UP Orlando offers free sandbags to SoDo community. Here’s when to grab them

United Against Poverty Orlando — also known as “UP Orlando” — is partnering with other local groups to bring free sandbags to local SoDo businesses and residents

The nonprofit’s center in Orlando was flooded earlier this month thanks to a series of heavy storms that swept through the region around that time.

Anjali Vaya, the executive director of UP Orlando, told News 6 that she got a call from the store manager about water coming into the building.

“I’m thinking, ‘Oh, darn it, it’s that roof, and they just completed the work…’” Vaya said. “He said the entire parking lot is starting to surge.’”