Tornado: Donate & volunteer

Crews dig through the night after deadly Oklahoma tornado

Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.

Tornado: Donate & volunteer

DONATE: Joplin schools receive donations
Joplin schools received donations this week totaling more than $19,000, including donations from Lions Club International, Jim West, a former city councilman, and the Joplin High School class of 1953.

July 28, 2011
DONATE: Joplin looks to replant state tree after tornado
A Joplin recovery group is seeking contributions to replace thousands of distinctive trees lost in the May 22 tornado.

July 28, 2011
DONATE: Tornado photos to raise money, awareness
When Jim Forbes, a chief photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, came to Joplin on May 23, he started taking pictures.

July 26, 2011
Kansas City singer’s return to Joplin includes three benefits
With proceeds going to rebuilding St. John’s Regional Medical Center, the Rock 4 Heart & Home benefit concert -- dubbed “Part II” -- kicks off tonight and continues through the weekend.

July 22, 2011 1 Photo
DONATE: Tickets available for ‘Restore Fest’
A music festival featuring some of the top names in Christian music is set for Friday, July 29, at Landreth Park.
“Restore Fest” will feature performances by Mercy Me, Hawk Nelson, Abandon, Mandisa, Stars Go Dim, The Museum, The Letter Black, Write This Down and others.

July 21, 2011
DONATE: Bright Futures receives donation
PCS Phosphate Co. has donated $35,000 to the Joplin School District’s Bright Futures program.

July 21, 2011
DONATE: Food pantry supplier calls for help
Volunteers at St. Peter’s Outreach House are seeing their supply of food diminish, but there is no drop in need. “We are starting to see deficiencies in some of our foodstuffs,” said St. Peter’s volunteer Marge O’Brian.

July 20, 2011
DONATE: Ray’s Boathouse nets money for Joplin; Seattle chefs have ties to Joplin
When news of the May 22 Joplin tornado reached Peter Birk and Mike Chase, they knew they had to do something. Both men are Joplin natives who now work as chefs in Seattle, Wash. Birk is the executive chef at Ray’s Boathouse in Seattle, and Chase works for a catering company called Tuxedo and Tennis Shoes.

July 20, 2011 1 Photo
DONATE: Freeman donates $25,000 each to Joplin public, Catholic schools
Freeman Health System has donated $25,000 apiece to the Joplin School District and Joplin Area Catholic Schools as they each prepare for a new school year.

July 14, 2011
DONATE: Branson benefit raises more than $200,000
A live concert and telethon staged Sunday night by Branson entertainers took in $208,000 for Joplin tornado relief. More donations are expected, organizers said Monday.

June 27, 2011
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