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Volunteers assist those displaced by Eastern Kentucky flooding; here's how you can help

Volunteers assist those displaced by Eastern Kentucky flooding; here s how you can help
Sarah Ladd, Louisville Courier Journal
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Volunteer and educator Margaret Henson stands alongside donations and supplies that fill the hallway inside Breathitt County High School, where many residents have taken shelter since flooding damaged their homes. March 3, 2021
JACKSON, Ky. When the Breathitt County High School gym opened its doors to evacuees Monday, people came in wet and freezing after wading through water to leave their homes.
The first thing on the agenda was to get them in dry clothes, said Margaret Henson, one of the five people running the temporary shelter. ....

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Eastern Kentucky flooding: How to donate food, clothes to evacuees

JACKSON, Ky. When the Breathitt County High School gym opened its doors to evacuees Monday, people came in wet and freezing after wading through water to leave their homes.
The first thing on the agenda was to get them in dry clothes, said Margaret Henson, one of the five people running the temporary shelter.
In the Breathitt County city of Jackson, state officials issued evacuation orders Tuesday evening for those living near the Panbowl Lake dam, but by Wednesday, the high water throughout the area had begun to recede. But homes remained ravaged and folks displaced.
When the flooding first hit, Henson said people quickly donated money, clothes, food from homemade dinners to McDonald s and volunteers got to work sorting piles of donations and getting them to people in need. ....

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