Collection for tornado victims

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Interfaith volunteers unload food and other supplies April 14 at the One-Day Disaster Assistance Center at the parish hall of St. Agnes Church in Mena, sponsored by Catholic Charities of Arkansas. Several groups, including Baptist Cooperative, United Methodist Committee on Relief, Adventist Relief, the Salvation Army, AmeriCorps, Arkansas Rice Depot and American Red Cross, helped storm victims.
Interfaith volunteers unload food and other supplies April 14 at the One-Day Disaster Assistance Center at the parish hall of St. Agnes Church in Mena, sponsored by Catholic Charities of Arkansas. Several groups, including Baptist Cooperative, United Methodist Committee on Relief, Adventist Relief, the Salvation Army, AmeriCorps, Arkansas Rice Depot and American Red Cross, helped storm victims.

A second collection will be taken up in churches April 25-26 to support the victims of the Holy Thursday tornados in Mena and DeQueen.
All money will go to the Diocese of Little Rock’s Disaster Relief Fund. Catholic Charities of Arkansas is working with St. Agnes Church in Mena and St. Barbara Church in DeQueen to ensure they are able to assist parishioners and other victims with their long-term needs.
Donations can be sent to Diocese of Little Rock, Disaster Relief Fund, 2500 N. Tyler St., Little Rock, AR 72207.
To learn more about the Disaster Relief Fund, visit the Donate Now page on the diocesan Web site.

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