Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund
How will my donation help those impacted?
To date, over $52.3 million dollars has been raised from the generous donations of over 150,000 individuals and organizations from all over the world.
Distributions and pledges from the fund include:
- $810,000 in funeral expenses to the families of the deceased
- Over $9.6 million in assistance to insured and uninsured homeowners and renters
- Over $4 million in assistance to local farmers
- Over $10 million in $1,000 checks to survivors approved for any amount of FEMA assistance and insured homeowners
- Over $18.6 million pledged to build and repair 300 homes through the help of Homes and Hope for Kentucky, Habitat for Humanity, the Mayfield-Graves Fuller Center for Housing, Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders, The Hope Initiative and Mayfield Graves Long-Term Recovery Group
- Over $8.4 million pledged for individuals for unmet needs and life essentials in cooperation with local long-term recovery groups
* This fund is fully transparent and is subject to open records and legislative oversight.
An extensive list of resources for survivors is available at: https://governor.ky.gov/tornadoresources
News releases available at: https://governor.ky.gov/news
Farmers who received assistance from the Graves County Grain Assistance Program can upload the required 2022 documentation at https://teamwkyrelieffundapp.ky.gov/
Local Long-Term Recovery Group Contacts
County | Contact | Email |
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Caldwell | Kota Young, Chair | caldwellLTRG@gmail.com |
Christian | Wynn Radford III, Chair | christiancountyltrg@gmail.com |
Fulton | Mark Dowdy, Chair | msdowdy4@gmail.com |
Graves | Al Chandler, Point of Contact | al.chandler@northsidefamily.org |
Hickman | Leanna Wilkerson, Point of Contact | leannawilkerson12@gmail.com |
Hopkins | Heath Duncan, Chair | hopkinscountyrecovery@gmail.com |
Marshall | Mark Sickling | Director@bloodriverassoc.org |
Muhlenberg | Freddie Mayes, Chair | freddiemdrmayes@bellsouth.net |
Ohio | Matthew Sickling, Executive Director | ohiocountybaptist@gmail.com |
Taylor | Kellie Jones, Manager | Taylorcodisasterrelief@gmail.com |
Warren | Brent Childers, Chair | BCWCLTRG@outlook.com |