Nancy Erickson (left) of Lake Villa, Darlene Gorman of Round Lake, Jerry and Ramona Gebauer of Lindenhurst pack buckets with cleaning solutions at Prince of Peace Church in Lake Villa. The buckets with cleaning supplies will be sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Nancy Erickson (left) of Lake Villa, Jerry Gebauer of Lindenhurst, Darlene Gorman of Round Lake, John Gerend of Lake Villa, Kathy Wrubleski of Round Lake Beach and Deacon Jim Minor of Round Lake Beach pack buckets with cleaning towels and solutions at Prince of Peace Church in Lake Villa. The buckets with cleaning supplies will be sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Darlene Gorman (left) of Round Lake and Kathy Wrubleski of Round Lake Beach sort cleaning supplies that will be packed in buckets and sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy at Prince of Peace Church in Lake Villa. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Darlene Gorman of Round Lake sorts rubber gloves while packing buckets with cleaning solutions that will be sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy at Prince of Peace Church in Lake Villa. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Buckets ready to be packed with cleaning supplies at Prince of Peace Church in Lake Villa that will be sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Kathy Wrubleski of Round Lake Beach sorts cleaning solutions at Prince of Peace Church in Lake Villa that will be packed in buckets and sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Jerry and Ramona Gebauer of Lindenhurst sort cleaning supplies at Prince of Peace Church that will be packed in buckets and sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Deacon Jim Minor (right) of Round Lake Beach leads a prayer with Jerry Gebauer (left) of Lindenhurst , Ramona Gebauer and Nancy Erickson of Lake Villa before they pack buckets with cleaning supplies at Prince of Peace Church in Lake Villa. The buckets with cleaning solutions will be sent to victims of Hurricane Sandy. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
LAKE VILLA — Christmas was five days away, but volunteers gathered in the basement of Prince of Peace Church on Thursday to help people affected by a natural disaster that occurred before Halloween: Superstorm Sandy. Boxes of trash bags, cans of air freshener, bottles of …