Channel 2 ‘Convoy of Care’ for Kentucky tornado survivors collects thousands of donations

ATLANTA — Less than a week after a tornado tore through Kentucky and left devastation in its path, WSB-TV Channel 2, viewers, law enforcement, the trucking industry and the nonprofit organization Caring for Others came together in an effort to bring disaster relief to the ravaged communities.

The Convoy of Care partnership began in 2016 to bring relief to Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the wake of historic flooding.

Over a nine-hour period, enough donations were collected to fill seven tractor trailers and send them on their way to Mayfield, Kentucky on Friday.

Two tractor trailers at First Baptist Church of Woodstock were completely filled by 4 p.m. Three more tractor trailers were filled at J.P. Moseley Park and Recreation Center in Stockbridge and Red Hawk Baseball Complex in McDonough. Another two trucks were filled at the WSB-TV studios in midtown Atlanta.

Communities came together and donated baby supplies, paper products, non-perishable food items, flashlights, batteries and more.

We will be delivering the items to the impacted areas of Kentucky on Friday, Dec. 17.

If you didn’t make it out to one of the sites, you can also make a donation online through Caring for Others.

Caring for Others, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the Georgia Sheriffs Association, the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, Georgia Motor Trucking Association & Atlanta Peach Movers, Georgia Coach Lines and Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys and WSB-TV comprise the Convoy of Care team.

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