Ivanka Trump visits Lumberton disaster relief site
After Cummings recognized
"I'm so excited," Cummings said after the encounter. "I just about fainted."
Trump, who also is a senior advisor to the president, spent about 40 minutes meeting relief workers and handing out meals in flood-ravaged
Trump spent 12 1/2 minutes handing food in foam containers to the occupants of cars as they arrived. When a silver minivan pulled up, the back door slid open and someone inside handed 3-year-old
The first daughter chatted with volunteers and posed for photos. She spoke with
Lumbee Tribal Chairman
Godwin said he told Trump about the tribe partnering with the
"We're still continuing that fight," Godwin said. "Our message is broadening."
Hooker said about 50 volunteers continue to work at the site on
Baptists volunteers have been working in
Parts of the county had yet to recover from that storm, which hit the area in
"They built it up 8 feet, and it still flooded (during Florence)," Hooker said. "It'll break your heart."
The Baptist group has prepared about 140,000 meals at Hyde Park in 19 days, Hooker said. More than 1,600 meals were given out at the church on Tuesday, he said.
Ten mobile kitchens operated by the organization and Baptists from other states have served more than 900,000 meals in eastern
"There's a lot of people, this is their calling," Hooker said. "They feel like God wants them to do this."
Hooker said visits like the one from
"We're a pretty low profile group," he said.
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