Dondero said he heard learned of one person in need through his ham radio, while he heard about a Gonic family through the Freecycle Network, an online group focusing on giving away unneeded items instead of throwing them away.

A man and woman from Gonic put in a listing on freecycle.org saying they had “been shoveling and shoveling and couldn’t shovel anymore,” according to Dondero’s girlfriend of over five years, Sharon Porter.

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