Resources for Tornado victims - USA from my Association AAMFT

Support and Resources for Those Impacted by Tornadoes Our thoughts continue to be with those families impacted by the recent severe weather that devastated several states, leaving a trail of destruction and loss of life in Kentucky, Arkansas, and the surrounding region. The systemic impact when tragedies occur has wide effects in families and communities. Many of our members and their clients will be struggling not only with meeting basic needs, but with processing these events or talking it through with their children. The resources below have been created by member MFTs or compiled by AAMFT to help support this process. Resources Disastershock: How to cope with the emotional stress of a major disaster Helping Families Cope with Disaster Attending to the Whole System: Eco-Informed Family Therapy An Overview of the Red Cross and Disaster Mental Health If you or your clients would like to help those in need, this website has an extensive list of local organizations in the impacted areas where you can get information on volunteering and donations including supplies, relief funds, toys, support animals, community help lines, and more.

Helping Tornado Victims in the States (cut and pasted from my Association AAMFT)

Here’s how you can help tornado victims By Jasmine Demers Photo: Liam Niemeyer Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) COMMUNITYDecember 15, 2021 Communities are scrambling to assess the damage after one of the worst tornado events in state history swept across western Kentucky over the weekend. Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency early Saturday morning. On Tuesday, he said 74 people are confirmed dead. And there are over 100 people still missing. More than 30 tornadoes have been reported in at least six states, spanning more than 200 miles from Arkansas to Kentucky. Tens of thousands of Kentuckians remain without power and many are without shelter. As search and rescue efforts continue in impacted counties, here’s how you can help: Categories: Donate to disaster relief funds, donate blood, donate supplies, donate toys, volunteer, support pets/animals, community help lines, report price gouging Donate to disaster relief funds Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund Kentucky Red Cross: Donate online here Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief. To donate by phone via credit card or to ask questions about donating money to the Red Cross, please call 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) Verified GoFundMe pages created by community members and organizations in need His House Ministries (Mayfield, Ky) United Way of Kentucky Disaster Relief At Work Convoy of Hope Aspire Appalachia Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief Shop Local Kentucky – purchase a “Kentucky Strong” T-shirt and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund The Lee Initiative Mayfield-Graves County United Way Salvation Army Disaster Relief Relevant Church (Mayfield, KY) Rise and Shine (Bowling Green, KY) SOS, a Louisville-based global health organization Global Giving Midwest US Tornado Relief Fund Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Samaritan’s Purse International Relief Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort Lutheran Disaster Response Water with Blessings – Text WATER4SURVIVORS to 41444 Kentucky Counseling Center Kentucky Chamber Foundation & Kentucky Sports Radio tornado relief fund Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities (collecting donations for long-term care staff who have been impacted by the storm) WaterStep Donate blood Kentucky Red Cross: Find your local blood bank here Kentucky Blood Center: Find a drive here Blood Assurance: Schedule and appointment here Donate clothes, blankets, food, water and other supplies *Suggested donations include gas, generators, storage bins/totes, space heaters, lash lights, head lamps, batteries, propane tanks, utility gloves, phone chargers, gas cans, socks, undergarments, blankets, coats, warm clothes, shoes, toiletries, paper towels, plastic utensils, paper plates, feminine hygiene products, baby formula, diapers, wipes, water, snacks, non-perishable foods. The Salvation Army Kentucky/Tennessee Division Northside Baptist Church, 611 W Lockridge St, Mayfield, KY Fairview Baptist Church, 701 West Water Street, Mayfield, KY Mayfield/Graves County Fairgrounds, 1004 KY 121, Mayfield, KY 42066 Redemption City Church, 104 Railroad Ave., Dawson Springs KY, 270-425-4310 Dawson Spring High School, 317 Eli St, Dawson Springs, KY 42408 Mount Zion Baptist Church, 175 Graham Dr., Bowling Green, KY Eleventh St Baptist Church, 1035 Kenton ST. Bowling Green, KY (collecting from Sunday, Dec. 12 through Wednesday, Dec. 15) State Street Baptist Church, 340 State St. Bowling Green, KY (collecting from Sunday, Dec. 12 through Friday, Dec. 17) Next Level Church, 1405 Veterans Memorial