According to Bates, items are coming into Faith Tabernacle from different churches, different cities and from people throughout the community. The drop off center was established Tuesday morning last week the day after storms ripped through Oklahoma and Kansas. These include canned goods, bottled water, other drinks, baby clothing, personal hygiene items, etc. We're boxing them up and putting them on pallets for pickup. We've been filling up approximately 2 semi-tractor trailers full of items each day since we began on Tuesday.
All items go directly to a distribution center in one of the destruction zones.
Personnel onsite unload the trucks and immediately begin to distribute them. During the first week, the church operated the drop-off center from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Beginning on Monday, May 10th, they are continuing to operate from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., everyday except Saturday. Bates was grateful to report that none of Faith Tabernacle's families suffered physical injury. One of the most prominent reports we are receiving is that our people are now 'unemployed' because their places of employment were destroyed in the storm.