Helping Victims of the Hurricane

WXBQ cares and is helping you find ways to join the relief efforts for the storm victims

 

We've all seen the heart-breaking video and photos from the Gulf Coast area hit hard by Hurricane Katrina. And we all want to help. There are a number of local fundraising drives and relief supplies collection efforts underway in the Tri-Cities. We are compiling a list of many of these drives here so you can find ways to pitch-in. We also invite local groups and organizations to send us information about their drives so that we can alert our listeners. To email us your information Click Here

Blue Ridge Trucking is loading trucks with water, non-perishable food items, cleaning supplies, and batteries. Drop off such items at Blue Ridge Trucking at Exit 13 in Bristol, at Landstar at 3267 East Stone Drive in Kingsport, or at Food City in Johnson City and Gray.

First Christian Church at Exit 14 in Abingdon is collecting monetary donations to be distributed to the victims through a partnership with Journey Christian Church in Downtown New Orleans.

Happy Valley High School will be holding a water drive for the victims of the hurricane. Donations of water or money to purchase bottled water can be delivered to Happy Valley High School in Elizabethton between 8 am and 3 pm Tuesday through Friday. High school students will load the water on Friday evening.

The Bristol Mall will be collecting new socks and undergarments for the hurricane victims beginning Monday. These items will be distributed directly to the storm victims through the Mall's corporate headquarters in Alabama. You may drop off new socks and undergarments at the Customer Service Desk at the Bristol Mall.

Heritage Baptist Church in Johnson City is loading a tractor trailer with canned goods, bottled water, razors, shaving cream, toothbrushes and paste, charcoal, and bug repellant. The truck will leave for Mississippi on Friday. Heritage Baptist is located across from Science Hill High School.

100 victims of Hurricane Katrina will be housed at the old Power Board Building in Johnson City. They need cleaning supplies, deodorants, pillows, blankets, toothpaste and brushes, soap, and bedding. They also need of electricians, plumbers, carpenters, and other volunteers to get the building ready. Call 423-612-4416 for more info.

A Food City tractor-trailer is parked at Bristol Motor Speedway to collect items that will be delivered to the hurricane victims.

The Kids for Kids Campaign is encouraging kids to bring shoe boxes filled with toys…puzzles, stuffed animals, crayons, coloring books, etc., to be given to the kid victim of Hurricane Katrina. Drop off locations include Catholic Charities in Jonesborough and Red Cross offices in Johnson City and Kingsport. Kids may pick up empty shoe boxes at Payless Shoes, Footlocker, and Famous Footwear in the Mall at Johnson City.