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Aspire Appalachia |
Aspire Appalachia is a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping the neglected animals and individuals of the Appalachian region. They are helping nonprofits in the affected areas because they have experience with disasters and they want to provide long term relief after all of the immediate assistance ends. |
Jackson |
6,808 |
2 |
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Caldwell County Animal Shelter |
The Caldwell County Animal Shelter is run by all volunteers to help save animals in Princeton. They are providing medical needs for pets, feeding pets brought in, and housing the pets lost as a result of the tornadoes. |
Princeton |
2,160 |
3 |
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Community Kitchen |
The Community Kitchen provides meals to those in the Paducah area as well as a place to shower and do laundry. They are helping to feed those in need. |
Paducah |
935 |
4 |
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Feeding America, Kentucky’s Heartland |
Feeding America’s mission is to serve those in need by acquiring and distributing donated food, grocery items, and other commodities. They are providing support to 23 Kentucky counties affected by the tornadoes. |
Elizabethtown |
1,052 |
5 |
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Generations Adult Day Services |
Generation Adult Day Services mission is to deliver services and activities that promote health and well-being by providing a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment to adults with physical or mental challenges.The funds provided will help them purchase supplies and furniture for their new building. |
Mayfield |
7,985 |
6 |
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Happy Feet Equals Learning Feet |
The mission and purpose of Happy Feet Equals Learning Feet is to provide high-quality athletic shoes to disadvantaged students. They are providing shoes for children in western Kentucky. |
Morganfield |
4,135 |
7 |
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Hope 2 All Food Pantry |
The mission of Hope 2 All is to help people by providing weekly food distributions and by offering clothing. They are helping to feed those in need. |
Drakesboro |
9,860 |
8 |
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Hopkins County Humane Society |
The Hopkins County Humane Society serves Madisonville and the surrounding Hopkins County area and their goals are to place adoptable animals while promoting and encouraging spaying/neutering. They are purchasing items that were not donated and providing vet care for pets affected. |
Madisonville |
50,000 |
9 |
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Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities |
The Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities provides an array of services that help their members provides the best care for their residents. They are helping long-term care residents and staff members who were significantly affected by the tornadoes. |
Louisville |
40 |
10 |
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Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence |
The Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KCADV) provides a strong, statewide voice on behalf of survivors and their children. They are providing immediate support to survivors and shelter staff that lost their homes and other basic need assistance. |
Frankfort |
9,357 |
11 |
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Kentucky Counseling Center |
The Kentucky Counseling Center offers counseling, psychiatry, intensive outpatient programs, and targeted case management services for children and adults throughout the state. They are providing mental health care support for the children and families in Graves County. |
Louisville |
3,000 |
12 |
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Kentucky Nurses Foundation Disaster Relief Fund |
The Kentucky Nurses Association(KNA) is the only full-service professional organization for the state’s entire nurse population. They are providing needed supplies including water, medicine, sanitizing supplies and more to the communities and Kentuckians affected by the tornadoes. |
Louisville |
600 |
13 |
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KSR western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund |
Kentucky Sports Radio and the Kentucky Chamber Foundation are partnering to raise money for those affected by the tornadoes. They will be working with local communities, local chambers, as well as state and local officials to ensure the needs of these areas are met in the wake of tragedy. |
Frankfort |
27,500 |
14 |
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Paducah Cooperative Ministry |
Paducah Cooperative Ministry is a multi-faith organization established by area congregations as a unified, community effort responding to urgent needs of all people as efficiently and effectively a possible. They are helping to distribute care packages. |
Paducah |
34 |
15 |
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Marcella’s Kitchen |
Marcella’s Kitchen exists to unite a community by extending love and providing meals for those in need. They are preparing meals for volunteers, first responders, and residents affected . |
Benton |
2,000 |
16 |
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Marshall County Exceptional Center |
The Marshall County Exceptional Center is a nonprofit agency for adults with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities. They are providing a day camp for kids impacted as well as sharing information on the current needs. |
Benton |
3,500 |
17 |
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Marshall County Tornado Disaster Relief |
The Marshall County Nonprofit Partnership Foundation is an organization established to help continue and develop nonprofit works in Marshall County. They are distributing funds to families to help them purchase immediate needs. |
Benton |
6,746 |
18 |
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Mayfield Graves County Tornado Relief |
The Mayfield Graves County Tornado Relief is collecting funds that will be distributed through the local United Way. They will providing food, water, clothing, and other essential supplies to those in need. |
Mayfield |
190,063 |
19 |
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Mayfield-Graves County Animal Shelter |
The mission of the Mayfield-Graves County Animal Shelter is to find forever homes for every dog and cat that enters our facility. They are providing needed supplies and vet services to animals brought in after the tornadoes. |
Mayfield |
184 |
20 |
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Salvation Army of Kentucky |
The Salvation Army’s mission is to provide critical human services to those in need. They are providing food, drinks, shelter, emotional and spiritual care and other emergency services to survivors and rescue workers. |
Louisville |
650 |
21 |
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Stepstone Family and Youth Services |
StepStone Family and Youth Services helps families and children live their best lives. They are essential, caring resource for young people in need of alternative, safer living environments. They are providing support to foster children affected by the tornadoes in western Kentucky. |
Benton |
265 |
22 |
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Team western Kentucky Relief Fund |
The Team western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund was established to assist those impacted by the tornados and the severe weather system. |
Frankfort |
4,554 |
23 |
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Walnut Grove Baptist Church |
The Walnut Grove Baptist Church in Russellville is helping to provide clothes, food, and shelter to families in need. Their efforts will help families in Bowling Green and the surrounding area. |
Russellville |
6,542 |
286 |
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YAIPak Outreach |
YAIPak Outreach’s mission is to provide support, comfort, and resources to underserved individuals. They helped with the transportation of mattresses to families in need in Mayfield and Dawson Springs. |
Clarksville, TN |
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287 |
