By Sahar Chmais 

DRIPPING SPRINGS – After hearing stories of mothers feeding their children gummy bears for lunch, seeing shelves emptied out and cars getting stuck in ditches, Monica Willis could not rest. She felt an overwhelming urge to help out her community but did not know how. 

“I woke up at 1 a.m. frantic,” said Willis, a working mother in Dripping Springs, “my heart was in my toes wondering what can I do — I have to do something. It was like a burning urgen...