Workers at shelter for Doyline, LA evacuees stay busy
By: Kimberly Rusley
Updated: December 2, 2012
All weekend, the Hankins have been in
prep mode. The husband and wife duo has served meals to about 20 evacuees from
Doyline, Louisiana.
"Uh, we both kind of do a little bit
of everything really," says Matt Hankins.
"Yea, we're a pretty good team,"
says Sarah Hankins.
Sarah and Matt Hankins at Camp Caney
opened their cabins and beds to those families, while they wait for explosives
to be safely removed from Camp Minden.
"We both share in the
responsibility" says Sarah. But they both admit the cleaning, they don't share.
"I do a lot of the cleaning though,"
says Matt. "I hate cleaning, so he cleans a lot more than I do," says
Sarah.
Both have been working all weekend, with
some help to provide meals free of charge.
"We have a lot of really good
friends and support that come to help out whenever they can. We're not, you
know, totally alone. We had some friends out helping yesterday, but it's just
an effort of love."
Once breakfast is served, they move on
to lunch. Once lunch is served, they move on to getting dinner ready.
"We've set up a meal time so we
do have a little bit of a break in between each meal, but um, we go home and
nap," says Sarah.
One teenager we spoke to says it's
like a mini-vacation.
"It's been good, just going
outside to play basketball with my brother for once in a while," says Tyreck
Wilson.
"[I] have fun with a couple of more
people, play games and watch movies I haven't seen before."
He's enjoying his stay, but he says
there's nothing like home.
"I'm enjoying my stay here, but
like, at the same time, I'm ready to go home," says Wilson.


