Red Wolves Organization Collecting Supplies for Tornado Victims

We hope this message finds everyone safe and healthy. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who have been affected by last Sunday’s tornado.

In an effort to lend our support, Chattanooga Red Wolves will be setting up the following collection of needed supplies:

When: Thursday, April 16th
Time: 2 pm – 6 pm
Where: Amigo Mexican Restaurant parking lot, 1906 Dayton Blvd, Red Bank
Items Needed:

Non-perishable food items (think snacks for recovery & clean-up crews)
Blankets (freshly laundered)
Personal hygiene items ( soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste & brushes, feminine products, etc)
Baby items (diapers, wipes, formula)
Cleaning supplies (liquids (Clorox, Lysol, etc.) & brooms & dustpans)
Tarps
Plastic storage containers & lids

Additional Details: This will be a contactless drop-off. Please drive up to the designated area, and one of our volunteers will remove your donation from the car trunk or truck bed. You will not need to leave your vehicle. All items will be then be delivered to the Hamilton YMCA.

Thank you all!

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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