"We've actually tried to clean up some of the water, " said Creek's Edge resident Kevin Lewis.
SO CUTE: 8-year-old Mikayla Myers read me the letter she wrote to community leaders who provided her family with a hot meal. They’ve been displaced by #HurricaneFlorence. #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/5M4gniWx6u
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Lewis and his wife sought shelter at Seventy-First High School with many other families as flood waters consumed their home and caused extensive damage.
Community groups have stepped in to help and Fayetteville Christian School has turned into a distribution center.
"Toiletries, clothes, baby good. People don't have a way to feed their animals," said Tammi Peters with Fayetteville Christian School. "We've got lots of water."