Marialena Marzullo places shipping labels on the boxes DHL was transporting to hurricane victim. Sam Rodriguez of DHL stacks the truck. DEBORAH ANN TRIPOLDI/STAFF
Marialena Marzullo, who spearheaded the collection drive, was among those present when a DHL truck came to the Pine Street church on Thursday afternoon to pick all the donations, piles of boxes and bags ready to go to Texas.
At Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Thursday Cindy Smith helps load a DHL truck with donations, while Marialena Marzullo, center, and Ellen Araujo of DHL place shipping labels on the boxes. DEBORAH ANN TRIPOLDI/STAFF
Marzullo has contacts at DHL through her job at KPMG in Short Hills, which is how the international shipping giant got involved in transporting the donated goods to Texas.