Rutherford Co. Disaster Relief CANCELED

The tornado clean-up schedule for April 25, 2009 has been canceled.
Due to an overwhelming response from over 3,000 volunteers, the Rutherford County Emergency Agency currently does not have any outstanding clean-up projects or projected clean-up days. This may change in the coming days as assessments are completed and sites are secured, but until further notice they will not be scheduling any groups for tornado clean-up. Individuals who are interested in volunteering for small projects may call 615-890-1934 to see if any are available. The Rutherford County EMA would like to express their gratitude for your willingness to give of your time and efforts to help their residents, and we here at the TNDP echo that sentiment.

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Comment by Jeff Jefferson on April 23, 2009 at 10:14am

Can't this weekend. If you schedule another one for next weekend...keep me in the loop for information. It's a 12 hour drive, but I'll gladly make it for the weekend.

Comment by Marisa Cannata on April 21, 2009 at 9:30am

I am going. Are we planning on carpooling (since it is also Earth Day and all)?

Comment by Maria on April 20, 2009 at 6:38am

We have an all day event in Gallatin on the 25th, but plan to incorporate an awareness or food drive, etc of some kind. Does anyone know a specific charitable organization that was affected & needs support?

Comment by Christian Grantham on April 16, 2009 at 10:13pm

Thanks to the change of date, I will be able to attend and bring a friend. In the meantime, check out how angry Rutherford County Republicans are that Democrats are organizing to do something positive.

Comment by Joseph Crruz on April 15, 2009 at 8:59pm

Due to change of date, I will be out of town.

Comment by DebbieSchreiber on April 15, 2009 at 3:27pm

Sadly, with the date change I can no longer attend.

Comment by Jill Karlsson on April 15, 2009 at 11:57am

Unfortunately, I can't attend. I do think this is a wonderful event and would be part of it if it were physically possible.

Comment by Cheyne R Stewart on April 14, 2009 at 6:41pm

For those not in Rutherford County, here’s an idea for ya. We in Franklin County have taken the invitation and turn it into a challenge from our Senator and Representatives. For the benefit of doing as much as we possible can, we as a party will not be participating. As we got our Reps to send out a press release challenging folks to join them Saturday morning to go help in clean up efforts. Since we did this our county is going to send our county dump trucks/equipment/employee and anything else necessary. Our cities will be following suit in joining us, along with our Sheriff Department and local utilities. We also will be bringing volunteers along with us. The way in which we approached it our government entities were able to extend a larger hand. If we had kept it being just a Democratic thing all of this won’t have happened. This is maybe an idea you can get your Reps to follow suit in. For all people know Franklin County is a blue county, one of the few rural counties that Harold Ford carried.

Comment by Barbara Mathieson on April 12, 2009 at 5:50pm

I'm doing the Earth Day event in Centennial Park that day. Maybe another time.