AmeriCares Sends Emergency Aid to Tornado VictimsAmeriCares Foundation AmeriCares has sent a 20,000-pound truckload of emergency supplies to victims of the tornadoes that cut a 1,000-mile swath across the U.S. last Sunday and Monday, leaving 36 dead and hundreds of homes destroyed. The shipment was to be distributed through the Christian Appalachian Project to survivors in Mossy Grove, TN and Carbon Hill. AL, among the hardest hit communities. The consignment is made up of work gloves, flashlights, batteries and bottled water. A second truckload, mops, buckets and cleaning supplies, is being assembled for follow-up delivery.  Earlier this year, AmeriCares sent similar shipments of emergency assistance to communities devastated by flooding in Virginia, Kentucky and Texas. Twenty years old this year, AmeriCares is a non-profit humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization that has distributed more than $2.6 billion worth of assistance in 137 countries.
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