And the absolute most important factor in all of it is that it was ALL done freely! No one had to coerce them to do ANY of what they did they just did it because it was the RIGHT thing to do! It's how they were raised!
My own story:
In Sugar Land, my wife and I went to a local shelter to drop off supplies, and they told us that our generous neighborhood gave them more than they needed.
They instructed us to go to another down the street.
There, we met a friend who had gone to a third shelter and was told the same thing.
I was nice to hear.
We were all fine, BTW, no damage.