WINFIELD, Mo. — More than 200 volunteers in Winfield, Missouri, came together for one purpose: cleaning.
This city that's been hit with historic flooding has a long road ahead. But this event called Winfield UNITED was created to get residents back on track.
One of the organizers, Pastor Jason Zellman from Redemption Road Church tells us, "Our church and another church, Calvary Chapel, got together and decided that we wanted to have a day on a Sunday. Instead of meeting behind the closed doors of the building, to come out, and serve in our community."
Neighbors were picking up rakes, cleaning up the yard, and throwing away trash.
All of these volunteers were able to help 51 homes and haul away 68 tons of waste.
But it's actually more than just throwing away ruined couches and wet furniture.
Winfield is waiting for FEMA to give them a disaster declaration. Once they do, FEMA will only pay 75%.
"We’re allowed to take all of our volunteer hours and assign a manpower value to them, so we can use volunteer hours to fulfill the match to our 25% of our disaster losses," Mayor Ryan Ruckel said.
That's why every single hand that helped out mattered.