Red Cross Delivers 12,000 Meals and Snacks Food, Water, Clean up Kits, Grief Counseling Continues
[Murfreesboro, Tenn., April 13, 2009] – Red Cross continues providing relief to local tornado victims following Friday’s devastating tornado that carved a path through Murfreesboro. Volunteers are continually traveling through all affected communities to distribute water, meals, snacks, comfort kits and clean-up kits to tornado victims who working to pick up the pieces left of their homes.
Since the tornado relief operation began, your American Red Cross has:
- Activated 255 Local Volunteers
- Distributed more than 12,000 meals and snacks
- Provided grief counseling and first aid to more than 500 victims
The Red Cross shelter remains open so that those who were affected can get a hot meal, a place to stay and pick up clean-up kits to help with the recovery efforts.
The shelter is located at:
New Vision Baptist Church
1750 North Thompson Lane
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
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With continuing inquiries from friends and family members from outside of the Murfreesboro area worried about those affected, the Red Cross is urging everyone who was affected by these storms to visit www.redcross.org and register themselves as being Safe and Well. Then, family members and friends can visit the same site and see that their family members are okay. If victims cannot access the Internet, they can call 1 (800) RED CROSS and have a Red Cross volunteer register their name on the safe and well website.
HOW TO HELP
You can help people affected by this disaster, by donating to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. On those rare occasions when donations exceed Red Cross expenses for a specific , contributions are used to prepare for and serve victims of other disasters. Your gift enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to victims of all disasters. You can visit www.redcross.org or call 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or mail your donation, to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013.
You can also donate to help the victims of the Murfreesboro tornadoes at any Middle Tennessee Kroger store at the register as you check out. Just tell the cashier you would like to make a donation to the Red Cross for the Central Tennessee tornadoes.
The Red Cross is NOT accepting any donations of clothing, furniture or any other material items. If you would like to volunteer, the CITY OF MURFREESBORO is asking you to call (615) 890-1934.
