ELKHORN, Neb (KMTV) — Last month Heidi Briggs stepped onto a plane to Hawaii.
She was one of approximately a dozen volunteers from Nebraska who put their lives on hold to help Hawaiian communities devastated by wildfires
On Tuesday, after weeks of work, Heidi returned to her home in Elkhorn.
“I like to say I got all of my tears out yesterday but I knew that’s not the truth. It’s really hard and it will be that way for a while,” said Briggs.
For the last month, Heidi has spent nearly every minute of every day doing what she can to help the families displaced by the historic fires.
She and other volunteers helped people find places to sleep after their homes were burned to the ground, food and medical supplies for those in need, and a shoulder to cry on for those who lost loved ones in the disaster.
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