Donations Requested, Deliver by Tuesday

Latest requests for the Tornado Survivors, to be delivered to Portland. These items should be delivered by Tuesday, as needs change rapidly. Note than used clothes and furniture will not be accepted.

Resource Staging Center (RSC) located at. 128 Distribution Pkwy Portland, TN 37148-4664 in order to assist the counties and the victims they serve. You can call either 1 800-422-3443 or from Middle Tennessee 615-323-8558

Pease make a note that the RSC is not set up to take any used clothes or furniture at this location. The RSC is not a client-based warehouse but is a staging center for supplies that will be shipped or picked up by the affected counties. Here is a list of the items currently needed. However this will change as we ramp up for the newly declared counties and as we work our way through this disaster.

Small Kitchen Appliances: Can openers, Coffeemakers, Toasters, Toaster ovens, Crock pot, Microwave

Other Kitchen supplies:Cutting boardsUtensils (dippers, paring knives gravy whisks, etc) ACS/DR recommends holding a "house-warming" of sorts, and brings all the items usually supplied for that.

Also needed are:Brooms, mops, dustpans, paper ware (top, paper towels, napkins), plastic ware, dinnerware, silverware, heavy-duty garbage bags, small fiber barrels, buckets (5&3 gallon).

Linens and other bedding, including pillows, comforters, blankets

NEW ONLY: underwear and disposal baby diapers, socks for men, women and children, coats. Again I must repeat that this facility does not accept any used clothing or furniture

Tools: shovels, rakes, hammers, pry bars