United Way Organizes Tornado Outreach, Helps 22 Families

  • Julie McCormick talks with Shawnee resident Justin Cote after handing him a resource bag, as Red Cross disaster responder Ray Schachner listens, during the United Way of Pottawatomie County Longterm Recovery Group Tornado Outreach on April 15. During the outreach, 23 volunteers knocked on 407 doors to share the bags of resource and disaster preparedness information. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Julie McCormick talks with Shawnee resident Justin Cote after handing him a resource bag, as Red Cross disaster responder Ray Schachner listens, during the United Way of Pottawatomie County Longterm Recovery Group Tornado Outreach on April 15. During the outreach, 23 volunteers knocked on 407 doors to share the bags of resource and disaster preparedness information. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • Mayor Ed Bolt talks with Taylor Cline as he hands her a resource information bag during the United Way of Pottawatomie County Longterm Recovery Group Tornado Outreach on April 15. During the outreach, 23 volunteers knocked on 407 doors to share the bags of resource and disaster preparedness information. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    Mayor Ed Bolt talks with Taylor Cline as he hands her a resource information bag during the United Way of Pottawatomie County Longterm Recovery Group Tornado Outreach on April 15. During the outreach, 23 volunteers knocked on 407 doors to share the bags of resource and disaster preparedness information. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • United Way of Pottawatomie County Disaster Recovery Coordinator Laura Barrow speaks with volunteers who met in the Big Lots parking lot before dividing into groups and going into Shawnee neighborhoods to deliver resource information bags on April 15. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    United Way of Pottawatomie County Disaster Recovery Coordinator Laura Barrow speaks with volunteers who met in the Big Lots parking lot before dividing into groups and going into Shawnee neighborhoods to deliver resource information bags on April 15. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
  • About 23 volunteers met at the Big Lots parking lot before dispursing in groups to knock on 407 doors in Shawnee neighborhoods which still had damage from the April 19, 2023 tornado during the United Way of Pottawatomie County Longterm Recovery Group Tornado Outreach on April 15. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
    About 23 volunteers met at the Big Lots parking lot before dispursing in groups to knock on 407 doors in Shawnee neighborhoods which still had damage from the April 19, 2023 tornado during the United Way of Pottawatomie County Longterm Recovery Group Tornado Outreach on April 15. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
After a year of tornado recovery in Shawnee, there are still some people who are waiting for repairs to happen. It was with this in mind that 23 volunteers met at the Big Lots parking lots, split into groups, and went out into Shawnee neighborhoods to hand out resource information bags.They were led by Laura Barrow, the Disaster Recovery Coordinator for United Way of Pottawatomie County, who gave…

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