ln., Bowling Green, KY (accepting donations Tuesday, Dec. 14 through Thursday, Dec. 16, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.) The Johnson Bar, 133 S. 3rd St. Paducah, KY. 42001 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 12) First Baptist Church, 2890 Broadway St, Paducah, KY, 270-442-2728 Dry Ground Brewing Company, 3121 Broadway St, Paducah, KY 42001 Paducah Beer Werks, 301 N 4th St, Paducah, KY 42001 Lone Oak Baptist Church, 3601 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah, KY 42003 Community Kitchen, 1237 Martin Luther King Jr Drive, Paducah, KY Hancock’s of Paducah, 3841 Hinkleville Road, Paducah, KY (accepting donations of clean quilts and blankets, Tuesday, Dec. 14 through Friday, Dec. 17, 9 a.m. to 5pm, and Saturday, Dec. 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) Barrel & Bond, 100 Broadway Paducah, KY 42001 Stepstone Family and Youth Services, 78 Caky Dr, Benton, KY, 270-527-8388 Marshall County Exceptional Center, 198 Old Symsonia Rd, Benton, KY, 270-252-6530 (8 a.m. to 2 p.m. from Sunday, Dec. 12 – Friday, Dec. 17) Central Elementary School, 115 Jim Goheen Road Benton, KY 42025 (accepting donations on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Jefferson County Public Schools, VanHoose Education Center, 3332 Newburg Road, Louisville, KY 40218 (accepting donations from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m through Friday) Ronald McDonald House Charities, 550 South First Street, Louisville, KY and 1300 Sports Center Dr, Lexington, KY (collecting donations through Dec. 17) Against the Grain Smokehouse, 401 E. Main St. & Against the Grain Public House, 1576 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, KY Veteran’s Club Inc., 9419 Seatonville rd. at Fern Creek Christian Church, Louisville, KY 40291 Four Pegs Smokehouse and Bar, 1053 Goss Ave, Louisville, KY 40217 Six Forks Burger Company, 1039 Ash St. Louisville, KY 40217, (Saturday, Dec. 11 through Monday, Dec. 16, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Hampton Inn – Louisville Airport, 800 Phillips Ln. (delivering supplies to Graves County Fairgrounds) Independence Bank, 3901 Shelbyville Rd., Louisville, KY and 1900 Colonel Sanders Ln., Louisville, KY Bullitt County Public Schools Stuff the Bus – several locations listed here (accepting donations through Thursday, Dec. 16) Roebling Point Books, 601 Overton Street, Newport, KY 41071 Newport Fire Department, 998 Monmouth St, Newport, KY 41071 Walnut Grove Baptist Church, 2941 Highland Lick Rd, Russellville, KY Akridge Farm Supply, 724 Fairview Ave, Eddyville, KY 42038, 270-388-2910 – Looking specifically for tarps and gas cans Cave City Community Center (Senior Center), 105 Duke St, Cave City, KY 42127 Jamestown City Park Batting Cages, 123 Park Ave, Jamestown, KY 42629 (drop off from 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Saturday through Thursday) Russell Springs City Hall, 487 Main Street, Russell Springs, KY 42642 (drop off from 7 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday) St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, 20 KY-339, Fancy Farm, KY 42039 Calvert City Civic Center, 991 5th Ave SE, Calvert City, KY 42029 (Drop off until 5 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 11 and Sunday Dec. 12) Water drive at Pritchard Community Center, 404 S Mulberry St, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 (need cases of bottled water) Felix Martin Hall, 501 W. Everly Brothers Blvd., Greenville, KY. 42345 Kentucky Education Development Corporation, Ashland office (904 Rose Road) and Lexington Office (118 James Court Ste 60) Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, 208 South Main Street, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342 Winchester Police Department, 16 S. Maple Street, Winchester, KY (accepting donations until Monday evening) Georgetown Fire Department, 101 Jacobs Drive, Georgetown, KY (accepting donations all week) Clarksville Town Hall, 2000 Broadway Street, Clarksville, IN, (accepting donation Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Hope 2 All Food Pantry, 307 W. Mose Rager Blvd. Drakesboro, KY 42337 Henderson County Schools/Henderson Police Department, 735 N. Elm St., Henderson, KY (will fill a bus to deliver to Dawson Springs, can drop off 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Oh Sew Sweet Boutique, 210 East Arch Street, Madisonville, Ky. Green River Distilling Co., 10 Distillery Rd., Owensboro, KY, 42301 (accepting donations from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday, Dec. 17) Donate toys for children/youth Looking for new, unopened toys, books, electronics and $25 Visa or Mastercard gift cards Western Kentucky Toy Drive Kenton County Government Center, 1840 Simon Kenton Way, Covington, KY 41011 (Drop-offs accepted Tuesday, Dec. 14 – Friday, Dec. 17, 8 a.m.