An effort is being made by local residents Eddie and Denise Franklin to take donation items for members of his family and others in the Princeton/Mayfield towns in Kentucky. Items of clothing, hygiene and toiletries are in need. The items are asked to be boxed and labeled and can be taken to Oak Grove Village City Hall or Sullivan Independent News by Thursday, December 16, so that they can be loaded and delivered. Pictured is some of the devastation in two towns mentioned from Saturday's horrific tornadoes that hit Kentucky.
Local Donations Being Collected To Help Kentucky Residents
This past weekend tornadoes ripped through several States including: Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and Kentucky, causing massive destruction and impacting the family of Sullivan resident Eddie Franklin and wife Denise.
In western Kentucky, four known tornados struck the state, including one estimated to have traveled some 200 miles and, at press time, fatally injuring 80 people.
Among those families were Charlie and Marylnn Hankcock, Princeton, Kentucky and Phillips Sullivan and her two children from Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
As the reports continue to grow, many communities were leveled with families losing everything. In one town, some 80 out of 90 homes were destroyed.
Eddie and Denise Franklin will be loading a cargo trailer this weekend bound for Kentucky to not only help members of their family who have lost everything, but also to assist as many as they can.
Items that can be donated are all items FEMA is not providing at this point to those devastated by the storms which include: clothing of all sizes from infants to adults (if donated please box and label appropriate size and type), household items, personal hygiene and toiletries.
According to Jeannie Braun, daughter of Eddie Franklin, who is also assisting in the effort to collect items, they may be donated and dropped off at Oak Grove Village City Hall, 260 James St.
Donations will also be accepted at Sullivan Independent News/Missouri Possum Radio, 411 Scottsdale Dr., Sullivan.
All items being donated are asked again to be labeled and preferably in boxes or totes by Thursday, December 16, so that it can be loaded and transported this weekend.