Tornado cleanup to be held in Van Buren Saturday
Hurst said participants are going to meet up at
"We have been coordinating with churches in the community and various residents of that neighborhood who are kind of leading the effort and coordinating with their neighbors and friends," Hurst said. "And so we're going to meet at the homeowner's house who's really kind of coordinating everything, and there will breakfast available at 9 o'clock."
Breakfast will be provided by Hope & Obey Ministries, Hurst said. Various churches have donated money for Dumpsters and some of the expenses for cleanup. They have also announced this event to their congregations the past few weeks, so Hurst expects to have a significant number of people show up even though the weather may be bad.
Heavy equipment has also been donated for the cleanup.
"I just got off the phone with
Other people have been told to bring shovels, gloves, rakes and heavy trash bags. Hurst said among the other churches to whom he has spoken were Heritage
Volunteers will met at the residence of
"I wanted to make a difference and help start this healing process," Tounzen said in a text message. "I found neighbors who were struggling with their insurance companies, elderly who don't have support and/or unable to clean up their properties, and many others struggling with getting their homes back in order just to live in them. My heart breaks every morning I leave my home and every evening I turn onto Sandstone."
Tounzen said
"We've received a lot of feedback from individuals wanting to help as well within many churches and companies," Tounzen wrote. "I truly could not be happier and look forward to seeing my neighborhood recover from such a devastating disaster."
In speaking about the coordination of the event, Hurst said he thinks it has been a joint effort from Tounzen, the neighborhood and
"(Wood) has started a group where we're all communicating together with various churches, and so naturally, it kind of started with Tyler talking to his church, me talking to my church and various other leaders talking to the churches they attend," Hurst said.
Hurst said he spoke to a local pastor group earlier this week about what they could do to help with the cleanup.
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