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ALC Students Conduct Tornado Relief Efforts
Students at Alice
Lloyd College are
expected to serve as
leaders throughout
the Appalachian
region. Part of the
College’s curriculum
focuses on the idea of
Appalachian people
helping Appalachian
people. So, when
tornadoes ravaged
towns in Eastern
Kentucky, ALC
students rolled up
their sleeves and
went to work,
determined to bring
relief, assistance, and
hope to those most
affected by the
storms.
On Saturday, March
31st, David and Janet
Johnson, both on staff
at ALC, loaded up a
group of students and traveled to West Liberty, the
town hardest hit in the tornado outbreak. March 2nd,
a powerful, F3 tornado slammed into the small town,
rendering it nearly unrecognizable and leaving many
of its citizens devastated. This was the Johnsons
second trip to the area. On this occasion, the Johnsons,
along with ALC student Robin Warrix, worked with
West Liberty’s Index Community Church in receiving
and taking inventory of supplies, as well as filling the
requests of the town’s families and other tornado relief
workers.
“We are so moved by the overwhelming needs of the
people in this area,” Mrs. Johnson said, “and of the
outpouring of volunteers trying to assist with cleanup
and repairs.” Some of those volunteers – ALC students
Allorah Henson, Adam Griffith, Adam Qualls, Alex
Free, Tyler Engle, Han Gia Ly, Dina Albaree, and
Brandon McGeorge – went out to the Woodbend area
of Morgan County to work with the cleanup efforts for
two families there. One of these families had suffered
the loss of two elderly parents. Alex Free, a
sophomore from Hulen, Kentucky, said, “Helping the
tornado victims made us all realize how quickly we too
could lose everything. It made us appreciate everything
we’ve been blessed with.”
Image Credit: Lexington Herald-Leader
Accompanying the crew from Alice Lloyd College was
James Owens, ALC alumnus and Assistant Director of
Pioneer Food Service. Owens and his colleagues
Jonathan Wilkes, Betty Long, and Dan Poset, prepared
hot meals of hamburgers, soup beans, and cornbread
for the volunteers, feeding a little over 300 people at
West Liberty’s command post for the relief efforts. “It
was a long day,” said Owens, “but the thankful smiles on
those workers’ tired faces were worth every second of it!”
For those students who couldn’t venture off campus,
several ALC clubs joined forces to host a fundraiser
event. The IMPACT Club, Law Society, Alpha Chi,
Allied Health Club, and Phi Beta Lambda came
together to host an on-campus event which included
several fundraising activities. Kimberly Patton, one of
the students involved with the on-campus efforts,
said, “The event was a success! We raised more than
$300 and had a great time.”
In a time when great hardship and various tragedies
dominate the news, it is refreshing to know that there
are young people in this region who care so much for
others. At Alice Lloyd College, these young men and
women are fostering leadership skills and maintaining
a commitment to service that compels them to act
when they are needed.
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