ELBERTA, Ala. - Just because the deadly tornadoes that struck parts of northern Alabama happened more than two months ago, it did not deter a group of Elberta residents and Elberta Family Practice Clinic employees from continuing to help the victims.

    Elberta Clinic employees collected goods ranging from food and water to clothing and dog food, and members of the Baldwin County Baptist Association — based out of Silverhill — came to the Elberta Civic Center Friday to collect the goods and bring them to the town of Rainesville, Ala.

    The association is the umbrella organization over Disaster Relief Alabama.

    "It is a group that comes around and picks up the (collected goods) and delivers it (to needy towns and residents)," Elberta Mayor Marvin WIlliams said, noting it saves the town some money for not having to take a day to send the supplies up north and buy a truck to haul everything.

    The Elberta-based clinic collected money from local residents wishing to help out those affected by the tornadoes, and then used the money to buy the supplies. The clinic employees and town residents already collected goods and sent them up with the association once, and the donated goods almost filled a U-Haul truck, Williams said. Friday's load filled a trailer hitched to a truck.

    "People think since the disaster happened so long ago that people don't need help, which is not true," Ed Yenne, of the association bringing the goods to the needy residents, said.

    This is the final load of donated goods being taken out of Elberta, Williams said.