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Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tornado Relief Efforts

We’ve collected some information on ways that DE students and/or alumni can help. While we aren’t experiencing the immediate effects of the tornado in Tuscaloosa, but the feeling of helplessness and frustration can also be overwhelming. Hopefully one of these resources or ideas will be feasible for you as we join together in support of our friends, professors and colleagues in the Tuscaloosa area.

We will send updated information to SLIS-L as it becomes available. If anyone is aware of additional information, please feel free to email Turner.Brittany AT gmail DOT com, call 916-384-6735 or comment on this post. We will include your relief suggestions in the list. This blog post will be updated any time new information becomes available.

The most needed resource is financial support, as money can be used to facilitate any combination of recovery efforts when they are needed most. This includes clean up, food, shelter, and other emergency services. If you are unable to offer financial support, there are a number of other options available to help. Also, remember that this will be a long-term effort. While there may be many donations now, additional support will be needed in the coming months and your generosity may be spread across an extended period of time to sustain efforts in Tuscaloosa.

Financial Support:

American Red Cross – You can text “REDCROSS” to 90999 to make a $10 general donation. You can also contribute to the American Red Cross Relief Fund either by calling 1-800-HELPNOW, visiting http://www.causes.com/causes/608753 or http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_src=RSG00100E013&s_subsrc=ONR_MainDonateButton, or by sending money to: American Red Cross of West Alabama, 1100 15th St. E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35404. Be sure to specify that you want your donation to go to the Tuscaloosa tornado victims.
Governor’s Relief Fund – The governor of Alabama has also set up a relief fund: Governor’s Tornado Relief Fund, Neighbor Helping Neighbor Inc., The Tuscaloosa News, P.O. Box 20187, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 35402-0187
Convoy of Hope – is a faith-based organization with a driving passion to feed the world through children’s feeding initiatives, community outreaches, disaster response and partner resourcing. http://www.convoyofhope.org/go/how/donate
Salvation Army – To donate to The Salvation Army’s relief work please call 1800-SALARMY or log onto www.salvationarmyusa.org. You can also text “GIVE” to 80888 to make a $10 general donation. Checks can be made out to the Salvation Army Disaster Relief, P.O. Box 100339, Atlanta, Ga., 30384-0339.
Notasulga, AL – Whipporwill Vineyards is donating 10% of all sales, and will match that amount. 4282 County Road 31.

Supplies: Additional information on supplies will be provided in the coming days. Please avoid sending unsolicited donations of supplies directly to sites in Tuscaloosa.

UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) has a list of items used in health kits, available at http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/getconnected/supplies/health-kit/. You can gather these basic supplies and take the finished kits to a Methodist church and they will have systems to getting those to the disaster areas. Additional types of kits are also needed, such as bedding kits for displaced people and and bulk materials. Information on this option is available at http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/getconnected/supplies/. Kits can also be shipped to: UMCOR West Office and Depot, Reverend Brian Diggs, Director, 1479 South 700 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84104-1605.
Alabama School Library Association (ASLA) – The ASLA will be coordinating donations of books and supplies for school libraries in the coming weeks and months. You can learn more at http://www.alasla.org.
Alabama Food Bank – http://www.alfoodbanks.org/ and http://www.westalabamafoodbank.org/. Text “FOOD” to 27722 to donate $10 to the West Alabama/Tuscaloosa Area Food bank. Paypal is also available.
Andalusia, AL – Piggly Wiggly, Hollie’s Bakery, and Huggins Sod Farm, in conjunction with the American Red Cross and WAAO will accept donations of food items, clothes, and supplies by filling the tractor trailers at Piggly Wiggly, 13759 Brooklyn Road, Andalusia, AL. Call 334-222-8698 for more information.
Montgomery, AL – Hotline for donations at 334-420-0212, organized by http://www.WSFA.com.
Hoover, AL – Donations of tarps, non-perishable food, clothes, baby supplies. Bring to Christ the King Lutheran Church, 611 Riverchase Parkway West, on the 31 two lights south of the Galleria.
Demopolis, AL – Eaves Construction will have a tractor trailer for clothing, non-perishable food items, etc.
Calera, AL – Concord Baptist Church (11215 Highway 22) is accepting bottled water, canned food, and clothing. Please bring donations between 3pm and 9pm at the Student Center. Donations before 3pm should be brought to the church office.
Birmingham, AL – Church of the Highlands, Grants Mill Campus, South Parking lot. 5901 Overton Road between 9:00am and 8:00pm. Information at http://www.churchofthehighlands.com
Troy, AL – Terracotta, 351 Montgomery Street, is accepting canned food, bottled water, blankets, clothes, diapers, baby supplies, and other non-perishable supplies. Monetary donations are also accepted. Call 334-566-9393.
Auburn, AL – Fire Station on Ross St.
Convoy of Hope – Lamont spoke with Jeff Nene, public relations officer, at noon Thursday. Convoy of Hope’s mobile command center is already enroute to Alabama; tractor trailers with food and water are on their way. Once COH has assessed needs, they will determine what further supplies to send. Currently, local churches in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham have offered to ‘house’ operations. COH will be working in conjunction with county, state, and federal emergency management organizations to set up distribution centers to insure areas of need are not overlooked. COH can provide both point of distribution and mobile distribution. Personal note: COH, if not the first, was one of first organizations to arrive in Picayune, Mississippi, (my hometown) following Hurricane Katrina. It’s comforting to know they are heading to Alabama.
Prattville, AL – Hope for the Forgotten Ministry/Women of Worth accepting donations at the Destiny Christian Center, Instyle Hair Studio, and ReThreads.
Mobile, AL – WABB at 1551 Springhill Ave. Bottled water, clothes, cleaning supplies, and cash donations. 4/29, 7am-5pm.
Greenville, AL – Liberty Fire Department will accept donations at the Butler County Courthouse parking lot from 8am-4pm on 4/29 and 8am-4pm on 4/30.
Alexander City, AL – Love Feeds and Stormy Bishop accepting donations of clothing, water and non-perishable food at Alex City Pawn Shop, 148 Calhoun St.
Phenix City, AL – Colony Furniture accepting bottled watter, cleaning supplies, toiletry items and paper goods until Tuesday, 5/3.
Tallassee, AL – Ben Atkinson Motors collecting non-perishable items. 8am-6pm, 4/28, 4/29 and 4/30.

