From 9-year-old Carson Boutte spending his birthday delivering lunch to flood victims to volunteers rescuing hundreds of pets to a Louisiana couple cooking meals for an entire shelter of flood victims, stories of good in the midst of tragedy are ongoing. Along the way, they met Elijah--one of the littlest victims of the flood. Elijah's flood damaged booksElijah's flood damaged toy carLorna shares her story of escaping the floodingElijah's mother, Lorna, told the Out of the Blue volunteer team about Elijah's love for books and shared that he had been asking where they were each night at bedtime since the flood. Lorna, Elijah, and the Out of the Blue volunteer teamYou don't have to travel thousands of miles to help families like Lorna and Elijah, however. From supporting local emergency relief efforts to donating food and clothing to evacuees, there are a number of ways you can help Louisiana's flood victims.

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2016 01:30 UTC