Photo: Dee Vazquez, from left, helps Georgette Centelo and her grandfather Lawrence Roberts after they tried to recover their belongings from a family mobile home in Central, north of Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (David Grunfeld/NOLA.com The Times-Picayune via AP)
Updated August 22, 11 a.m.
The truck at the Cullman Police Department is full and cannot receive any more donations for Baton Rouge flood victims. However, Wallace State is accepting donations. Please share this message. Thanks!
From Wallace State: EMERGENCY SUPPLIES NEEDED for Louisiana flood victims….. It’s our turn to give to those who have lost everything.
NEEDED:
-Clothing (used but clean; socks and underwear must be new/unopened!)
-Hygiene items (diapers, soap, shampoo, pads and tampons, razors, etc.)
-Cleaning Supplies (detergent, dish soap, Clorox/Lysol wipes, etc.)
DROP OFF:
Wallace State Community College – Bailey Center, Office 1106
August 18-August 25, 2016
Items will be given directly to victims by a National Guard unit.
Contact: Susan Peek, 256.352.7839, susan.peek@wallacestate.edu
Updated August 18, 12:01 p.m.
CULLMAN – The City of Cullman is collecting donations for the victims of the recent flooding in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The collection point is the Cullman City Police Department, where a truck is parked and ready to be loaded.
Cullman Mayor Max A. Townson released the following statement.
"The City of Cullman is establishing a collection point for the victims of the flood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A truck will be parked at the Cullman City Police Department where people can donate clothing items, nonperishable food items, bottled water, toiletries and personal hygiene items, baby products, paper towel, and so forth. The truck will be there for one week. If we feel it’s necessary to extend the time, we will do so. Cullman experienced a natural disaster on April 27, 2011, and we received a lot of help from communities all over the country. Now it’s our turn to help these flood victims."
According to Townson, the idea came from a concerned citizen who called his office. Once he heard the idea, he says he immediately called Cullman City Police Chief Kenny Culpepper and told them to get the wheels turning.
“I heard the idea and thought it was a wonderful opportunity for the citizens of Cullman to give back,” Townson said. “We saw the response we got during the aftermath of the F4 tornado on April 27, 2011, and we will respond to this.”
Townson said a church from Florence heard about the donations collection going on in Cullman and will be sending a load of goods to Cullman on Sunday.
The collection point will tentatively be open from 8-5 for one week. At the end of the week, if the load is big enough, Townson said, he will request that a local trucking company volunteer their services to transport the donations to Louisiana.
“I think the people of Cullman will take all the goodwill they received during 2011 and pay it forward because we’ve been through this,” Townson said.
The Cullman City Police Department is located at 601 Second Ave. NE.
