I just wanna ask everyone to keep Joplin, MO residents in their thoughts. They were hit by a major tornado the other day that struck a densely populated area of the town wiping out over a third of it. As a previous resident less than a year ago, I was happy to see that all of my friends and family were uninjured, but most of the city is still missing electricity and the entire city is on a boil order.

My boyfriend is among the current volunteers and I will be assisting with Tide's Load of Hope program in the following week.

I just wanted to ask everyone to keep the residents, volunteers, S&R, and any others effected by this tragedy in their thoughts.

Thanks

keep them in your thoughts!! my best wishes for every one

I was just over there yesterday to pick up a friend of mine. Her home had been destroyed and I guess until assessors can get to her property, she is living with me.

My folks and I thought we would get something just as bad as we had a tornado a couple weeks ago in Centralia. It near ripped off my father's roof and still has tarps as these storms in the midwest the past 2 months have not been fun at all.

Prayers out to my STL area friends.

My mom and grandmother live in Neosho, just south of Joplin. My mom works in Joplin, and the building she works in was thankfully missed. 10 out of 50 people showed for work the following day, the others either walked in or were able to call in.
Our church here in Southern California sent a crew with a portable kitchen on Monday. God willing, they'll make a difference.

The generosity in the surrounding communities has really been amazing. I've talked to quite a few displaced Joplin residents (I'm a stylist for a high volume salon about 45 min from there), and that's one thing they're all grateful toward. It's going to take years for the town to recover and rebuild, but they're off to a great start.

They still need:

Monetary Donations
Bottled Water/Hydrate (Gatorade, Vitamin Water)
Packaged snack foods (granola bars, trail mix, chex mix, power bars)
Baby products
Clothing
Toiletry items