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  • WHCB Radio is receiveing donations of personal care items at the WHCB offices at 340 Edgemont Avenue, Suite 100, in Bristol, Tennessee. If you plan to bring a large amount of items, please phone 423.878.6279 so we can arrange to help you unload the items.
    We will package the items into individual personal care bags that will be given to verified hurricane Katrina disaster victims.
    Here are the items we can accept:
    BABY DIAPERS, ALL SIZES , ADULT DIAPERS , SOAP , NEW WASHCLOTHS , DEODARANT , DISPOSABLE RAZORS , SHAMPOO, CONDITIONER , TOOTHBRUSHES, TOOTHPASTE, DENTAL FLOSS, MOUTHWASH , Q TIPS , SMALL PACKS OF KLEENEX , TWEEZERS, NAIL FILES, NAIL CLIPPERS , LOTION , COMBS, HAIR BRUSHES , BASIC FIRST AID SUPPLIES (BANDAIDS, PERIXOIDE, ANTIBIOTIC CREAM, ANTICIDS, ETC) , VITAMINS.
    BABY ITEMS: , WIPES , RASH OINTMENT , BABY SHAMPOO, BODY WASH, LOTION , CANDY BARS, CEREAL BARS, CANDY .


  • ROGERSVILLE - Family Resource Center accepting donations to help Katrina evacuees Monday, September 19, 2005 By JEFF BOBO Times-News
    There are now 18 children in the Hawkins County School District who are evacuees from Hurricane Katrina, and offers to help them and their families have been pouring in to the school system. Hawkins County Director of Schools Clayton Armstrong told the Board of Education Thursday that the district's Family Resource Center is accepting and disbursing many of the donations. He added, however, that regulations make cash donations to the Family Resource Center complicated and there is a better way of helping out. Family Resource Center, which is located in a modular unit on the campus of Rogersville Middle School, is also accepting donations of clothing, school supplies and other necessities for hurricane evacuees who have come to Hawkins County. Anyone with questions about how to donate a (Walmart) gift card or other items is invited to call the director Amy Cinnamon at the Family Resource Center at 921-9621 during business hours.
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  • Johnson City Press raised $9200 for the Red Cross Relief Fund.


  • Gateway Baptist Church is housing workers, emergency personnel, etc on there way down or on their way back from helping in the relief effort. Call 538-7156 for more info.
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  • JONESVILLE - UMCOR volunteers heading for Mississippi. As coordinator for the United Methodist Committee on Relief for the Big Stone Gap District, Mehaffy spent the day collecting donated money, food and supplies, fielding telephone calls, loading supplies and equipment on several trailers, and preparing for a weeklong trip with 20 volunteers who will be bringing assistance to residents of hurricane-damaged Pascagoula, Miss. Four members of the volunteer group have already spent considerable time this week rounding up donations and arranging for storage at Jonesville United Methodist Church. Plans were to load the supplies on Friday, get up early Saturday morning and have breakfast at the church, then start off for Mississippi at 6 a.m. Upon arrival, the volunteers will stay at Eastlawn UMC for a week. Jonesville resident Roy Estes has agreed to drive his 40-foot motor coach towing a 28-foot enclosed trailer, provided by Lee County Circuit Judge Birg Sergent, hauling much of the supplies and equipment. Independent Home Health has donated medical supplies, and Grabeel's IGA in Jonesville provided meat and food not just for these volunteers but also for other UMCOR workers expected to be on site. Donations to UMCOR may be sent to the United Methodist Church, Big Stone Gap District Office, 101 Gilley Ave., Big Stone Gap, VA 24219. Make checks payable to Disaster Relief Team.


  • BIKE FOR HOPE is a weeklong fundraising effort ending with both a mountain bike and road ride on Sunday Oct. 9th at 2pm in Damascus. We will meet at the Caboose in Damascus for the start of both finale rides......Here's the challenge: Northeast Tenessee Mountain Bike Assoc., Tri Cities Road Club, Kingsport Bicycle Assoc. and Rotary clubs of the Tri cities challenges every cyclist in the Tri cities to take donations for every mile they ride the week of Oct. 1st - Oct. 8th. The amount pledged is totally up to the donor. If a single 1 time pledge is easier than a pledge per mile that is great. Any and all donations are accepted. A donation sheet is available on the NTMBA.org web site. You can download it and print it for your use. All money will go to District 7570 Rotary Club earmarked for the Katrina Disaster Relief Fund. The benefits of the bike clubs going in partnership with Rotary is that funds can be put to use immediately, and that volunteers who are familiar with the local situations will be able to provide aid that is beyond the immediate capacity of outside relief agencies. Rotary already has 501c3 accounts set-up for distribution to victims. Checks will need to be made to: District 7570, Katrina Disaster Relief Fund. All donations and sheets will be collected on Oct. 9th in Damascus at the mountain bike/road bike ride finale. If you are unable to attend just let me know. I will contact you and make arrangements to collect donations......Tell everyone you can about this. Evangelize to everyone, even if they don't cycle. This is such an important relief effort. Thanks again to everyone for their time and effort. Together we can make a difference!.....Kim Bishop, NTMBA Membership/Novice Ride Coordinator Yetimom@charter.net or 423-239-9903
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  • Twin Springs High School has an ongoing campaign to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The campaign is called the “Campaign of Hope,” and all persons who give to this campaign will get their name listed on the “Wall of Hope.” The students have encouraged each other to give up one soft drink or candy bar a day, and donate that money to the campaign. They have generated over $300 a day so far, and as of Friday, they had collected more than $1,500. The money collected will be given to a local disaster response team who will be taking the money directly to the disaster area. Send contributions to Twin Springs High School, Route 1, Box 114, Nickelsville, Va. 24271


