A man looks for items he can salvage from his store Tuesday, March 3, 2020, near Cookeville, Tenn. Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday.
DENHAM SPRINGS -- Mighty Moms is reaching out to those affected by the recent Tennessee tornado that has claimed two dozen lives and left dozens of others unaccounted for.
The local non-profit food pantry is currently collecting sleeping bags, tents, and other supplies to assist the ongoing recovery effort in Nashville, which experienced significant tornado damage in the hours before dawn on Tuesday, March 3.
Supplies and other donations can be brought to Mighty Moms’ office at Abundant Life Church, located at 206 Edgewood Drive in Denham Springs. The donations can be brought between the hours of 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
Mighty Moms co-founders Beth McCormick and Dawn Birdsong will bring the supplies to The Bridge Ministry, a non-profit organization in Nashville, to be distributed “in a few weeks.”
McCormick and Birdsong are friends of Candy Christmas, founder and executive director of The Bridge Ministry who helped the Mighty Moms co-founders “figure out the ins and outs of the non-profit world” when they started in 2010.
“Ask your friends, family and groups to chip in and let’s get some supplies to them,” Mighty Moms said in a Facebook post.
The supplies will be much-needed.
Severe storms and at least one tornado slammed through central Tennessee on Tuesday, killing 24 people and wrecking hundreds of buildings, according to a report by CNN. 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.
“It's a tragic day in our state,” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee told reporters in CNN’s report. “It's heartbreaking.”
Putnam County officials have said they are working to locate 77 people who are unaccounted for, CNN reported.
For more information on bringing supplies to Mighty Moms, call the organization’s office at (225) 435-9195 or email McCormick at beth@mightymoms.org.
