Convoy of Hope Resources Desperate Rural Areas
Springfield, Mo. - As the weekend approaches with 4"- 6” of snow predicted, Convoy of Hope is committed to helping resource EOCs and shelters in rural areas as long as victims are taking shelter from this brutal winter weather. Shelter directors are hoping for the best, but planning for the worst.
While the National Guard picks up water at the Springfield Mo.-based Convoy of Hope World Distribution Center, the group is also distributing life-sustaining relief supplies to communities outside of Springfield/Greene County area, which are otherwise receiving little outside help, this evening.
Urbana (Dallas County)
Multiple shelters, receiving a semi-truck of supplies
Mayor Carol Walker, 417/993-5773
Miller (Lawrence County)
Point of Distribution, received first contact of help today
Tina Hill, 417/452-2555
Marionville Assembly of God (Lawrence County)
Point of Distribution
Darla Lewis, 417/258-2120
Freistatt (Lawrence County)
Shelter
Jennifer Oberman, 417/236-9650
Mt. Vernon (Lawrence County)
Shelter
Jack Daniels, 417/737-3140
Willard (Greene County)
Emergency Operations Center
Donna Gordon, 417/742-3033
Additional locations are continuously developing.
This brings the organization’s distribution of its own supplies of water, non-perishable food and personal hygiene kits to more than 225,500 lbs. Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs), shelters, Fire Stations, and other safe harbors throughout the greater Ozarks region, have received these products to help relieve victims of the destructive winter weather.
As the donations management site for Springfield/Greene County, the organization has received, staged, and distributed an additional 126,000 pounds of government-provided relief supplies throughout Greene County.
The unprecedented ice storms that handicapped the Midwest last weekend left it a Federally Declared Disaster Area.
Please help support Convoy of Hope’s ongoing relief efforts, donate at http://www.ConvoyofHope.org.
For more information:
Jeff Nene, Media and Communications Director, 417/860-2196 mobile
Kristin Kubitschek, Public Relations Director, 417/894-9084 mobile