A team of four volunteers gathered behind Congressman Mark Kirk's Northbrook Office at 707 Skokie Blvd. Sept. 3 to load donations for Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Ike victims into a moving van.

From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 3, locals were welcome to drop off bottled water, packaged and canned foods, diapers, baby formula, medial supplies, entertainment items, personal care products and any other donations they wanted to make at the site. Around 50 to 75 people, including individuals and groups from the North Shore and surrounding suburbs stopped to drop off donations.

Once the truck is fully loaded, volunteers will drive down to the Gulf Coast and the goods will be distributed to those in need.

Donations will be accepted at Congressman Kirk's office, 707 Skokie Blvd., Suite 350 throughout the month. For more information, call 847-940-0202.

Photos by Jessica Cantarelli/NeighborhoodCircle.com