 My name is Kana Webb. I'm a sophomore here at Alabama. I'm majoring in biology and I'm originally from Lake Charles, Louisiana This morning across Louisiana the shock of a devastating hurricane slowly being replaced with a grim reality When Laura's nearly 150 mile an hour winds rolled through and not only knocked out power But took out nearly half of Lake Charles water treatment planes Hurricane Laura Estated my hometown of Lake Charles and the surrounding areas all of those smaller communities around Lake Charles and As far as the buildings go it's wiped flat and as far as the people go There are people that have lost everything and have nothing so where do you start? Where do you go from there? Watching the places that I had grown up being torn apart Really gave me the motivation to want to go out and see what I could do to help because my heart Broke for the people it broke for my family I wish that I could just hug them in that moment, but I'm seven hours away from home So I knew that I had to do something. I figured the first thing that I could do was kind of organize a little supply drive. I Contacted some friends that I had an SGA. I contacted Penalynic I contacted the Center for Service and Leadership I was overwhelmed with the response that I received So I went last weekend down to Louisiana and brought over $1,500 worth of supplies Donated it to a local church. It was basic necessities, but those are the things that they were running out of and needed I thought that I was going to one church and they ended up sending me to another who was in dire need of The toilet paper the hygiene products the waters They were so grateful to have received all of that and so that wasn't just me That was everybody here in Tuscaloosa that kind of rallied behind me and helped me get that together to help out my hometown Moving forward, we've looked towards doing a donation effort to raise money and send on down because at this point Rebuilding the community as a priority and so with SGA and the United Way of West Alabama We're hoping to partner together with United Way of Southwest Louisiana to help donate to those causes I'm having trouble putting into words how thankful I am to have my friends from Alabama Rally behind me the way that they did It really takes the cliche saying a home away from home to a different level. I'm so grateful for my friends my new family that have contributed and helped out with this they're all amazing and I'm so grateful and so is Louisiana