Help for West Virginia flood victims
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:37 am
Spoke with a nice lady at Volunteer West Virginia. She indicated that we'd have two options for volunteering on Friday, July 22nd.
1. Volunteer for muck out with Team Rubicon. Meet at Nicholas County High School, 30 Grizzly Lane, in Summersville at 7 am for registration. This is an ALL DAY event, so I'd suggest going out on Thursday night. Don't worry, this will still be going on in two weeks time. Phone 681-208-0249.
2. Volunteer at Richwood Family Center for a number of different assignments with a team called Mission Assignments. Richwood Family Center is at 3 Valley Rd in Richwood. These folks have multiple jobs and excursions throughout the day, so if you wanted to drive out Friday morning, you could still get in a half day with these guys. They also indicated they might move to the Richwood National Guard Armory in the interim. Phone 304-846-2773
These two were suggested by Volunteer West Virginia as being somewhat convenient to Hico, and in need of our help. They are working seven days a week, so if it's better for people to volunteer on Saturday or Sunday, that's fine. Make sure to dress appropriately. Long pants, work boots and leather gloves are the uniform of the day. Sunscreen and bug spray strongly recommended.
They both indicated that they have enough donated bleach, clothes, and water, etc, and said that they really need tools such as hammers, crowbars, etc for tear down and rebuild. With that in mind, I'm going to suggest that we, as individuals and a club, make monetary donations. It seems to me that will put the most power for good in the best place. Take your pick of worthy organizations to give money to. I'd suggest the Red Cross.
I've just now donated $100. I challenge you to donate as well. Minimum online donation is $10.
1. Volunteer for muck out with Team Rubicon. Meet at Nicholas County High School, 30 Grizzly Lane, in Summersville at 7 am for registration. This is an ALL DAY event, so I'd suggest going out on Thursday night. Don't worry, this will still be going on in two weeks time. Phone 681-208-0249.
2. Volunteer at Richwood Family Center for a number of different assignments with a team called Mission Assignments. Richwood Family Center is at 3 Valley Rd in Richwood. These folks have multiple jobs and excursions throughout the day, so if you wanted to drive out Friday morning, you could still get in a half day with these guys. They also indicated they might move to the Richwood National Guard Armory in the interim. Phone 304-846-2773
These two were suggested by Volunteer West Virginia as being somewhat convenient to Hico, and in need of our help. They are working seven days a week, so if it's better for people to volunteer on Saturday or Sunday, that's fine. Make sure to dress appropriately. Long pants, work boots and leather gloves are the uniform of the day. Sunscreen and bug spray strongly recommended.
They both indicated that they have enough donated bleach, clothes, and water, etc, and said that they really need tools such as hammers, crowbars, etc for tear down and rebuild. With that in mind, I'm going to suggest that we, as individuals and a club, make monetary donations. It seems to me that will put the most power for good in the best place. Take your pick of worthy organizations to give money to. I'd suggest the Red Cross.
I've just now donated $100. I challenge you to donate as well. Minimum online donation is $10.