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Louie's Tap House organizes hurricane-relief drive; asks village to permit revised traffic flow
Summary
Owner-operators of Louie's Tap House told the Roscoe Village Board they are collecting donations for hurricane relief to North Carolina, have loaded one semi and are arranging additional trucks, volunteers and logistics; monetary donations will be converted to gift cards and physical donations will be packed and shipped by a volunteer network.
Joseph Giacconi, an organizer at Louie's Tap House, told the Roscoe Village Board on Oct. 15 that the restaurant is running a community donation drive to send supplies to hurricane-affected areas of North Carolina.
Giacconi said the drive has already collected 800 cases of water and multiple pallets of other supplies and that additional pallets and semis are on standby. "We've already received 800 cases of water," he said, and volunteers and local businesses have donated pallets, a forklift and labor to pack and load shipments. He said the operation will work with a group he called Operation Cajun Navy to move…
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