MINNEAPOLIS — About 30 North Carolina delegates planned to attend a massive volunteer effort this morning for victims of Hurricane Gustav.

The group, wearing matching red polo shirts, were headed to the Minnesota Convention Center to create care packages, Barb Barrett reports.

The Republican National Committee organized the event and had hoped to get 200 volunteers from among the thousands of delegates, alternates, guests and staff attending this week’s convention.

State delegates heard first-hand about Gustav's destruction Monday when a former Louisiana governor attended their delegation breakfast and offered an update. And, being from a state that gets its own share of storms, N.C. delegates can appreciate first-hand the need for relief efforts.