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Crossroads Missions |
Crossroads Missions, located in Louisville, exists to connect people with basic human needs and to connect volunteers to organizations that provide services through partnerships that create a sustainable impact. They are meeting the basic needs through partnering with Habitat for Humanity and local churches to help with construction. |
Louisville |
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288 |
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DAV Chapter #118 |
The DAV Chapter in Benton provides assistance to veterans and their families in Marshall and Calloway Counties. They are helping to provide immediate needs to homeless veterans and is providing medical cards for veterans lost in the storms or due to homelessness. |
Benton |
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289 |
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HOTEL, Inc. |
HOTEL INC’s, located in Bowling Green, mission is to educate, advocate, empower, and to ensure all people have security through safe, affordable housing, health care, and nutritious food. They are providing rental assistance and furniture vouchers to families affected by the tornadoes. |
Bowling Green |
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290 |
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United Way of Southern Kentucky |
United Way of Southern Kentucky, located in Bowling Green, brings together resources to build a stronger community. They are helping families with housing related needs such as deposits, rent assistance, and furnishings to families in Warren County. |
Bowling Green |
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291 |
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Living Lands and Waters |
Living Lands & Waters, located out of East Moline, IL, is an environmental nonprofit that has grown to be an “industrial strength” river cleanup organization. They are helping to clean debris out of Kentucky Lake. |
East Moline, IL |
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292 |
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Muhlenberg County Long Term Disaster Recover Fund |
The Muhlenberg County Long Term Disaster Recovery Committee is coordinating recovery management. Their focus now is assisting tornado affected residents of Muhlenberg County through a vetted application process which is accessed by case workers. They have moved to the long-term need phase. |
Central City |
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293 |
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Stuff the Bus |
Stuff the Bus, located in Bowling Green, is to support children and families throughout the whole year. They have set up a relief fund and utilize the resource centers in schools to distribute the funds to help families directly affected. |
Bowling Green |
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294 |
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Kentucky Habitat for Humanity |
Kentucky Habitat for Humanity is the state support organization that works in partnership with 33 Habitat Affiliates located in 48 counties across the Commonwealth. They are working with the affiliates in counties that had significant damage and have developed a Disaster Recovery Initiative that will assist families to rebuild their homes or create new ones. |
Louisville |
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295 |
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Relevant Church |
Relevant Church, located in Paducah, is providing disaster relief to tornado affected areas across western Kentucky through partnerships with other nonprofit organizations. They are supplying rebuilding help, portable showers, and laundry units. |
Paducah |
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296 |
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Lions Club western Kentucky |
Kentucky Lions Club District 43, which covers most of the state and all of western Kentucky, began their work immediately with Lions from across the region, banding together, to distribute immediate need items. They are assisting families and communities now with the long-term rebuilding processes. They are assisting volunteer fire departments replace equipment and vehicles that were destroyed and are helping rebuild houses. |
Mayfield |
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297 |
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The Berry Center |
The Berry Center, located in New Castle, was established in 2011 to continue the work of the Berry family and to put Wendell Berry’s writings to work by advocating for small farmers, land conserving communities, and healthy regional economies. They are providing sustainable healthy protein to those in need in western Kentucky through a partnership with Mercy Chefs. |
New Castle |
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298 |
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Mayfield Graves Long-Term Recovery Group |
The Mayfield Graves Long-Term Recovery Group strives to help those impacted by the tornado through the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual recovery process. Their aim is to also serve as a unified community contact for resources and information.
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Mayfield |
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299 |
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St. James AME Church |
The St. James AME Church, is a sacred space and the oldest African American church in the Mayfield Community. The church was founded in 1868 and they have been in the current building since 1923. |
Mayfield |
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300 |
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Caldwell County Long Term Recovery Group |
The Caldwell County Long Term Recovery Group is a coalition of community groups and institutions that will cooperatively coordinate their response, resources, preparedness planning, and training in response to the December 10 tornados and in the event of future disasters. They provide case management, mental health, spiritual care, financial, and material assistance. |
Princeton |
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301 |
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Hopkins County Long Term Recovery Committee |
The Hopkins County Long Term Recovery Committee is a group of agencies and organizations working to assist with the long-term recovery of Dawson Springs and Hopkins County. Services provided include case management, construction, volunteers, donations, communication, finance, and emotional/spiritual care. |
Dawson Springs |
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302 |
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Camp GRAVES |
Camp GRAVES’ mission is to provide rent free, short and/or midterm housing to tornado victims for up to 18 months. They also provide resources such as education classes, trainings, and more for their community. After the immediate need is met, the camp will continue to provide emergency housing and assistance in the case of future disasters. |
Water Valley |
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303 |
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Lotus |
Lotus is a children’s advocacy and sexual violence resource center whose mission is to support survivors, strengthen families, and empower communities to end child abuse and sexual violence. They received funds to open a Mayfield resilience satellite office to provide their specialized services in the Mayfield-Graves County community. |
Paducah |
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304 |
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Sheep Dog Impact Assistance, Greater Cincinnati Chapter |
Sheep Dog Impact Assistance is a national organization that provides charitable services benefiting the overall well-being of our nation’s Veterans, Law Enforcement, Fire & Rescue, and EMS personnel. Their Kentucky Sheriff’s Emergency Trauma Kit program’s goal is to place a trauma kit in every sheriff’s cruiser in the state of Kentucky. These kits will help sheriff departments in western Kentucky communities that were affected by the tornados. |
Verona |
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305 |
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