Devastating fires have affected the Gatlinburg, Tennessee area and Rotarians in the affected area have organized a response. District 6600 Clubs or individual Rotarians who are interested in helping are asked to consider helping in any of the following ways:
1. COLLECT any of these items and bring to the MESA Warehouse (1370 N. Main Street Fostoria, OH) from now until Thursday, December 22, 2016 by noon: Coats (especially children’s sizes), warm gloves, shovels, rakes, water hoses, work gloves, mops, brooms, can openers, canned food, and bottled water. MESA Operations Director Gary Davis is available to accept donations. Please call Gary at 419-348-7719 to arrange your drop off time.
2. VOLUNTEER your time to the relief efforts at a distribution center in Sevier County. Contact Upper Sandusky Rotarian Bill Aubry to learn more.
3. DONATE funds directly to the Rotarian response efforts online at https://portal.icheckgateway.com/RotaryCommunityFund/ or mail checks to:
Oak Ridge Rotary Community Fund
PO Box 4183
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Attn: David Carr
On the memo line write: Firestorm
For questions about District 6600’s Relief Committee contact Melanie Satterfield.