School Buses, Filled To Brim, Take Off For Hard Hit Queens
Less than a week after the decision to make a bus run down to New York City with supplies, three buses were packed and ready to roll.
East Greenwich school bus driver Michele Shull had hoped to fill one bus with supplies like blankets, warm clothing, and batteries, to take down to New York City for those most affected by Hurricane Sandy. But enthusiasm and people's keen desire to help quickly overtook that now seemingly modest idea. On Saturday morning, three Ocean State Transit buses packed full with supplies from OST communities, including East Providence, Middletown, South Kingstown, Chariho and Exeter-West Greenwich set out from Rhode Island for Queens, N.Y. It got started just six days earlier, when Shull got it going by talking to EG's bus yard manager, Deb Murphy, who got the other five OST bus yards involved. School families heard about the plan and donated. …
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