Local hurricane aid efforts

The McMinnville Jaycees are helping to raise money to house over 120 Hurricane Katrina evacuees at Camp Discovery in Gainesboro, Tenn. This will include 60 to 80 mentally challenged individuals, as well as another 60 caretakers and family members who have been displaced from their hospital in New Orleans and are currently staying at Fall Creek Falls.

The Tennessee Jaycee Foundation, in conjunction with TEMA and Lakeview Church of Christ, are working to open Camp Discovery for these people.

During the fair, the Jaycees will be collecting monetary donations at their food booth. There will also be a trailer set up by the ballfields where non-perishable items can be donated.

Some suggested non-perishable items are: sheets, blankets, razors, pillows, garbage bags, soap, clothes and towels.

Checks can also be mailed to the Tennessee Jaycees, P.O. Box 14, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 37133.

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Local businessman Ronnie Perry has volunteered to haul items to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Perry has placed a trailer at his business, Perry’s Garage located at 510 Sparta Street, and is asking for donations of non-perishible food items, such as canned goods, along with clothing, diapers, paper plates, bowls and cups, paper towels, toilet tissue and personal hygiene items.

When the trailer fills up, Perry will then transport the supplies to one of the storm damaged areas where they will be distributed as needed. For more information, contact Perry at 473-5568.

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Warren Academy students and staff held a yard sale and bake sale last week to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims. The school raised over $800.

The money will be taken to the local chapter of the American Red Cross.

“We are very proud of our students for reaching out to the people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama,” said Warren Academy director Diane Stanley.