Gov. Eric Holcomb, left, poses with members of The Salvation Army and Sullivan Mayor Clint Lamb. The Salvation Army is helping with cleanup in Sullivan and elsewhere in the state following Friday, March 31’s tornado and storm outbreak. Photo provided.

News Release

SULLIVAN — People may donate to The Salvation Army to help with tornado and storm relief.

To support the organization’s cleanup efforts following Friday, March 31’s severe weather outbreak in Sullivan County in Indiana and elsewhere, people may call 1 (800) SAL-ARMY or make a donation online at helpsalvationarmy.org.

The organization says 100% of donations will go to directly serve those impacted by the storms.

The Salvation Army of Sullivan has mobilized disaster team members in response to Friday’s tornado outbreak, which left destruction across the community and damaged or destroyed over 200 structures. According to other media outlets, several people were killed in Sullivan County due to the weather.

The Salvation Army opened a shelter at City Hall, serving four displaced families in the immediate aftermath of the storm. The organization also has focused on feeding, hydration and emotional and spiritual care across the impacted area. One mobile kitchen, located in the Silver Street Corridor, is providing meals those in a high impact area. A second roving unit is providing meals to impacted regions deeper within the county.

The Salvation Army has served nearly 250 meals in the first few hours of this incident and is staging resources and personnel at First Christian Church there.

“We are all trying to get our feet under us,” said Sullivan County Service Extension Coordinator Michele Smith. “These early moments of the disaster are very fluid, and it is nearly impossible for us to get into the highest impacted areas until emergency crews are able to clear roadways. Our mobile kitchens are ready to deploy to those areas to support first responders and survivors. Until then we will continue to do what we always do: which is meet human need in Jesus’s name.”

“The community has already been very generous to us in these early moments and truly the best way people can support us right now is through financial donations,” she added.