(Updated 12/14/21 – pm) How You Can Help:
WMOK has compiled a listing below of ways that our local residents can donate and offer resources to the victims of Friday’s catastrophic line of storms.
Robinson Transport Inc – 327 Fairgrounds Rd. Metropolis – Monday thru Friday between the hours of 6:30am and 4:30pm – Suggested items are water, cleaning supplies, toiletries, diapers, wipes, blankets and snacks. River’s Edge Veterinary Hospital – 720 Kennedy Dr. Metropolis – 8am-5:30pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday – 11a-8p Tuesday – Suggested items are pet food, litter, bedding, leashes, potty pads, cleaning supplies, basically anything you would use for a pet. Rural Pope county fire protection district. – Station #1 – 64 Franks Road – Pope County – They will deliver donations to Mayfield Fire Department on Tuesday – There is a box by the door to collect items – suggested items are cleaning supplies, toilet paper, paper towels, baby wipes, diapers, baby formula, blankets, pillows, non-perishable food and bottled water. They advise that someone is almost always at the fire station and those stopping by should knock loudly.Metropolis Fire Station located at 213 West 7th street in Metropolis – The City of Metropolis Fire Department and Metropolis Police Department @Metropolis Office of Emergency Management as well as the Massac County Emergency Management Agency are designating the Metropolis Fire Station as a drop off point for donations to help assist the victims and communities of the deadly tornado outbreak last weekend. If you would like to drop off items, you may do so at the Metropolis Fire Station located at 213 West 7th street in Metropolis. Items being accepted are water, non-perishable food items, blankets, cleaning supplies, toiletries, flashlights, batteries and new clothes.MES will collect new and very gently used unwrapped items at the school December 15th-17th. Donations can be sent to school with your student or dropped off in front of the school in the provided boxes. MES is located at 1015 Filmore Street in Metropolis.
Shawnee Mass Transit District accepting non-perishable items at 100 Smart Dr. Vienna, Illinois Donate Monetarily – Mail donations to:Mayfield Graves County Tornado Relief Fund
PO Box 9
Fancy Farm, KY 42039
WMOK heard from Greater Metropolis Convention & Visitors Bureau Director, Trish Steckenrider on Tuesday and she advised that due to the recent catastrophic tornado that ripped through West KY, many victims have been displaced and are now staying in hotels in Metropolis, IL.In reaching out to the hotels to see what assistance was need, the GMCVB found that many of the victims did not have insurance and were renting their places of residence. They are now responsible for all their hotel charges.
In order to ensure these victims are not removed from their hotels due to lack of payment, GMCVB has set up a fund for people to donate to in order to cover lodging expenses.
The fund will be overseen by the Greater Metropolis Convention & Visitors Bureau. If you have any questions please contact: Trish Childers Steckenrider, GMCVB Executive Director
To volunteer your time or resources (Food and supplies, Equipment or machinery, Communications, Search and rescue – trained, Search and rescue – untrained, Nurse/Paramedic/EMT, Electrical or plumbing, etc) please fill out the form here — https://surveyhero.com/c/viuf4h7p…Resource Pages on Facebook:
MAYFIELD, Ky., Dec. 13, 2021 — “We are seeing blood donations at a critical low, the lowest it has been in a decade,” said Robert Wagner, District Manager for Biomedical Donor Services Recruitment with the Red Cross. “These storms were devastating, and the need is even greater for blood donation now and in the weeks to come. We need people who can donate to make a commitment to help following the disaster.”
Register at redcrossblood.org or on the Red Cross Blood App
For additional information about the need for blood donation and how you can help, go to RedCrossBlood.org.
Local supply drop offs, how to offer your services if you’re an electriction/plumber/etc, how to donate monetarily and more ways that you can help in the WMOK News Check –
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