Tornado help information
Submitted by Arky Sue on February 7, 2008 - 9:05pm.
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How to help
By Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
LITTLE ROCK — The following is a list of contacts for services available to those affected by the tornadoes that touched down Tuesday in more than a dozen counties in Arkansas:
HELPFUL NUMBERS
American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas: (501) 748-1072.
Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the American Red Cross: (866) 692-7572
Arkansas Insurance Department/Consumer Services Division: (800) 852-5494.
Better Business Bureau: (501) 664-7274.
Report price gouging to the Arkansas attorney general’s office: (501) 682-2341.
Technical assistance on stabilizing and repairing damaged historic homes can be obtained from the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program at (501) 324-9880.
SHELTERS
A shelter run by the American Red Cross set up in Baxter County’s Cotter High School, 181 Melba Ave., Cotter.
Conway County is operating a shelter with the assistance of the American Red Cross at St. Mary Catholic Church, 11 Kaufman Lane, St. Vincent.
Van Buren County residents in need of shelter can go to Southside Baptist Church or the South Side school gymnasium, 334 Southside Road, Bee Branch. Red Cross shelters will be set up there.
INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE
The Arkansas Department of Health is free tetanus shots at the Matthews Civic Center at 101 W. Main St. in Atkins.
U-Haul companies are offering 30 days of free storage to families affected by the tornadoes.
Applications for federal disaster relief can be obtained from the Federal Emergency Management Agency at (800) 621-3362.
U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln encouraged those affected by the tornadoes to call her office in Little Rock at (800) 352-9364 for assistance.
Disaster victims may contact their local United Methodist Church for help.
Water is available at the Sonic restaurant and the Harvest Foods grocery store in Clinton.
Van Buren County residents needing assistance can call the direct line to the Van Buren County command center, (501) 745-9995.
TO REPORT POWER FAILURES
To report power failures the phone number is (800) 968-8243.
TO REPORT TELEPHONE PROBLEMS
Telephone-related questions should be directed to AT&T at (800) 246-8464 and Windstream at (866) 445-3402.
DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS
Contributions to the American Red Cross can be made by calling either the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund at (800) 435-7669 or (800) 257-7575 (Spanish), or by sending contributions to the local American Red Cross chapter or the American Red Cross at P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013.
Donations of relief supplies, including clothing, household items and food, are being accepted at The Watershed Project, 3701 Confederate Blvd., or donors can call (501) 378-0176 or (501) 378-7615.
Donations are being collected until 9 a.m. today by radio station KABZ-FM, 103.7, The Buzz, at the Harvest Foods Riverdale store, 2510 Cantrell Road. Two tractor-trailer rigs will be filled with goods and driven to Clinton and Atkins.
The Pleasant Valley Church of Christ is sending a team of volunteers to help with cleanup. Organizers are seeking donations of food and money, as well as loaned emergency equipment such as floodlights, chain saws and temporary shelter materials: (501) 492-2702.
The Arkansas Conference of The United Methodist Church is collecting donations of money online at www.arumc.org/tornado or by mail at Arkansas Conference Treasurer’s Office, P.O. Box 2941, Little Rock, Ark. 72203-2941.
Checks can be mailed in care of City of Atkins Tornado Fund, account number 6130437 to Liberty Bank, 812 N. Church St., Atkins Ark. 72823, or donors can call (479) 641-2987.
Online donations can be made for the Clinton area at www.clintonark.com.
Donations to support recovery/relief efforts may be sent to: “Disaster Relief Fund,” Catholic Charities of Arkansas, P.O. Box 7565, Little Rock, Ark. 72217-7565.
TO VOLUNTEER
The Clinton Police Department asks volunteers to go to the mobile command center in the parking lot of Wal-Mart, 1966 U.S. 65 South.
Volunteers can meet at the Atkins Middle School on Arkansas 105. More information is available from the Atkins Police Department: (479) 641-1811.
BLOOD DONATIONS
Donors can call (800) 448-3543 to find the nearest blood donation center.
This article was published Thursday, February 7, 2008.
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More pictures:
http://focus.arkansasonline.com/pages/gallery.php?gallery=314036&offset=40
Atkins pictures
http://focus.arkansasonline.com/pages/event_galleries.php?event=6114
Tornado damage pix: Arkansas, Tennessee, etc.
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From email today:
HELP FELLOW ARKANSANS RECOVER FROM THE TORNADOES
DONATE SUPPLIES AND VOLUNTEER WITH THE YOUNG DEMOCRATS AND DEMOCRATS WORK ON SATURDAY
Join the Young Democrats of Arkansas and Democrats Work to help the victims of this week's devastating tornadoes. There are two ways you can help our neighbors in need:
(1) Donate much-needed supplies. Here are the items that are needed: basic camping supplies (blankets, sleeping bags, tents); water; clothes; winter hats, scarves, gloves; food and drinks; diapers; heat sources; toiletries; flashlights; and batteries.
If you can, please drop off supplies at the Democratic Party of Arkansas headquarters (1300 W. Capitol Street in Little Rock) on Friday (or bring them to one of the gathering spots listed below on Saturday).
(2) Come to Clinton this Saturday to clear debris and deliver the supplies. Democrats of all ages will be gathering at two spots and carpooling up to Clinton with the supplies and ready to work:
8:15 a.m. in Little Rock: meet at the parking lot of the UALR School of Law (1201 McMath Avenue)
9:00 a.m. in Conway: meet at the parking lot of the Wal-Mart on Highway 65 (take exit 125 off of I-40, heading east)
If you know you are coming, please send us an email at
or sign up on the website. Also, if you are going to volunteer in Clinton, please brings gloves and protective eye wear if you have them.
All are welcome, so please spread the word.
Questions? Please contact Gary Moody at 501-454-7032 or email
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Democrats Work mobilizes grassroots Democrats to perform community service . . . as Democrats. Democrats Work partners with Democratic organizations across Arkansas to connect Democrats with service projects in their communities. Through this service-based approach, Democrats Work promotes Democratic values at the local level, showing our neighbors that Democrats work hard to improve their communities every day, not just at election time.
Proud member of Democrats Work!
Made a donation to Clinton this morning :)
Online donations can be made for the Clinton area at www.clintonark.com.
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ms in la mentioned this last night. Too amazing.
Foundling
by digby
At first, rescuers thought it was a doll. Then it moved. In a grassy pasture strewn with toys, splintered lumber and bricks tossed by the tornado's widespread wrath, 11-month old Kyson Stowell was lying face down in the mud, 150 yards from where his home once stood."It looked like a baby doll," said David Harmon, a firefighter who had already combed the field once looking for survivors. Then he checked for a pulse. "He was laying there motionless ... and he took a breath of air and started crying."
The field had already been combed once for survivors, and finding anyone alive seemed improbable. Hours after the storm, there was devastation everywhere: The body of the boy's mother was found in the same field, houses were wiped to concrete slabs and a brick post office was blown to bits. But except for a few scrapes, Kyson was fine.
American Red Cross
Mid-South Chapter
1400 Central Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
901-726-1690And:
United Way of the Mid-South phone in a donation at (901) 433-4300.
Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right.
Please post it here. Thanks!