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Originally Posted by kygman
There's a lot of work going on, but it will be a long long time before things are back to normal. There are several groups, including Mennonites, who are coming in and building homes for families with little or no insurance. Had another school group come to town last week just to help people clean up their yards.
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I just quoted my own post because I wanted to show how much work is being done by one group. Really one man! He has a bar b que restaurant in the southern part of the county that is very small but always packed. After the tornado he started making sure that anybody that needed kerosene or propane for heat always had some, along with food and other needs. He and others are now building Camp Graves, about 10 miles or so south of Mayfield. Somebody on Facebook just asked what Camp Grave was. I'm going to copy and paste it here so you can see how much work is being done by just this one group of volunteers. When he mentions taking meals from Dawson Springs through Tennessee, Dawson Springs is about 75 miles east of here and was also hit by the same tornado.
https://www.facebook.com/Campgravesky
"So after the tornado hit most know the different things we were involved in with amazing volunteers from all over the community and abroad.
We initially used our existing non profit facility to house displaced families and our restaurant to feed meals from Dawson springs all the way through Tennessee.
We also took on the task of taking heating fuel (kerosene and propane to homes that lacked heat )
In doing this we saw the increasing need for housing and not just that but growth and help them expand their horizons and break so many cycles we all see.
So due to these missions being so far outside our existing non profits mission statement we had to create a new non profit to fit the government required mission statement.
Currently we have worked on empty homes in the county and repaired them in trade for free one year of rent to displaced families .
We are in the process of installing tiny homes on our private property which will also include an education center to help with job and life training which will include budget skills and mortgage ready programs so once their time with us is up they can purchase their own home .
This facility will be able to be used after victims of the tornado are placed on the right path and have achieved their goals . For things like house fires or hopefully not but another disaster. We are also looking towards programs to help foster kids that are aging out of the system and many other similar programs to help promote growth and independence.
We are also putting in a veterans housing and work center in mayfield also a housing apartment for Hispanic families. Both which will be utilized to help them grow and be able to succeed and get back into a normal life and society.
This is just a real brief quickly written statement while I had a couple minutes. Hope this helps .
We are not government and have not received an abundance of money and doing the things we do on private property we do have a larger amount of rules all bent towards people doing better such as no drugs, drinking etc on the property. Must have a job if able to work . If you don't have a HS diploma or GED we will help you but you must get it ."
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