Springfield Community Donates $18,000 for Dresden, TN Tornado Relief Fund

Springfield Group Donates $18,000 for Dresden, TN Twister Aid Fund

SPRINGFIELD TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) – After listening to concerning the twister and storm damages in Kentucky, Springfield Parks & Recreation Director Terry Martin puzzled if the storms had affected anybody in Tennessee. He quickly realized Dresden, TN, with a inhabitants of three,500, misplaced 140 houses, their fireplace division, and different Primary Road buildings through the twister.

The Springfield Parks & Recreation Division needed to do one thing to assist Dresden and determined to gather donations for Dresden’s twister aid fund through the metropolis’s free drive-through gentle show, Winter Wonderland. Donations have been collected nightly from December 16 by means of December 23.

“We got here up with a purpose to gather $8,000, however the group confirmed up and confirmed out by giving nicely over the purpose,” stated Terry Martin, Springfield Parks and Recreation Director. “We’re proud to have the ability to make such a beneficiant donation on everybody’s behalf.”

When it was all stated and performed, Robertson Countians had donated $18,064 for town of Dresden.

“Terry Martin has a coronary heart of gold. He’s at all times fascinated about how one can assist others. Because of everybody who donated to the twister victims in Dresden throughout Winter Wonderland. Our residents at all times step as much as assist individuals in want.” Springfield Mayor Ann Schneider

The verify was delivered to the Dresden, TN Rotary Membership twister aid fund to supply victims with blankets, pillows, new clothes, socks, pajamas, and to help those that had little to no house owner’s or renters’ insurance coverage.

“We advised the oldsters in Dresden when delivering the verify that one factor is for certain – your neighbors care about you,” stated Metropolis Supervisor Ryan Martin. “This was evident by the overwhelming response to the donation collections. The individuals in Dresden have been very appreciative of the generosity of our group.”

PHOTO BELOW: L-R (Springfield Metropolis Supervisor Ryan Martin) (Springfield Parks & Recreation Director Terry Martin) (Dresden Rotary Membership President Larry Skarsten) (Dresden Rotary Membership Secretary James Washburn)