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Released 23 April 2012
Update: April 23, 2012
The Salvation Army Deploys Kansas City
Disaster Team To Assist With Tornado Relief in 
Wichita
Kansas City, MO - The Salvation Army is sending a team of
emergency disaster services (EDS) volunteers from Kansas City to Wichita this
week to assist with continuing tornado relief efforts.
One Salvation Army mobile feeding kitchen remains on the scene in south
Wichita, providing meals and cold drinks to survivors and clean-up crews. In
the two weeks since the tornado struck April 14, more than165 Salvation Army
officers, employees and volunteers have served 3,300 meals and 10,624 snacks
and cold drinks. The Salvation Army has also provided more than $24,000 in
financial assistance to affected residents to purchase necessities such as
clothing, prescriptions and food.
The best way to help tornado survivors and rescue workers is to make a
financial donation. Monetary donations allow disaster responders to immediately
meet the specific needs of disaster survivors. To donate by credit card, call
1-800-SAL-ARMY or go to www.salvationarmy.us. Checks may be mailed to The
Salvation Army, 350 Market, Wichita, KS 67202. Donors may also text "Shelter"
to 80888 to give $10. Please be sure to designate your gift "Kansas
Tornadoes".
*A one-time donation of $10 will be billed to your mobile phone bill.
Messaging and data rates may apply. Donations are collected for The Salvation
Army by mobilecause.com. Reply STOP to 80888 to stop. Reply HELP to 80888 for
help. For terms, see www.igfn.org/t.
Due to emergency conditions, The Salvation Army cannot guarantee that gifts
of household goods or clothing donated now will be sent to disaster areas. In
times of disaster, we fulfill household needs from existing, pre-sorted stock.
Please, continue to donate gently-used household goods to your local Salvation
Army - you help your community today and may help with disaster relief needs
tomorrow. To find your nearest drop-off location, please go to www.satruck.org.
Update: April 17,
2012
The Salvation Army Continues to
Provide Support to
Tornado Survivors in Wichita, Kansas
The Salvation Army continues to provide
support to the community of Wichita, Kansas following Saturday night's tornado
that caused millions of dollars in damage.
Three Salvation Army
emergency disaster mobile feeding kitchens (canteens) remain in service, one
stationed outside a temporary shelter for survivors, while the two other
canteens rove through the devastated areas.
Since Sunday, The
Salvation Army has served more than 1,200 meals and 4,000 snacks and cold
drinks to first responders, clean-up crews and survivors. The Salvation Army
has also provided more than $3,000 in financial assistance to more than 154
individuals to purchase necessities such as clothing, prescriptions and food.
Salvation Army case workers are set up to take applications for assistance at
the Multi-Service Center at Idlewild Park, 3937 E. Oaklawn Drive in Wichita.
Please bring proof of residency (ID, utility bill with an address, etc.).
The best way to help tornado survivors and rescue workers is to make a
financial donation. Monetary donations allow disaster responders to immediately
meet the specific needs of disaster survivors. To donate by credit card, call
1-800-SAL-ARMY or go to www.salvationarmy.us. Checks may be mailed to The Salvation Army,
350 Market, Wichita, KS 67202. Donors may also text "Shelter" to 80888 to give
$10. Please be sure to designate your gift "Kansas Tornadoes".
*A
one-time donation of $10 will be billed to your mobile phone bill. Messaging
and data rates may apply. Donations are collected for The Salvation Army by
mobilecause.com. Reply STOP to 80888 to stop. Reply HELP to 80888 for
help. For terms, see www.igfn.org/t.
Due to emergency conditions, The Salvation Army cannot guarantee that gifts
of household goods or clothing donated now will be sent to disaster areas. In
times of disaster, we fulfill household needs from existing, pre-sorted stock.
Please, continue to donate gently-used household goods to your local Salvation
Army - you help your community today and may help with disaster relief needs
tomorrow. To find your nearest drop-off location, please go to www.satruck.org.
Kansas
City, MO - The Salvation Army remains on the scene in Wichita this
morning, offering support to community members in the aftermath of a
devastating tornado that tore through the southern part of the city Saturday
night.
Three Salvation Army emergency disaster mobile feeding
kitchens (canteens) are back in action today, offering assistance to first
responders, survivors and clean-up crews. One canteen is stationed outside a
temporary shelter for survivors, while the two other canteens are roving
through the devastated areas.
On Sunday, Salvation Army volunteers
served 450 meals and distributed flashlights, batteries, blankets, pillows and
hygiene kits to those in need. The Salvation Army is also offering financial
assistance in the form of vouchers to tornado survivors. To apply, individuals
are asked to go to The Salvation Army City Command, 350 Market in Wichita
between the hours of 8:30 am and 4 pm. Please bring proof of residency (ID,
utility bill with an address, etc.).
"We arrived on the scene
within a few hours after the tornado," said Major Douglas Rowland, the City
Commander for The Salvation Army in Wichita. "Later, as we drove through a
trailer park that had been destroyed, we came upon a man who was alone,
rummaging through the pile of rubble that had once been his home. He said that
he had been in rehab and was going to be coming home, but now had nothing to
come home to. My wife and I prayed with him that God would somehow help him
through it all and feel His presence to continue on."
The best way
to help tornado survivors and rescue workers is to make a financial donation.
Monetary donations allow disaster responders to immediately meet the specific
needs of disaster survivors. To donate by credit card, call 1-800-SAL-ARMY or
go to www.salvationarmy.us. Checks
may be mailed to The Salvation Army, 350 Market, Wichita, KS 67202. Donors may
also text "Shelter" to 80888 to give $10. Please be sure to designate your gift
"Kansas Tornadoes".
*A one-time donation of $10 will be billed
to your mobile phone bill. Messaging and data rates may apply. Donations are
collected for The Salvation Army by mobilecause.com. Reply STOP to 80888 to
stop. Reply HELP to 80888 for help. For
terms, see www.igfn.org/t.
Due to emergency conditions, The Salvation Army cannot guarantee that
gifts of household goods or clothing donated now will be sent to disaster
areas. In times of disaster, we fulfill household needs from existing,
pre-sorted stock. Please, continue to donate gently-used household goods to
your local Salvation Army - you help your community today and may help with
disaster relief needs tomorrow. To find your nearest drop-off location, please
go to www.satruck.org.