HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Flash Flooding lead to destruction in many areas across Eastern Kentucky. Many have lost their homes, cars, and personal belongings.
Here are a few ways you can help those flood victims:
The Downtown Beattyville Alliance, which is a partnership between Beattyville Main Street and Beattyville/Lee County Tourism, created the “Love Local, Small Business Flood Relief Fund.”
Many of the downtown businesses, along with almost every building, were hit hard by the floods. Some businesses were destroyed. The funds collected will help with cleanup supplies, such as garbage bags, brooms, mops, garbage cans, dumpsters, cleaning solutions and other expenses related to flooding.
If you would like to help, you can send checks to Teresa Mays at P.O. Box 307, Beattyville, KY 41311 or Dedra Brandenburg at P.O. Box 738 Beattyville, KY 41311. Officials ask that you make checks payable to the Downtown Beattyville Alliance/Beattyville Main Street Love Local Fund. The Citizens Bank & Trust is also accepting donations once the bank reopens. You can also use PayPal.
In partnership with Chad Warrix (who is with Halfway to Hazard and The Troy Gentry Foundation) and the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky, the City of Hazard and Perry County have set up several locations where people can donate non-perishable food, supplies, clothes, furniture, etc.
Those locations are:
Perry County Schools Central Office
Kentucky Farm Bureau (Morton location)
Hazard High School
Appalachian ART Station
For monetary donations, you can donate to the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky and all Community Trust Banks in the region. You can donate to the foundation’s relief fund here. Donations will be collected for several weeks. For more information, you can call the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky at (606) 439-1357.
UNITE launched a secure Flood Relief Fund on its website, OperationUNITE.org. The Flood Relief Fund will be used to purchase bottled water, cleaning supplies, and other necessities for Eastern Kentucky counties that have declared a state of emergency. Click here to donate. The donation page will state “General Fund,” but all donations will be used for flood relief.
Hazard Community and Technology College is also accepting donations for families in need. They are accepting snacks, blankets, pillows, towels, water, etc. You can view the full list below along with the drop-off sites. The final date to drop off items is March 31st.
Harlan County Judge Executive Dan Mosley says the county will be collecting times to take to Lee and Breathitt Counties through Sunday. Items can be dropped off at the Harlan County Courthouse or Don’s Super Saver in Harlan or Tri-City Senior Citizens Center in Cumberland.
These items are immediate needs for flood victims:
Cleaning Supplies
Water (Gallon Jugs or Bottled)
Mops
Brooms
Shovels
Toiletries
Paper Goods
Garbage Bags
Garbage Cans
Gloves
Mosley said several people will be leaving for Breathitt County on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. to deliver water that the county had left over from a disaster last year. Mosley also said he signed an interlocal agreement with Lee County to assist with road repairs. Two road department employees, Lawrence Creech and Jared Long from Harlan County Road Department, have volunteered to go to Lee County/Beattyville Thursday morning to assist for the next several days in repairing roads to help get citizens the emergent repairs they need.
Country music artist and Kentucky native Chris Stapleton is also helping flood victims. His charitable fund “Outlaw State of Mind” is auctioning bottles of an exclusive bourbon. Buffalo Trace Distillery released a “Bottle in Bond Day” commemorative edition of E.H. Taylor, Jr. single barrel. The money from the auction will be used to help flood victims in Eastern Kentucky. It will also help people in Texas recovering from the winter storms. Click here for more information.
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