EUREKA — It has been a month since an EF-3 tornado sliced through parts of Eureka, damaging almost 170 homes and wounding eight people.
Greenwood County’s Long-Term Recovery Committee is poised to restart the case management process after recently nearing the end of its work following the July 2016 tornado. Committee chair Matt Osborn, a KVOE Morning Show guest this week, said the case management process could resume the week of Aug. 6 and is vitally important for several reasons.
In addition, the confidential process lends confidence to the general public about the decisions reached by the committee.
Osborn says it has been a challenge to get back to normal after the tornado, but the recovery process is “ahead of the curve” and Eureka has proven its resilience in recovering from the two tornadoes this decade.
For more information about the Long-Term Recovery Committee’s work, find the agency on Facebook. To donate, reach out to the Growing Greenwood Fund through the Emporia Community Foundation or to the Eureka Foundation.
Eureka Foundation
Monetary donations
Mailing address:
PO Box 247
Eureka KS 67045
Please put “tornado recovery” in the memo line.
Growing Greenwood Relief Fund
Monetary donations
Contact:
Becky Jeppesen, 620-342-9304
Mailing address:
Emporia Community Foundation
527 Commercial Suite B
Emporia KS 66801
Online donations:
https://www.emporiacf.org/growing-greenwood-fund
Please make checks payable to Emporia Community Foundation and put “Greenwood Disaster Fund” in the memo line.
