Tornado relief supplies leave Lipscomb for Jackson
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A van packed with food, beverages and other relief supplies left the Lipscomb University campus this morning for storm-ravaged Jackson, Tenn.
The university's dining services catering van, tires sagging from the load, contained more than $800 in items donated by Lipscomb University students and faculty, and other items contributed by Sodexho, which manages dining services at the university.
Many university students have "flex" money in their dining accounts, which they can use at any of the dining outlets at Lipscomb. Rather than taking their leftover money at semester's end, many used the funds to contribute to the relief effort. Others gave checks.
General Manager Rick Graham said the idea began with Sodexho, which wanted its area member universities to help out in the situation. Sodexho manages the Lipscomb and Belmont university dining services in Nashville, and the items were transported to Lambuth University in Jackson for distribution.
At least eleven people were killed when an F-4 tornado ripped through Jackson last Sunday night, one stop on its 65-mile journey of destruction through West Tennessee. A total of 15 people were killed in Tennessee in weather-related incidents during a stormy week.