Support Victims of Rolling Fork, Mississippi's Tornado
Tornado - Disaster Relief
Disaster Relief: Providing shelter, food and water to help the people of Rolling Fork, Mississippi and all counties affected by the storm. Rolling Fork a town of fewer than 2,000 residents lost everything, and the city is gone. At least 24 people were killed, dozens injured and four missing after powerful storms and at least one tornado pummeled the Southeast on Friday night, ripping roofs off homes, nearly leveling some neighborhoods and knocking out power for thousands. Many buildings and houses in the city were leveled by the storm. People have never seen anything like this. And Jeremy McCoy, the constable of Yazoo County, who went to neighboring Rolling Fork to assist with tornado damage, said the town now “looks like a landfill.” We are praying for those who lost loved ones.
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Victims of Violence
Providing support to the victims and their families. A mass shooting has rocked the small community of Arkabutla, Mississippi, with a single person accused of gunning down six people at multiple locations on Friday. The shooting happened in a residential area, but the sheriff’s office couldn't confirm whether shots were fired inside an individual home. Richard Dale Crum, 52, was identified as the suspected shooter on Friday afternoon. He's been charged with first-degree murder with additional charges pending. The first shots rang out around 11 a.m. outside a store in Arkabutla, a community of approximately 300 people about 35 miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. Action News 5 reported that a man died at the store, two people were found dead on a local road, two were found in a home, and a woman’s body was found in her vehicle. A survivor indicated that at least part of the attack was at random, and he didn't know why he and his wife, who was killed, were targeted.
Support Victims Mississippi Water Crisis
Water Crisis
Disaster Relief: Providing shelter, food, and water. Mississippi’s capital city entered a fourth day on Thursday with little or no water flowing from faucets, authorities were scrambling to get a failing water treatment plant plagued by decades of deferred maintenance back online. This comes on top of a boil water notice in effect for more than a month – has upended life in the city of roughly 150,000 residents, where schools were shuttered this week, businesses are forced to adapt and people have had to wait in long lines for bottled water they can use to drink, cook or brush their teeth. Heavy rain and flash floods drenched Mississippi, prompting rescue operations, closures and evacuations Wednesday including dozens of residents at a nursing home in the central part of the state. Rain has pummeled the central and southern parts of the state for the last three days. Flash flood warnings were in effect for several areas from Jackson, the state capital, to Meridian and southward to Laurel and Prentiss, with numerous reports of flooding Wednesday. First responders in the central Mississippi county also said they were working to rescue people from their homes.
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Providing Water To Jackson Mississippi Residents
Disaster Relief
Providing water to Jackson residents with no water to drink, cook or bath in. Jackson, Mississippi residents have been without water for two weeks, since the winter storm hit in February. The communities do not know when the water will return and the water crisis is far from over. Jackson has been on a boil-water advisory since February 23. Meanwhile, some residents are still experiencing little to no water pressure in parts of the city. The aging infrastructure, has delayed full access to water. Jackson currently does not have the funds to adequately fix damaged infrastructure he said, explaining, "We need long-term support to deal with this issue that has gone without being addressed sufficiently for decades." Jackson Mississippi Disaster Relief
Providing Water To Jackson Mississippi Residents
Jackson, Mississippi Flood
Disaster Relief
Disaster Relief, providing shelter, food, water and hygiene necessities.
More neighborhoods in Jackson, Mississippi were starting to flood Saturday as the swollen Pearl River may soon reach its highest point in decades, city officials said.
Authorities urged people in mandatory evacuation zones in Mississippi's capital to leave their homes or ask for help evacuating. "Please, please get out before dark tonight," Gov. Tate Reeves said at a news conference, addressing hundreds of people whom officials have asked to evacuate near the river in the Jackson area. As of Saturday night, the Pearl River, already moderately flooding some neighborhoods around northeast Jackson, had risen to nearly 36 feet and nearly 8 feet above flood stage.
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Our Mission
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- We provide immediate assistance and long support during natural disasters when people are forced to evacuate and/or their homes are destroyed leaving them in need of shelter, food, or water.
- We support cancer patients who are unable to pay for medical treatments, copayments, or after care assistance that may not be covered by their insurance.
- We support impoverished students who qualify for a higher education but cannot afford to pay tuition through grants and scholarships.
- We support the homeless by providing shelter, food, and water, as more people than ever are living on the streets without the basic necessities to survive.
- Our staff, volunteers, and those we serve work together to provide assistance to those in need due to circumstances beyond their control to empower the most vulnerable among us and improve their quality of life.
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