Helping those in need - Tornado rips through parts of South Carolina!

Last night a tornado, possibly an F2 of F3 made its way accross Darlington county destroying several homes and causing heavy damage to many others including several schools. This twister ripped through downtown main street in Darlington SC causing a huge power outage and trees covering the roadways. This storm came without any notice and caught many off guard. As I stood outside my home the sky was clear and the weather was beautiful. I recall seeing one cloud that was in the distance that looked a little ominous but did not give it a second thought. As I was watching TV with my son a crawl came accross warning the tornado. We were safely south of the storm but as I looked at it on the radar I knew that it was a bad one.

We live in an area that does not typically see tornadic activity and when we do its normally a small F1 tornado. This one ripped roofs off and leveled a home and a barn and took everything from the Melton family. They were treated for cuts and bruises but are going to be fine. Their 6 horses also survived the storm.

As a couponer, I immediately started gathering my stockpile for donations. I know of several places that are accepting donations. These families are in need of basic necessities like shampoo, soap, toilet paper and much more. The Meltons also need horse feed and other items for their horses as they lost everything including their horse trailor! Here are some places you can make a donation:

For the Meltons you can drop donations off at Heat Street in Florence. They will be picked up and taken directly to the Meltons. They are asking for trash bags, storage boxes, basic necessities, bottled water, snacks, and volunteers to help clean up their farm. There has been a Relief fund set up at Bank of America. If you would like to make a donation that would be a great place to start. Also the Merial Co. will donate $1 for every FrontLine and Heart Guard purchased at Ander...son Animal Clinic in Hartsville and Donations for horse and dog feed are being excepted at Northside Feed and Tack also located in Hartsville.

**Mother has lost Everything and is in need of

EVERYTHING! Personal items, underware, socks, etc. She is also in
need of a place to stay. She can afford up to $100.00/month at
this time. Felicia has 4 children. Following is a list of her and
there clothing and shoe sizes: Felici...a wears a size 16 clothes and shoe... 8 1/22
year old little girl named Jasmine -wears 2T - 7 shoe size4 year
old little girl named Mylishea -wears 4T - 11 shoe size5 year old
little boy named Anthony -wears 5T - 9 shoe size 7 year old little
girl - Tyneal - wears a 6 in jrs. and long in length - 13 shoe
sizePlease drop off any and all donations at the following
address:2048 Dellheaven Drive Darlington - SC God Bless you all for
helping this family.
For donations to the entire area affected you can leave them at "The Living Church" located in Hartsville, SC - please contact Chris Honeycutt or "The Living Church" on facebook.

You can also donate to the Red Cross.

Thanks for everyone gathering togeather to help eachother! God Bless!