The Southwire Company in Flora is collecting disaster relief supplies this weekend for those affected by the Harrisburg tornado Wednesday morning. Southwire's Project Giving Inspiration for Tomorrow (GIFT) team of volunteers will collect supplies in the Flora Wal-Mart parking lot from 7:00am to 5:00pm Saturday and Sunday and from 7:00am to 7:00pm Monday.
Items needed include water, non-perishable food, hygiene items, buckets, trash bags, detergents, bedding, blankets and towels. Volunteers will help distribute the supplies to storm victims from a Harrisburg church that is organizing relief efforts. The Project GIFT team was founded in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. Volunteers traveled to Waveland, Mississippi to assist with a holiday event for hurricane victims. Members of the team have assisted in other disasters across the country.
Project GIFT volunteers share their time and talent in other community building activities near Southwire facilities across the country. Southwire Company is a major wire and cable provider in North America, manufacturing building wire and cable, metal-clad (MC) cable, cord products, utility cable products, industrial power cable, copper and aluminum rod and continuous casting technology. Their facility is located in Flora in Clay County. - http://goo.gl/e6JL5
