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Jackson Area
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Serving Madison,
Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman,
Haywood, Henderson, Henry and McNairy Counties |
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Jackson Area
Communities Devastated by Tornados Feb 5, 2008 |
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Madison County Disaster Recovery Services |
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DHS EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE FOR TORNADO VICTIMS |
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Cross Response: |
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Local organizations have been busy
lending a hand to the relief efforts as communities continue
the recovery from Tuesday's storm, Feb 5. 2008. Since Wednesday
Feb 6, 2008, five
American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles have served as
mobile feeding units, going out in the hardest-hit areas and
giving out food and supplies to those in need. |
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The Tornado
cut a path throughout West Tennessee leaving devastation
and destruction in its wake. |
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Curtis Reichhold |
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Emergency |
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Response
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Dave
Montoya, center, and David Stanfill, right, of American
Red Cross Disaster Relief give Marvin Freeman, left, and
Angelia Bond, left center, cleanup kits containing brooms,
mops and other supplies on Friday in Huntersville.
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Hank DeSandre |
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David
Stanfill of American Red Cross Disaster Relief carries
boxes containing cleanup kits with brooms, mops, and other
supplies on Friday in Huntersville. |
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Those areas where Red Cross mobile
feeding occurred were around Huntersville, Denmark and North
Jackson. Friday afternoon, Red Cross volunteers
Curtis Reichhold and Hank DeSandre drove around passing out
hamburgers, baked beans, chips, water and cookies to people in
Denmark and Huntersville. All the food has been prepared by
local caterers and companies. DeSandre deployed the vehicle
they were using in from Biloxi, MS on Thursday night. |
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They've also been out urging people in
the Huntersville and Denmark area to boil their water for the
first 24 hours after their electricity has been turned back
on. The residents rely on water from wells and therefore must
heat the water up to get rid of any potential bacteria and
mold. The Red Cross estimates that within the first two days,
200 to 300 meals were served to people in the Huntersville
Denmark area and an additional 150 in North Jackson
neighborhoods. Eventually we served over 3000 meals. There have also been Red Cross mobile
distribution vehicles going through neighborhoods passing
out supplies such as gloves, water and kits with mops, brooms
and other cleaning supplies. |
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At the Ararat Baptist
Church, disaster victims have been able to stop by to get a
hot meal, take showers and get supplies such as clothing and
toiletries. The church, located on Highway 70 just outside the
Huntersville city limits, has been providing assistance since
Wednesday morning to anybody that's been affected. The
combined Church and Red Cross response has been key in getting
as many people helped as possible. Area
businesses, restaurants, churches and individuals have donated
much of the
items. The Church fed more than 500 people for
breakfast, lunch and dinner on Thursday. The Church is taking
bottled water to workers during the day to keep them hydrated. The
Church also has served as a meeting center for volunteer
groups including the Jackson Area Chapter of the American Red
Cross. People have been able to list what kind of help they
need at Ararat, which makes it easier to get the groups out to
help with the cleanup and other needed assistance. The Red
Cross together with Ararat Baptist Church thanks the community
for its generous support. |
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Tornado Relief Service Center: |
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A few days after the storm hit on
Tuesday Feb 5, 2008 the Jackson Area Chapter opened a Tornado
Relief Service Center which has financially assisted over 400
Tornado clients throughout West Tennessee
to include Madison, Gibson, Haywood,
Henry, Hardeman, and McNairy Counties. The Service Center
officially closed on Wednesday Feb 19, 2008, but the Chapter
will partner with the Disaster Recovery Services to continue
with long term recovery of clients. If you have any questions contact us at
(731) 427-5543. |
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| Clients Assisted |
Total |
Insured |
Uninsured |
| Single Family
Home Owners |
28 |
20 |
8 |
| Mobile Home
Owners |
4 |
1 |
3 |
| Home Renters |
6 |
0 |
6 |
| Apartment
Renters |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| Union
University Students |
430 |
0 |
430 |
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Totals |
471 |
21 |
450 |
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To continue to
provide this kind of assistance, the Jackson Area Chapter
needs your continued support. |
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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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