– 5 p.m.) Kenton County Police Department, 11777 Madison Pike, Independence, KY 41051 (Drop-offs accepted 24 hours a day, Tuesday, Dec. 14 – Saturday, Dec. 18 ) Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, 150 N Limestone #265, Lexington, KY 40507​​, 859-252-1771 (Drop-offs accepted 24 hours a day, Tuesday, Dec. 14 – Saturday, Dec. 18) ​ Pieratt’s, 110 Mt Tabor Rd, Lexington, KY 40517 and 125 E Reynolds Rd Suite 150, Lexington, KY 40517​ (Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Sunday, Noon – 5 p.m., through Dec. 18​) Broadbent Arena, KFEC Gate 4 Dr, Louisville, KY 40209, Off Crittenden Drive (drop-offs accepted Tuesday, Dec. 14 – Friday, Dec. 17, noon – 5 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 18, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.) St. Matthews Police Department, 3940 Grandview Ave, St Matthews, KY 40207 (drop-offs accepted Tuesday, Dec. 14 – Friday, Dec. 17, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Paducah Police Department, 1400 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42003 (drop-offs accepted 24 hours a day, Tuesday, Dec. 14 – Saturday, Dec. 18) Pieratt’s​, 2031 Lantern Ridg​​e Dr, Richmond, KY 40475 (drop-offs accepted Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., and Sunday, Noon – 6 p.m., through Dec. 18) Kentucky State Police Posts​ in Elizabethtown, Campbellsburg, Dry Ridge, Richmond, Morehead, Pikeville, Harlan, London, Frankfort, Hazard, Ashland, Columbia and Henderson (drop-offs accepted 24 hours a day, Tuesday, Dec. 14 – Saturday, Dec. 18) Clacey’s Auto Parts and Hardware, 3326 Merle Travis Hwy, Beechmont, KY 42323 (accepting donations through Saturday, Dec. 20) McCracken County Cooperative Extension Service, 2025 New Holt rd., Paducah, KY 42001 (Accepting backpacks and toys through Saturday, Dec. 20) Paintsville Blanket and Toy Drive, 225 2nd St, Paintsville, KY 41240 or 325 2nd St, Paintsville, KY 41240 (collecting donations through Wednesday, Dec. 15. Volunteer ***Advisory: Please avoid obstructing search and rescue efforts by calling/checking-in beforehand*** Kentucky Emergency Management – Fill out the volunteer/donate link here Kentucky Red Cross Kentucky State Parks – Email andy.kasitz@ky.gov to volunteer to help displaced families Mayfield Independent School District – Need translators, mainly for Spanish speaking families, email wecanhelp@mayfield.kyschools.us or call 270-804-1381 Catalyst Church, 114 Kings Dr., Mayfield, KY, (270) 356-1191 South Warren High School, 8140 Nashville Road, Bowling Green, 270-467-7500 Bremen Volunteer Fire Department, 51 College St., Bremen, KY 42325, 270-525-6002 Lone Oak Baptist Church, 3601 Lone Oak Rd, Paducah, KY 42003 Bowling Green Community Action Center, 171 Center St, Bowling Green, KY, 270-782-4437 Gasper Brewing Company, 302 State Street, Bowling Green, KY. – need volunteers to serve food Mayfield City Hall, 211 E. Broadway, Mayfield, KY – Volunteers needed with drills Marshall County High School, 416 High School Rd. Benton, KY 42025 (volunteers will be shuttled to impacted areas starting at 7 a.m. daily.) Kentucky Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster God’s Pit Crew – Crisis Response Team Team Rubicon Disaster Response Covenant Community Church, 1055 North Main Street, Madisonville, KY, 270-821-2000 Mercy Chefs – Mayfield, KY Tornado Response (shifts available throughout the week) Samaritan’s Purse International Relief Kentucky Tornado Relief Initiative by Senate candidate Charles Booker Eight Days of Hope – Rapid Response Event (Mayfield, KY) Support pets/animals in need The Humane Society Animal Rescue & Response Team Kentucky Humane Society Foster a pet or donate to these local shelters: Mayfield-Graves County Animal Shelter Bowling Green/Warren County Humane Society Hopkins County Humane Society Caldwell County Animal Shelter Muhlenburg County Animal Shelter Ceglinski Animal Clinic, 5401 Blandville Rd., Paducah, KY, 270-554-0171 (offering free housing for displaced pets) River Retriever Kennels LLC, 5796 Old Mayfield Rd., Paducah, KY, 270-556-4433 (offering housing for displaced pets) Marcus Rushing, 224 Hughes Rd., Wickliffe, KY, 985-605-4068 (has pasture and barn for cattle/horses, free of charge to victims of the tornadoes) Mociso Farms Livestock Sanctuary & Rescue Ltd., 595 Osborne Rd. Ekron, Ky. (drop off pet supplies, food and any other items for disaster relief from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) Refer community members in distress to these help lines SAMHSA – Call or text 1-800-985-5990 Report Price Gouging It’s illegal for retailers to bump up the prices of certain things during an emergency. If you see it happening you can report it online or call 1-888-432-9257. Per the Kentucky Attorney General’s office, goods and services in this prohibition include: consumer food items; goods or services used for emergency cleanup; emergency supplies; medical supplies; home heating oil; building materials; housing; transportation, freight, and storage services; and gasoline or other motor fuels.

