{"id":60005,"date":"2014-04-30T15:38:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T20:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=60005"},"modified":"2014-04-30T15:43:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T20:43:35","slug":"statesmen-assist-louisville-tornado-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2014\/04\/statesmen-assist-louisville-tornado-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Statesmen assist Louisville tornado victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of departments across campus are coming together to assist residents of Louisville, Miss. following devastating storms that ripped through town and much of the South on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Louisville was one of the hardest-hit spots, with officials reporting at least nine deaths in the area due to a powerful tornado. The storm had a preliminary rating of EF4, just shy of the most treacherous tornadoes on the scale.<\/span><\/p>\n

Multiple Delta State students and staff were also victims to lost or damaged property.<\/span><\/p>\n

With a coordinated effort from faculty, staff and students, Delta State will be providing relief items to Louisville. The drop-off site for donations is the Forrest Wyatt Gymnasium from Thursday-Monday, with Todd Davis as the point of contact (662-846-4570).<\/span><\/p>\n

Greek organizations will also be collecting supplies in a long-term effort for a truck run once Mississippi Emergency Management Agency reopens local roads. This will most likely occur after exams.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the short-term, coach Jesse Ward will run a small load to Louisville on Thursday, as he has access to his home.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following items are being sought:\u00a0Visa Gift Cards, Wal-Mart Gift Cards, Restaurant Gift Cards (KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Sonic, Subway, Taco Bell, Wendy\u2019s), Bottled Water\/Gatorade, Snack Foods (Chips, Crackers, Granola Bars), Hand Sanitizer, Toothbrush\/Toothpaste\/Dental Floss, Towels, Paper Towels, Toilet Tissue, Kleenex, Flashlights, Batteries, Aspirin, Benadryl, Ibuprofen, Tylenol, Band-Aids, Eye Drops, Bandages, Peroxide, Brushes\/Combs, Toiletry Items (Shampoo, Conditioner, Deodorant, Soap, Razors, Lotion), Laundry Detergent, Dish Detergent, and Baby Food, Formula, Nursery Water, Diapers, Wipes, and Socks of various sizes.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Delta State Staff Council is seeking volunteers to help sort, pack and load items May 6\u00a0at 9 a.m. Please contact Suzanne Simpson at 662-846-4051 to sign up.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A number of departments across campus are coming together to assist residents of Louisville, Miss. following devastating storms that ripped through town and much of the South on Monday. Louisville…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":60010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,418,296,2,246],"tags":[216,586,585,584],"class_list":["post-60005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alumni","category-community-3","category-facultystaff","category-general","category-students","tag-community","tag-donations","tag-mema","tag-tornadoes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60005"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60013,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60005\/revisions\/60013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}