Announcement, Lee County, North Carolina, North Carolina, Religion, Sanford, North Carolina

After a series of tornadoes destroyed the area, a group of parishioners from Sanford, the United Methodist Church of St. Luke, organized an emergency rescue operation for residents of western Kentucky.

Patrick Touchard and Todd Showalter were moved to organize the event after seeing the destruction of the weekend. Together with many others at 2916 Wicker St. Church, the couple took a truck from Touchard's Black Forest Logistics into the parking lot, where anyone interested in donating can drop supplies.

Touchard said he plans to leave for Kentucky in the "Wednesday morning", so any supplies should be delivered to Tuesday by 8 pm on Tuesday, and they will have other opportunities.

Church member Susan Laudate said that volunteers will collect donations on-site from 3 pm to 8 pm on Monday and Tuesday, but volunteers who come at other times are welcome to deliver the supplies to the assembly area near the truck.

The following is a list of supplies that the church is looking for:

Pillows, toothbrushes and toothpaste, sanitary wipes/baby wipes, deodorant, socks, underwear, toilet paper, tissues, lightweight blankets and sheets, shower shoes, sunglasses and hats, gloves, scarves, knitted hats, hand cream, one-time Sex diapers, flashlights and headlights, hand tools, hammers, screws, tarps, gas tanks, water containers and bottles, brooms, mops, plastic buckets, squeegees, multi-function tools, cleaning supplies, spray bottles, wipes, band-aids , Local disinfectant, gauze, insect repellent, insecticide, paper plates, cups, plastic products, garbage bags, chewing gum, mints, water flavors, paper, pencils and pens, magic markers or chalk, batteries, mobile phones Charger and cable and solar charger

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