In the early hours of Tuesday, March 10th, Nashville suffered a tornado that left at least 24 dead and many homes destroyed.
WHAT WE ARE DOING:
NASHVILLE - Hunger Relief/Food Box Distribution Site for residents
NASHVILLE - Long term recovery for residents
COOKEVILLE - Emergency Financial Assistance and volunteer management
THE NEED:
North Nashville/Germantown - Direct hit to homes and businesses; Growing concern about the need for hunger relief for families without power, especially low income or disabled families and children living in the area or families in local shelters.
Nashville Area/Mt. Juliet - Initial surveys indicated EF-3 tornado damage in East Nashville, Nashville’s Donelson neighborhood and in Mt. Juliet, a town about 20 miles east of Nashville, the National Weather Service said. Communities inside and outside of metro Nashville were devastated. Local emergency management needs support coordinating volunteer and non-profit agency responders seeking to help with debris removal.
Cookeville- Putnam County emergency officials confirmed 18 of the 24 Nashville tornado fatalities occurred in this one community. Local emergency management needs support coordinating volunteer and non-profit agency responders seeking to help with debris removal.
HOW TO HELP:
Donate HERE
Mail Gift Cards & Checks:
We need gift cards and financial donations (weinspirit.org/donate), desperately:
- Home Depot and Lowe’s cards: for home repair work and debris removal tools
- Gas cards: to get volunteer teams to and from the disaster sites where homeowners are in need
- VISA cards: for clients who have extreme financial needs for survival, and for disaster work supplies
- WalMart cards: to feed volunteer teams, and for clients with extreme financial needs for survival (ex. Pharmacy medications, baby supplies, etc.)
Gift cards can be mailed to:
Inspiritus
Attn: Disaster Response
P.O. Box 60597
Nashville, TN 37206
We need your help as those vulnerable in the path of this storm will need additional resources and shelter. To that point, we are also collaborating with our friends at Lutheran Disaster Response, the Tennessee VOAD, the Southeastern Synod of the ECLA, and the Mid-South District of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, as we assess and prepare our short-term and long-term response and recovery work in Middle Tennessee.
If you have any specific questions, please reach out to Sabrina More, our Disaster Relief Volunteer Manager.
Please donate to our Nashville 2020 Tornado relief efforts today by clicking on the banner below! And, be sure to check this page regularly, as we will update it with the lastest information. Our hearts go out to our friends and families in Nashville!
*https://www.wkrn.com/news/nashville-tornado/quick-facts-about-the-tornado-devastation-in-cookeville-and-putnam-county/
**https://www.wsmv.com/news/dead-unaccounted-for-in-putnam-county/article_ef0532e8-5d56-11ea-9dc6-4b9a8f9022a6.html
