Local groups coming together to support those affected by tornadoes

WOODSTOCK, Ga. — As efforts get underway to help rebuild what thousands of people lost in tornadoes over the weekend, the metro Atlanta area is stepping in to do what they can to help.

Many Georgians are already in Kentucky doing what they can, and more help is on the way throughout the week.

One group of volunteers is collecting donations and supplies before heading up to Kentucky later this week.

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Warren Causey is the founder of the Sirens Project, which works to provide support to those who lose everything in a disaster. Causey told Channel 2′s Michele Newell that even before the devastation, he was watching the weather models.

“We knew that we had to be poised to respond in case anything happened, and, unfortunately, we are going to have to respond,” he said.

Jumping in to help as soon as a disaster ends is nothing new to him.

“I think we’re blown away every time we go into a situation like that, just to see the heartbreak, the devastation and just the all-around horrible signs of mother nature,” Causey described.

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Causey kicked off a donation drive at His Hands Church in Woodstock on Sunday morning.

“We are basically just going to be collecting donations from Monday to Friday. Our trailer is going to leave Saturday morning,” he told Newell. “We are going to be basing our operations out of Murray, Kentucky and those surrounding areas.”

The biggest needs they have are for blankets, coats and handwarmers, Causey said, but any and all donations are welcome.

If you can’t physically drop off supplies, you can order them online and have them shipped to His Hands Church at 550 Molly Lane, Woodstock, Ga., 30189.

Sirens Project will not only be dropping off donations. They will also be working to help clear roads.

“[We are going to] do route clearance with heavy equipment chainsaws. We are sending a team of four guys up tomorrow with compact track loader and our saw team,” Causey said.

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Volunteers from the American Red Cross are leaving Atlanta Monday to begin working with those who have been displaced. The Federal Emergency Management Distribution Center in Atlanta will also be sending a large amount of resources to the area.

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