World Compassion Network Assists Tennessee Flooding Victims
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
There was flooding in Tennessee, southcentral and western Kentucky and northern Mississippi as the result of rains May 1 and 2.
Joe Wilkey, WCN executive director, and Ben Deatsman, WCN volunteer, traveled to Tennessee to deliver bottled water, canned soup and flood clean-up kits to the Gateway Christian Church in Clarksville, Tenn., May 5.[[In-content Ad]]WCN is a disaster relief organization that primarily responds to disasters locally and all over the world.
Wilkey said he contacted Ron Allen, WCN disaster relief coordinator, May 4 to see if there was anything WCN could do to assist the flood victims.
Allen is the disaster relief coordinator representing Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky. Allen lives in Clarksville and when there is a disaster he assesses the situation and lets other WCNs know how to respond.
Wilkey called Allen May 4 and Wilkey and Deatsman delivered the flood relief supplies to Clarksville May 5. They unloaded the supplies that night and started back for Indiana.
Wilkey said the supplies were stocked in WCN's warehouse and they were able to purchase the items from local donors.
Wilkey said he went over the distribution plan with Allen and the items were given to distribution centers in Tennessee. Gateway Christian Church oversaw the distribution under the direction of Allen after doing distribution assessments.
"A lot of supplies from other organizations were going to Nashville , but a lot of the areas in rural Clarksville needed help and the bottled water and supplies WCN collected helped because the water system was out due to the flood," Wilkey said.
The Cumberland River, which is what flooded, goes through Clarksville..
The flood cleaning kits were used once the flooding receded.
The soup was distributed to soup kitchens in Tennessee to people who had to leave their homes due to the flooding.
Wilkey said while he was in Tennessee, the downtown area where the Cumberland River was flowing was completely under water and the businesses in Clarksville were under water.
He also said the tributaries that feed into the Cumberland River were full, and houses in the rural areas of Tennessee were under water.
"As soon as we crossed the Kentucky line and headed on I-24 we saw a huge amount of standing water in the fields," Wilkey said.
People who want to donate funds for flood disaster relief efforts can mail checks to WCN, with flood cleaning written in the memo line, to P.O. Box 1152 Warsaw, IN 46580.
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There was flooding in Tennessee, southcentral and western Kentucky and northern Mississippi as the result of rains May 1 and 2.
Joe Wilkey, WCN executive director, and Ben Deatsman, WCN volunteer, traveled to Tennessee to deliver bottled water, canned soup and flood clean-up kits to the Gateway Christian Church in Clarksville, Tenn., May 5.[[In-content Ad]]WCN is a disaster relief organization that primarily responds to disasters locally and all over the world.
Wilkey said he contacted Ron Allen, WCN disaster relief coordinator, May 4 to see if there was anything WCN could do to assist the flood victims.
Allen is the disaster relief coordinator representing Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky. Allen lives in Clarksville and when there is a disaster he assesses the situation and lets other WCNs know how to respond.
Wilkey called Allen May 4 and Wilkey and Deatsman delivered the flood relief supplies to Clarksville May 5. They unloaded the supplies that night and started back for Indiana.
Wilkey said the supplies were stocked in WCN's warehouse and they were able to purchase the items from local donors.
Wilkey said he went over the distribution plan with Allen and the items were given to distribution centers in Tennessee. Gateway Christian Church oversaw the distribution under the direction of Allen after doing distribution assessments.
"A lot of supplies from other organizations were going to Nashville , but a lot of the areas in rural Clarksville needed help and the bottled water and supplies WCN collected helped because the water system was out due to the flood," Wilkey said.
The Cumberland River, which is what flooded, goes through Clarksville..
The flood cleaning kits were used once the flooding receded.
The soup was distributed to soup kitchens in Tennessee to people who had to leave their homes due to the flooding.
Wilkey said while he was in Tennessee, the downtown area where the Cumberland River was flowing was completely under water and the businesses in Clarksville were under water.
He also said the tributaries that feed into the Cumberland River were full, and houses in the rural areas of Tennessee were under water.
"As soon as we crossed the Kentucky line and headed on I-24 we saw a huge amount of standing water in the fields," Wilkey said.
People who want to donate funds for flood disaster relief efforts can mail checks to WCN, with flood cleaning written in the memo line, to P.O. Box 1152 Warsaw, IN 46580.
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