Shipment of Supplies to Aspen Acres Fire, in Colorado

Yesterday afternoon, July 6, a truck departed our Nashville warehouse, heading to the Southwest Church of Christ, in Pueblo, CO. Pueblo is about 33 miles Northeast of Rye, Colorado, and Rye was evacuated after the Aspen Acres Fire was discovered there June 29th at 7:19 a.m. At this time it is approximately 15% contained, and has burned 93,915 acres. The issue often with wildfires is , we know where the fire is, but we don’t know where all of the people have gone. In this case, the preacher from the Southwest church in Pueblo contacted us, to let us know that many of the families that evacuated from Rye, are in Pueblo, and that they could use the pre-packed food boxes, personal hygiene boxes, infant care boxes, new clothing, new shoes now. Once the evacuation is lifted and they can return to Rye to see if their homes are still standing, that’s when they’ll need the cleaning supplies we provide. We don’t have a firm time when the truck will arrive in Pueblo, but it most likely will be late this afternoon, July 7th, or it could unload first thing tomorrow morning, on July 8th.

Also if you live in the Nashville area, and are available Thursday morning, July 9th, we will be running our food line, and packing 1,500 family food boxes that morning at 10 a.m. at our warehouse. If you can be on your feet for several hours, we could use your help at our warehouse at 410 Allied Dr in Nashville, at 10 a.m. Thursday to help us stay prepared for the next disaster.

Thank you for your prayers and support of this work!