St. Louis Facebook Group Organizes & Sends 4 Truckloads of Supplies to Joplin, Missouri
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 9:54 PM
A St. Louis Facebook group was able to organize and deliver 4 semi trailer full of goods to the Joplin, Missouri tornado victims today.
St. Louis for Joplin Missouri Facebook group organized and sent 4 semis full of goods to the Joplin tornado victims today.
The semis left St. Louis this evening for Joplin, Missouri after the charity drive was organized a day earlier on Facebook. They collected 4 semi trucks full of household goods, diapers, sheets, cleaners, water, etc. for the people of Joplin.
The coordinator of the supply drive is Aaron Laxton.
News Channel 5 KSDK reported on the drive.
These photos were sent to me by one of the volunteers.
They had enough donations to fill four trailers.
Local Boy Scout Troop 62 from the St. Joan of Arc Parish volunteered to help load the trucks.
The group wants to send two more trucks to Joplin, Missouri tomorrow morning.
They are meeting at the Hampton Village Schnucks at 8 AM. Please check out the Facebook page for details in case the plans change.
More… Gary sent this:
Tiny Barry, Illinois (Pike county) population 1386 is sending a couple of truckloads too.
Radio stations KHMO Hannibal and KICK-KRRY-WLIQ Quincy are collection points
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workingclass artist commented:
God Bless the Scouts
Tammycracker commented:
Who the hell needs FEMA when we have each other?
befuddled commented:
defund acorn, give the money to the troops. boy scout troops, that is.
Old Fan commented:
Outstanding Americans…
No surprise.
Meanwhile Obama is wasting millions with a tour overseas – living the high life, while the rest of us deal (especially with the mess he and his Party have provided).
Change…
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maria commented:
This is the American Spirit… nobody can break it
Sally commented:
You are so right, Maria.
Ozark Lee commented:
Send pet food as well! It is often forgotten and when my daughter went to drop off her donation in KC she dropped of a bag of dog food along with the other stuff.
…Lee
Scott M commented:
Good work for the group from Facebook. But…did they get an upgrade key?
OxyCon commented:
Whole lot of good people in Missouri! You make us all proud the way you all come together.
Nander commented:
Proud to be an American!! That’s how it’s done people!
save us commented:
It’s great to se so many Boy Scouts helping out.
It’s a shame the Liberals declared war on them throughout the US
Taqiyyotomist commented:
I wonder what the God-of-Israel-believing/Atheist (and/or “other”) ratio is in that crowd.
I’m guessing around 100 to one.
Because, it’s true: that’s just how we roll.
sandy commented:
I am so sorry for the people of Joplin. Where is our leader saying he will make sure that these people have what they need. Instead he states that as soon as his vacation is over — maybe Sunday he will make a personal appearance. I guess Homeland Security is busy deciding if Joplin is worth being rewarded with the title Disaster Area.
Janus Duel commented:
ACORN is already defunded, and is effectively defunct thanks to a highly successful smear campaign.
MAJ Mike commented:
I see the Boy Scouts showed up to assist. Where’s the ACLU?
john03 commented:
Great Story! Neighbor helping neighbor is what it’s all about. God bless all those who are helping and God bless the people of Joplin.
overthehillbill commented:
The story just proves once again that the US is an exceptional nation regardless of what
obama says or thinks.
Patty commented:
The facebook organizing is very commendable, but when they did the same in Texas for the wildfires, no one really checked to see what was needed. As a result it was a nightmare for the recepients to sort and 90% of the clothing etc. had to be sent somewhere else because it was not needed. I pray this is not the case for Joplin.
Left Coast Conservative commented:
As the mother of an Eagle Scout – God Bless the scouts and the people of Joplin! Our prayers are with you.