Alabama residents send donations to tornado victims

May 26, 2013 at 4:12 p.m.

by The Associated Press

In this May 22 photo, Nancy Malone President and Founder of Light in Action shops for supplies to aid victims involved in devastation from the Oklahoma tornado at Lowes in Canton, Mich. Residents of a Michigan community that was hit by a tornado last year are donating food, money and supplies for relief efforts in Oklahoma. Many residents of other states, including those in Alabama, are sending supplies to Oklahoma to help with tornado relief efforts in Moore, Okla.
In this May 22 photo, Nancy Malone President and Founder of Light in Action shops for supplies to aid victims involved in devastation from the Oklahoma tornado at Lowes in Canton, Mich. Residents of a Michigan community that was hit by a tornado last year are donating food, money and supplies for relief efforts in Oklahoma. Many residents of other states, including those in Alabama, are sending supplies to Oklahoma to help with tornado relief efforts in Moore, Okla.

RUSSELLVILLE, Ala. — About $30,000 worth of donations and supplies are headed to Oklahoma to help tornado victims.

WAAY-TV reports that a group of Franklin County, Ala., residents decided to do something to help just hours after seeing tornadoes destroy parts of Oklahoma on Monday.

Many people in Franklin County witnessed the destructive power of tornadoes first hand during the April 27, 2011 outbreak that hit Alabama.

Community members in Franklin County took donations Tuesday through Saturday. Organizers say people from across the Tennessee Valley contributed to the effort.

The donations are expected to be sent to the Oklahoma community of Moore, where neighborhoods were flattened by a massive tornado.

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