I'm sure you're aware of the tornadoes that ripped through central Tennessee this week. The Nashville area is getting a lot of attention (and maybe the President will visit!), but the deaths in Putnam County, Cookeville area, were the worst. Poor people live in this region, mountain people, children died in their beds. Tennessee does not have a great security net. Per capita income is $19,000. I know artists who live there, maybe you do too: Marilee Hall, Lou & Christine Colombarini, Jason Stoddart and their families. Fortunately they are fine.
However, Jason's father, Jack (better known these days as Hippie Jack), runs a non-profit (COARM) in the area. In 2010 Jack left art fairs behind began to focus his time and energy into humanitarian efforts for Appalachians in former mining communities around Overton County. This week he has been asked to bing his Hippie Bus to Cookeville to help with the distribution of food and supplies to the victims of the tornadoes.
Learn more & by donate to his 501c3 right here: https://Jamminathippiejacks.com/donations/
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