  • Rye Cove’s chapter of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is taking fund-raising effort a bit further. The club is requesting citizens join their “Finding Hope in the Midst of Despair” flood bucket drive. United Methodist Community on Relief (UMCOR) project, students are asking for donations so they may prepare flood buckets for victims in the affected areas. Supplies in the bucket enable people to being the overwhelming task of cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina. Citizens can either drop off or send donations for the items or complete their own bucket. The deadline to receive flood buckets is Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. in the Family and Consumer Science Department at Rye Cove High School. You may not be able to purchase all the items on the list but any contribution is appreciated. Checks can be sent to Rye Cove FCCLA, Hurricane Relief, Route 4, Box 154, Clinchport, Va. 24244. Donations should be postmarked by Sept. 29 and should be made payable to Rye Cove FCCLA.


  • Gate City is using an open date on their football schedule as an opportunity to raise funds for hurricane victims. You are invited to watch the senior and freshman girls take on the junior and sophomore girls in a powder-puff football game. Friday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at Legion Field. Admission to the game is only $1 and additional donations will be accepted. All monies raised will be given to the American Red Cross. Gate City High School, 127 Beech Street, Gate City, Va. 24251


  • The Gate City chapter of FCCLA has been busy collecting money from students during their “Make a Dollar Count” fund-raising drive for hurricane relief. Members have been collecting money each Friday during homeroom. The goal of the Gate City FCCLA is $1 per student per week or approximately $4,000.


  • Some local businesses are joining the relief effort by offering special deals. Shelia Meade, local Home Interior consultant, announced that her company is offering a special jar candle, “A Light in the Storm,” with all proceeds benefiting hurricane victims. The vanilla candle is available through Home Interior Decorating Consultants at a cost of $6.49. All profits will be donated to the company charitable foundation’s Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. For more information, call Meade at (423) 335-6902.


  • All branches of Farmers & Miners Bank are accepting donations for three special charities providing relief in the gulf states. The bank has also agreed to match up to $5,000 given in community donations. Contributions will be donated to the Red Cross, Salvation Army and Feed the Children. 386-9000.


  • Members of the Scott County Board of Supervisors at the request of District 6 Supervisor Chad Hood are discussing ways the county can offer assistance to hurricane victims. Brunswick County issued a challenge to all county boards of supervisors by sending a $25,000 donation for hurricane relief. Three other counties have answered the challenge.


  • The local Tri-Cities area Goodwills are ready to train if necessary, and create employment opportunities within its own organization or within the community for people with barriers to employment, including those people who have been displaced because of Hurricane Katrina. Donations for this effort as well as to rebuild the infrastructure in the affected areas can be given at any area Goodwill store or sent to 2017 Brookside Lane, Kingsport, TN 37660 to the attention of Doug Kirkland.
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  • Foundation For Hope is looking for churches willing to assist families in need. They are trying to move families out of temporary housing and shelters into a more permanent and stable location for up to 90 days - apartments or rental homes only. Churches or church organizations can help by providing housing, food, simple furnishings, relocation, placement in school, employment assistance. They estimate up to $5000 would be needed for this type of support. If your church is interested and would like to know more, go to foundationforhope.org or contact Alan Halsey @423-246-3529. I am looking for 10 churches to help 10 families in the Tri-Cities. Let's work together to help these families rebuild their lives.