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“Chapter 4 Fr. Francis was returning to Toronto from Parry Sound. His family owned a third generation waterfront cottage at the edge of town, hardly used nowadays. Everyone seemed to be too busy. Spring had barely arrived, and with the climate change, winter was lingering longer than usual. He normally stayed in Toronto, aside from his annual retreat. Because he had been alone at the cottage, he had the time to discern and rest, barely leaving the cottage except for his daily walk. He felt renewed driving back to Toronto. He wondered how long he would feel that way, once he encountered the increasing speed on the highway, in the GTA. He wondered why traffic speed wasn’t controlled more. Fatalities increased with higher speeds. Francis decided to stop at a small restaurant to have a coffee. It was one of the few remaining locally owned diners. Everything is being taken over by large corporations, he thought. He wondered how long this particular ma and pa stop would last? Could they keep up with the costs and change? Would someone buy them out? Francis always did his best to support the local small businesses. “Hi Father, what’s your poison?” “Coffee please: black, no sugar.” He smiled up at the redheaded middle-aged woman. “Coming right up!” She provided him with a matronly smile.

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This book is dedicated to my mother who was such an inspiration in my life. She taught me so much. Thank you Mom, for always asking me how this book was coming along. https://www.silvaredigonda.ca

My sympathies to all those suffering in the States due to the tornadoes

It was sad to see Kentucky so devastated, the hardest hit by the Tornadoes. Kentucky is a State where I normally like to spend the night when on-route to Disney World. I remember one night staying at a motel where next door was an ice-cream parlour and a cinema on the other side of that. I never could find that place again in other trips. I also saw a huge manor, hotel type I saw from the highway and meant to stop to spend the night in future. I couldn’t find that again either. I found the people in Kentucky pleasant and charming. When I travel through the States I am often mistaken as being from New York and then I explain I am from Canada. I miss going to the States and so it is painful when I see places I care about being torn apart by nature’s fury. We have had problems here as well on our West and East coasts and again, it is difficult to see so much suffering. Grief is an emotion that is quite painful. What happens when you lose everything? What happens when people you love are no longer, in an instant? What happens when your physicality, emotions and spirituality is challenged? Be a supportive ear for those who need to grieve and come to you. Don’t give advice. As how you can be supportive? Don’t judge. Walk with them. Grief is expressed differently from those who suffer from one another. When grief is complicated than individual therapy is required. My condolences to the families and survivors.

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The dark figure entered the Church. It was time to confess completely to the priest he had spoken to the other evening. The discomfort that radiated from the priest had been arousing. The Church was now empty except for an old priest kneeling before a statue. The killer walked up the centre aisle to the priest, who was oblivious to anyone except the statue of a young woman, dressed in white and blue robes. She stood firmly with her feet on a snake’s head, its poisonous venom held firmly in check. The statue seemed transfixed in time. “Father, can you hear my confession?” The priest turned his head to look at the person who had interrupted his prayer to Mary. “Confession is on Saturday from two to four.” “Well father, I won’t be able to come during that time, and that is why I am here now.” The elderly priest smiled. However, there was something disturbing about the polite young person before him. There was a small cut … the cut is recent, he thought. “All right, come and sit with me in the pew.” The priest moved slowly towards the pew. The church was quiet and dark. He had forgotten to lock the door and it was late. No one would disturb them at this hour. The priest momentarily closed his eyes for his own act of contrition, because he suddenly felt frightened. He felt death was looming over him.” Excerpt From: Silva Redigonda. “The Internet Murders.”

Approaches to Elder Abuse: A family physician’s perspective by Elder Abuse Ontario

I attended another live webinar by Dr Bachir Tazkarji, M.D, UofT. and Dr Mark Yaffe, Prof, St Mary’s hospital (Investigation), McGill- Developed tools to help detect elder abuse. I have been to St Mary’s Hospital in Montreal and so was quite pleased. St Mary’s has a warmth about it from my perspective. It is where a cousin of mine died from cancer. His care was amazing. I had promised him I would visit him once a month until he died. I took that train trip once a month for more than a year. My heart is still there. Anyhow, I attended this webinar on 22 Nov 21, so I hope I can read my notes. This too should be posted so if you have the time, I suggest you watch it. It will provide you with video examples of abuse (actors). Elder abuse is 10% international. 16% is under reported. There was a 13 year cohort study, of 2812 community dwelling seniors. Abuse of the elderly promotes premature deaths. Survival of the abused group was 9% compared 40% in non-abused. Safety line for seniors is 1-866-299-1011. Reference for police is EASI-leo. - Yale. www.mcgill.ca/family med I won’t go into a lengthy detail because it is available for you on EAPO. Well worth watching.