The Village of Richwood Council member Reddy Brown, his wife Michelle, and North Union High School freshman Traven Reber will spend next week in Bowling Green, Kentucky, helping the Baptists on Mission care for victims of the recent tornadoes. “My team has one truck and one box trailer,” Brown wrote in a Facebook post. “We’re taking chainsaws and a quad to help clean.” According to the Baptists on Mission website, the North Carolina Disaster Relief will deploy a small feeding team, a laundry unit, recovery unit, generator and chainsaw teams for disaster recovery efforts out of Hillvue Heights Baptist Church in Bowling Green. Brown’s small group will be staying at the Hillvue Heights Baptist Church Monday through Friday. Brown said he and Reber, who is a Troop 440 Boy Scout, will help the chainsaw team, while Michelle Brown assists with meal preparation for crews. Their main mission is to provide winter coats for children who have lost their personal belongings and will return to school in January. Brown invites the public to donate non-perishable, dry food, clothes and winter coats for those who have been impacted by the natural disaster. He asked that community members do not donate canned goods because of weight restrictions in his truck. “You can bring those items, boxed or bagged, to 21 Maple St. (in Richwood) from Friday noon until Sunday noon, when we will pack it all up,” Brown wrote on Facebook. The donations and monetary contributions to buy food will be accepted by the Cornerview Community Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Walmart gift cards and checks payable to the Cornerview Community Church, 6378 Louisville Road, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101, are appreciated. Brown added that donations for the tornado victims are also accepted at Rural King, 1000 N. Main St. in Marysville, until Saturday. The Richwood Church of Christ, 29063 Sivey Road in Richwood, will be collecting new or used jeans of all sizes, pull-over and zipper-front sweatshirts and work gloves in extra large and extra-extra large to support recovery efforts in Kentucky on Sunday from 2-6 p.m. Items can be dropped off in the fellowship hall, entrance C in the north parking lot. They will be delivered to Kentucky on Monday. Community members are also invited to help sort and prepare the donations for delivery on Sunday at that time. Furthermore, monetary donations can be made to Richwood Church of Christ, with a designation of Tornado Relief. Benny’s Pizza, 968 Columbus Ave. in Marysville, is collecting donations of small personal care items and other essential supplies until close on Christmas Eve at 5 p.m.  Essential items requested include soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, dry shampoo, hand and body lotion, deodorant, hand sanitizers, chapstick, wash rags, towels, bandages, combs, brushes, underwear, socks, stocking caps, mittens, gloves, trash bags and diapers. Non-perishable foods that can also be donated are peanut butter, jelly, crackers, canned fruit, canned vegetables, beef jerky, baby formula, and small bags or cans of dog and cat food.  Benny’s reported that the donations will be sent to Kentucky the week after Christmas.  According to its website, Benny’s is offering $1 off on personal and small pizzas and $2 off on medium and large pizzas to donors. Participants are asked to bring in at least one item per pizza ordered for the pizza discount. Additionally, a clothing and personal needs drive will take place at the Union County Fairgrounds, 845 N. Main St. in Marysville, on Sunday between noon and 4 p.m. Donors are advised to enter the fairgrounds using the Route 4 gate and follow the signs. Items requested include: orange and yellow vests, hand warmers, construction gloves, candles, matches or lighters, flashlights and batteries, hand warming packs, infant diapers, adult diapers, dry/shelf stable milk, denture cleaner, contact solution and cases, Children’s Tylenol or Motrin, diabetic food or testing supplies, dog food, toiletries, feminine products, gallon or larger jugs of water, cases of bottled water, cleaning wipes, baby wipes, adult wipes, blankets, pillows, sheets, beach wagons, towels and washcloths, can openers, non-perishable food, new socks, new underwear, large trash bags, cardboard boxes and storage totes. For more information about the drive and local recovery efforts, visit Marysville Ohio, Kentucky Disaster Relief page on Facebook.

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