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Throughout the year the American
Red Cross provides relief to victims of many natural disasters
including devastating tornados, damaging hurricanes, relentless
floods and raging fires. Every eight minutes, the American Red
Cross responds to a disaster somewhere in the United States. Annually, the Red Cross provides relief for victims of
more than 73,000 disasters-most of which are never heard about.
When disasters strike
families, in some situations, they are forced from their homes with
only the clothes they were wearing. This is when the relief
effort from the Red Cross begins and the Jackson Area Chapter is
there to respond.
The Jackson Area Chapter
provides emergency assistance to families by providing emergency
shelter, food, clothing, shoes, and life sustaining medicine.
In addition to emergency
assistance, the Jackson Area Chapter provides Personal kits to
victims.
Blankets and Comfort Kits are made available through
voluntary donations to the chapter. Within a personal kit a
person would receive shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrush,
hairbrush, comb, razor and soap. For children coloring books,
toys, diapers and other things are provided.
To continue to provide such
efforts the Jackson Area Chapter needs donations of items such
as the ones mentioned. These items may be delivered to the Red
Cross, Monday through Friday, 8 A.M.- 4:30
P.M. Financial contributions to the effort can also be sent to
Jackson Area Chapter, American Red Cross, 1981 Hollywood Drive,
Suite 100.,
Jackson, TN 38305.
All Red Cross disaster
assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time
and money from the American people. You can help the victims of
thousands of disasters across the country each year by making a
financial gift to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund,
which enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food,
counseling, and other assistance to those in need. Call
1-800-HELPNOW or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish).
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