Life Support:

Donate blood at any Red Cross site near you. Visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/our-regions and type in your zip code to find the closest center.
Tallassee, AL – Blood drive at Dollar General (beside Wal Mart), 10am-4pm, 4/30.

Volunteers:
TBD. If you are close to the Tuscaloosa area and want to volunteer, please stand by. People are being discouraged from entering the area right now, but your assistance will be needed in the very near future. It is best to volunteer as a part of an organized effort rather than as an individual; more information will be provided.

St. Mathias Church, sign up beginning at noon on 4/28, 1230 Skyland Blvd. via route I-359. ***Update, 1:21CDT 4/28 – St. Mathias is full with volunteers and will be contacting existing volunteers tomorrow. Please stop in and give your contact information for follow up tomorrow. Volunteers with medical skills are especially needed.***
Tuscaloosa area volunteers may call Nancy Green at 205-561-4169 for information on how to help.
Birmingham city council member Johnathan Austin says to volunteer, call the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency at 205-254-2039.
Hands On Birmingham is coordinating volunteer efforts. To register, visit http://www.handsonbirmingham.org/specialevents/viewSpecialEvent.php?_mode=eventDetail&_action=eventDetail&ixSpecialEvent=419
Toomers for Tuscaloosa – Information pending at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toomers-for-Tuscaloosa/127019264041188

Other:

Host a fundraiser in your own community.
Ask friends, neighbors, and local stores for donations of needed supplies.
If you are nearby, consider volunteering for cleanup and service work. Many organizations, such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army, train people and facilitate volunteer efforts in communities experiencing natural disaster. Contact your local center for additional information.
Organize a community-wide relief day in your town. Ask that local businesses dedicate a percentage of proceeds from the day to tornado relief in Tuscaloosa.

Information:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has a number of available resource links. Its main page is: http://www.fema.gov/. For information specific to the Alabama storms and tornado: http://www.fema.gov/news/event.fema?id=14192 (Note: This page includes links to the Alabama Office of the Governor and Alabama Emergency Management.)
To check or update the status of a friend, professor, or colleague in the SLIS program, visit:https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aqb74RLLufsbdHBTYjZUbkhDT0RYMnBIUllWTklQMVE&hl=en
The Red Cross maintains a Safe and Well database (https://safeandwell.communityos.org/zf/safesearch/search) as “a way for people affected by a disaster to enter information regarding their welfare so family and friends can check their status. Because people self-register, the Red Cross cannot verify the information and is not responsible for any inaccuracies.”
UA’s Emergency Call Center: 348-1001 or 877-408-1001
UA Weather Updates: http://www.ua.edu/weather/

Written on April 29th, 2011 , Uncategorized Tags: Alabama Tornado Relief Efforts, Tuscaloosa
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