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Box truck needed to transport water for relief efforts

From Venus Popplewell
LWC Director of Public Relations

In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, the Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raider Band is collecting water donations through Saturday to help the community of Newport, Tennessee.

Water donations can be dropped off at the LWC Blue Raider Band building, 391 Williams Street, Columbia, KY. Bottled water, gallon jugs and potable water donations will be received from 8amCT until 9pmCT Thursday and Friday and very early in the morning on Saturday. Blue Raider Band Director Anthony Baird is also in need of a box truck or a rental donation to make the three-and-a-half-hour drive to Newport.

"I'll be calling around today looking for a truck that can be donated to transport the water donations on Saturday," he said.

The Newport community is especially dear to Baird, who grew up in eastern Tennessee. He spent several years living in Newport, Tennessee and was the coordinator of instrumental music education and head band director at Cocke County High School.

“The flooding in Newport is incomprehensible,” said Baird. “Cocke County is split between two rivers and the rivers have come together putting the entire area underwater.”

For more information about the water drive, or if you have a box truck available, please call LWC Band Director Anthony Baird at 270-384-7337.




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