Help for Kentucky tornado victims
I just found out that the school in Salyersville that my mom works at has been condemned because of tornado damage. They don't know when or where they'll be able to set up classrooms again to finish out this school year. Some 1200 students have been displaced, and the Community Center building is full of storm victims, so they can't take them there.
West Liberty has been leveled. There isn't a single home or business left standing in the whole town. The school is gone, the century-old courthouse is gone, along with its still-under-construction replacement, the old Methodist church that stood at the corner of Main for a hundred years is gone.
I can barely believe it. It's like a nightmare, only I never wake up.
What's craziest about this whole thing is that it seems to be already starting to fade from the national eye. Both of these towns need help desperately. This is a poverty area. Most people can't afford insurance, and certainly can't afford to rebuild--especially with the businesses they relied on for income destroyed as well.
Anyone who can donate to help these areas, please, we would be eternally grateful. I've got some links to a few of the more reliable disaster-relief and rebuilding assistance organizations. And please, if you can't afford to donate, pass the word along.
Architecture for humanity:
http://architectureforhumanity.org/donate/form?program=Midwest%20Tornadoes%20Recovery%202012
Habitat for Humanity:
https://www.habitat.org/cd/giving/one/donate.aspx?link=443
And the Lexington Herald-Leader's article on other ways to help:
http://www.kentucky.com/2012/03/07/2099297/how-to-help-kentuckys-tornado.html