  • Arlene Kellum's Affordable Dentures dental practice in Bluff City is part of a network of more than 100 affiliated Affordable Dentures dental practices which together are donating $1 million in denture services to people affected by Hurricane Katrina. Dentures and related services will be provided free to victims whose dentures were lost or damaged during the storm or subsequent relief efforts, or have been relocated and are in need of denture services. Victims requiring services are asked to register with the American Red Cross or the Salvation Army prior to visiting the practice. For more information call Kellum's practice at 538-5197 or log on to www.affordabledentures.com.
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  • By Celia Pennington : Last week Johnson County began pouring out its heart to victims of Katrina’s wrath. In just a few days, two tractor-trailers from Danny Herman Trucking were filled to the brim and pointed south to help aid the displaced evacuees in Mississippi and Louisiana. Volunteers from the First United Methodist Church organized the effort and sorted, labeled and loaded water, non-perishable food items, toiletries and teddy bears on the massive trucks. People from all walks of life found their way to Hardee’s parking lot last week to do something. A Drop To Drink became their drive as the nearly 2,300 students in the county were instructed to each bring in .50 that would purchase a bottle of water for someone in the hurricane stricken areas of Louisiana. Students were also told they could donate stuffed animals for some of the youngest flood victims. Thursday, as the JCHS football players with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and their coach Mike Atwood began loading the water donated by local students, it quickly became apparent that 2,300 bottles of water would not even touch the amount of money donated. Friday, when the golf team finished loading the schools’ water, more than five bottles represented each child - more than 12,656 bottles total.


  • Farmers and Miners Bank has established an account to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina and will match up to $5,000 in community donations. Anyone wishing to contribute to the Katrina Fund can visit any Farmers and Miners office in Pennington Gap, Rose Hill, Cumberland Gap, Weber City, Clintwood or Wise. Checks may also be mailed to Farmers and Miners Bank, Attn: Katrina Relief Fund, 403 W. Morgan Ave., Pennington Gap, VA. 24277. For more information call Heather Edwards at (276)546-4692.


  • The Jasper Volunteer Fire Department conducted a door-to-door food drive for the survivors of Hurricane Katrina who will be receiving shelter in Pennington Gap. Members participating in the drive were Leonard, Wanda and Lee Harless; Hughie, Nemia and Chris Carter; Justin Thompson; Will Rogers; and Robert and Katrina Falin. The department will continue to accept donations for victims of Hurricane Katrina. For more information call Wanda Harless at (276)393-8647.
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  • First Christian Church in Abingdon will hold a Hurricane Relief Benefit concert on Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. The concert will feature the bluegrass sounds of CrossTrain plus various other vocalists and instrumentalists from the Abingdon area. The concert is free, but an offering will be taken. All proceeds will benefit Building Better Communities, an inner-city work in New Orleans. First Christian Church is located at 185 Old Jonesboro Road. For more information call (276)628-2225.
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  • Foundation For Hope is looking for churches willing to assist families in need. They are trying to move families out of temporary housing and shelters into a more permanent and stable location for up to 90 days - apartments or rental homes only. Churches or church organizations can help by providing housing, food, simple furnishings, relocation, placement in school, employment assistance. They estimate up to $5000 would be needed for this type of support. If your church is interested and would like to know more, go to foundationforhope.org or contact Alan Halsey @423-246-3529. I am looking for 10 churches to help 10 families in the Tri-Cities. Let's work together to help these families rebuild their lives.
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  • Fatz Cafe in Bristol is collecting donations from guests and associates throughout the month of September to go to the Salvation Army Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Fatz is matching every dollar in guest and associate donations up to $25,000.
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  • Wellmont Health System and Charter Communications are collecting school supplies to be given to children displaced by Hurricane Katrina until the end of September. The Salvation Army will distribute the collected supplies to children in need. Collection bins are located in the front lobbies of Holston Valley Medical Center, Lonesome Pine Hospital and Hawkins County Memorial Hospital, as well as in the cafeteria of Bristol Regional Medical Center. Bins have also been set up in the Wellmont Wellcare centers located in the Bristol Mall and Fort Henry Mall. Needed school supplies include pencils, crayons, notebook paper, rulers, calculators, markers, glue, scissors and notebooks.
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  • Home Interiors & Gifts in Weber City is offering "A Light in the Storm" candle to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims and their families. For each candle sold through local consultant Shelia Meade, all profits from the candles will be donated to Home Interiors Charitable Foundation's Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund, which will distribute the funds to reputable organizations helping in the relief efforts, such as the Salvation Army. For more information contact Meade at 335-6902. For more information on the Home Interiors Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund log on to www.homeinteriors.com.


  • Appalachian School of Law students collected 11,861 pounds of food and $300 to donate to the Appalachian Branch, Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank to be sent to the area hit by Hurricane Katrina. Accord to a spokesperson from Second Harvest, the donation is the largest donation the food bank has received for the relief program. Individuals and groups wishing to donate food or money to the relief effort may contact Second Harvest at (276)628-9266.
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