Starkville and Oktibbeha County residents looking for an opportunity to help with relief efforts in many of the tornado-ravaged areas around the state will have another opportunity to do so in neighboring Webster County this week.
Oktibbeha-Starkville Emergency Response Volunteer Services will be taking a work team into northeastern Webster County on Thursday to help with continued efforts in debris cleanup and removal.
Those volunteers interested in going to Webster County should contact the OSERVS offices at 662-384-2200 by close of business on Wednesday to give the organization”s leaders an accurate count of how many people will be participating on the work team.
The team will meet at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the OSERVS offices at 100 Highway 12 East at South Jackson Street.
Those going with the Webster County will need to wear comfortable work clothing, hard-soled shoes or work boots and bring work gloves. Team members will also need to either bring a sack lunch or money to purchase lunch at Mathiston-area restaurants.
OSERVS will provide the team members with bottled water and other drinks.
This will be the second time OSERVS has sent a team to Webster County. Immediately after the storm, OSERVS volunteers went into Webster County to bring bottled water and toiletries and to visit with residents to see what needs the organization could help meet.
OSERVS also took about 20 volunteers to Smithville in Monroe County to help with tornado relief there, with volunteers spending a day cleaning up debris.
For more information, call the OSERVS offices at the number listed above or visit the OSERVS website at www.oservs.com.
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