Donate Goods for Storm Victims

■ The Salvation Army is accepting donations for storm relief, said Lt. Anita Albert, with the Salvation Army in Lexington. To donate you can mail a check to the Salvation Army, 736 West Main Street, Lexington, Ky., 40508, attention tornado relief or mail donations to Salvation Army Disaster Relief, P.O. Box 339, Atlanta, Ga., 30384; or call (800) 725-2769.

■ Officials at the Kentucky Baptist Convention are accepting donations, too. Donations can be made online at Kybaptist.org or by writing Kentucky Baptist Convention, P.O. Box 43433, Louisville, Ky., 40253, Attention: Disaster Relief. You can specify on your check where you would like your donation to be sent.

■ Bourbon n' Toulouse, 829 Euclid Ave., will donate 20 percent of its sales from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday to the Red Cross to assist tornado victims in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

■ The Christian Appalachian Project was sending 120 disaster-relief volunteers to Marshall County, Ala., for two weeks starting Tuesday.

■ The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels announced it would donate $10,000 to the relief effort for tornado victims. The money will be distributed through the Salvation Army.

■ PODS and Clear Channel Radio in Lexington teamed up to accept donations of clothing, shoes, non-perishable food items, toiletries and baby supplies. PODS contributed three storage containers, which it was to transport to Tuscaloosa, Ala.

University of Kentucky Football Coach Joker Phillips is providing a football and other items to be raffled off at the restaurant as part of the fund-raising effort. UK basketball star Josh Harrellson will be at the restaurant at noon Friday to sign limited-edition posters, with $5 from each poster going to the Red Cross.

Bourbon n' Toulouse also is accepting donations of clothes, shoes, toiletries, non-perishable food and other items for storm victims in Tuscaloosa. Margaret Ann Morris, a UK student from Tuscaloosa, hopes to load a truck with those supplies and drive them to Tuscaloosa on Saturday.

Source: kentucky.com