Robin Chamberlain Sweeney and the staff of the Crawford County Independent want to extend a big thanks to all the generous folks who donated to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Effort in Gays Mills, and to the Village of Gays Mills for donating a space in the Mercantile Center to stage the donations. The donations were picked up on Thursday, Sept. 14, and will be driven down to Houston this week. Special thanks to Trey Olson, Janesville; Ethan Eitsert; Larry Zart; April Sansom; Karen Smith, Appleland Community Closet; Jane Keeley; Gillian Pomplun; Carol Baumeister; Joe Brandt; Beth Jensen; Scott Noe and Monique Hassman; Sue and Don Peterson; Patti and Bob Pettit; Kally Koch, Seneca FFA; Ida Lee; Shirley Nickel; Barb Quamme; Luther Memorial Church; Linda Burkum; Beverly Steinbach; Jim and Deb Helgerson; Gary and Phyllis Bell; Ken Arneson; Mark and Bonnie Olson; Jim and Sharon Chellevold; Anna Davidson; Amy Heisz; Sandra Bertram; Keith Wright; and Jeff Christie. Thank you to all.