Sen. Roberts To Bike 100-Miles For Flood Victims Of Neighboring Waverly, TN
Roberts in search of to match $50,000 nameless donation for flood victims
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ROBERTSON COUNTY TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) – State Senator Kerry Roberts (R-Springfield) introduced right this moment that he’ll trip 100 miles from Springfield to Waverly on Sunday, October thirty first, to lift cash and consciousness for the victims of the lethal August flooding in Humphreys County, Tennessee.
“Waverly and Humphreys County have a particular place in our hearts,” stated Sen. Roberts. “Dianne (his spouse) and I began visiting right here quickly after the brand new Senate districts have been introduced in 2012 and we have been shortly adopted into the Humphreys County household. Because the Governor and I toured Predominant Avenue the day after the flood, it was all I may do to carry again the tears. The ravaging results of raging waters have been past my creativeness.”
As aid employees moved on to help with catastrophe aid from Hurricane Ida, Roberts hopes to remind Tennesseans that his constituents in Humphreys County proceed to be in want. Roberts additionally famous that a lot of Waverly’s companies didn’t expertise direct harm from the flood however are experiencing oblique harm from lack of enterprise and are endangered.
“Seeing these companies on the brink reminds Dianne and me of the heartache we skilled after the Nashville flood of 2010.” Roberts continued, “We owned bicycle shops. None have been flooded, however within the months that adopted individuals have been rebuilding their houses, companies, and lives. Merely put, bicycles weren’t priorities. We finally misplaced our enterprise, an oblique casualty of the rising waters.”
“Using 100 miles on hilly roads is troublesome sufficient. Add a concern of canines (FULL STORY) and the mind hemorrhage (FULL STORY) that nearly took my life a 12 months in the past and it’s further troublesome. However I’m decided to do one thing for the individuals we love so dearly.”
On Halloween evening…
The individuals of Waverly and Humphreys County are gathering at 5:30 p.m. to help their native companies on Predominant Avenue. They are going to collect to present their youngsters the enjoyment of dressing up in Halloween costumes and Trick or Deal with for sweet, to take pleasure in music and meals, and to help one another.
Donate!
Roberts encourages all donations be made on to United Manner of Humphreys County, PO Field 212, Waverly, TN 37185. A hyperlink for on-line donations might be discovered on the county’s official tourism web site www.visithumphreys.com. The official tourism web site additionally has assets to assist Tennesseans plan a go to to Humphreys County to assist help their native companies and points of interest.
Extra info on Roberts’ trip might be discovered at www.kerryroberts.com/waverly.
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