UPDATED: God's Pit Crew, WSLS 10, and Spirit FM team up for Blessing Bucket drive

DANVILLE - Volunteers are needed for the God's Pit Crew, WSLS 10 and Spirit FM Blessing Bucket Drive, coming up in August.

A blessing bucket is a 5 gallon bucket filled with supplies, handed out to disaster victims all over the world.

God's Pit Crew has depleted its supply after the earthquake in Nepal, flooding in Pocahontas Virginia and recently massive flooding in Kentucky.

Drives are scheduled in August in Marion, Wytheville, Galax, Hillsville, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Danville and South Boston.

In the Galax/Hillsville area, organizers will be setting up collection sites at the Galax Walmart and Dollar Tree and at the Hillsville Super Dollar parking lot on Friday, August  7^th from 11 a.m. to 7p.m. and Saturday, August 8th^th 10 a.m.to 6 p.m., and then again on Friday, August 14^th 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and August 15^th 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Volunteers on those days to man the collection sites.

The buckets will be assembled at the Hillsville Fire Department #2 at 315 Hanger Dr. Hillsville, on Thursday, August 13^th and August 21^st beginning at 7 p.m. and volunteers are needed then as well.

In Marion, organizers will be set up at Dr. Mary Curtis' Office at 1583 N. Main St. and Walmart at 1193 N. Main St. on August 7th, 8th, 14th, and 15th between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Volunteers will assemble buckets in Marion on Friday, August 21st between 3-8 p.m. at Marion Baptist Church at 1258 N. Main St.

If you would like to volunteer, you can go to www.spiritfm.com and sign up there.

Below is a list of needed items.

God's Pit Crew Shopping List To Aid Disaster Victims

Personal Grooming Items

• Toothpaste
• Deodorant
• Shampoo - thin bottle
• Comb
• Razor
• Bath towel - not thick
• Wash Cloths
• Feminine Productts

Food

• cans of ready to eat food with pop-top  ex: Raviolli, Treet
• (Please be sure these have a long expiration dates)
• Utensils/Napkin pack

Misc. Items

• Flashlight with  extra Batteries
• Paper Towels (Thin)
• Small Container Disposable Cleaning Wipes (like Clorox or Lysol)
• Alcohol
• Peroxide
• Bible
• Note of encouragement