CHARLESTON, W.Va., June 30, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Save the Children continues to provide much-needed
assistance to children and families severely impacted by the
historic floods that hit West
Virginia last week. A rapid response team is providing
blankets, pop-up cribs and car seats to families in and around the
communities where Save the Children has long offered educational
and health programing, including Nicholas, Roane, Calhoun, and Kanawha counties.
Today, county music superstar Brad
Paisley, along with West
Virginia Senators Joe Manchin
and Shelley Moore Capito, toured the
hard-hit town of Clendenin. Along with Save the Children they
toured the town's Herbert Hoover
high school, which was under as much as 10 feet of water during the
height of the storms. "My thoughts and prayers are with the people
in my home state of West
Virginia," Paisley said. "The towns and schools we've
visited today have been devastated by these floods. I pledge to do
all I can to help my fellow West Virginians and have set up a
GoFundMe account so others can join me."
"The scale of the destruction is hard to put into words, but the
people of West Virginia are strong
and I am confident that we will rebuild," Senator Manchin said. "I
am grateful to Save the Children for their long-term work helping
our children succeed in school and for being on the front-lines
today, helping vulnerable children and families in the wake of such
terrible flooding."
Anna Hardway, Save the Children's
West Virginia State Director said of their visit: "We have seen
entire towns destroyed and children without basic necessities such
as clothing, diapers and cribs," said. "We will continue to provide
emergency items and do all we can to make sure that children,
teachers and districts have what they need to start school in
August."
In a new video message, actor Jennifer Garner, a Save the Children Trustee
and a native of West Virginia, is
also continuing her support of flood victims: "In my home
state of West Virginia, children
have lost everything—their homes and even loved ones," Garner said.
"Save the Children's caring experts work in these disadvantaged
communities every day. They know these families, and right now
these children are especially vulnerable."
Save the Children currently partners with local schools to serve
nearly 2,000 children in the state. Programs support mothers during
pregnancy, provide home visits to families of infants and toddlers,
and help young children get ready for school, stay healthy and
succeed in school and beyond.
To donate to Save the Children's West
Virginia flood response, visit:
SavetheChildren.org/WestVirginia
Interviews are available with Anna
Hardway, Save the Children's West
Virginia Director.
Contact Erin Taylor
(etaylor@savechildren.org, 267-250-8829,) to arrange an
interview.
Save the Children gives children in the United States and around the world a
healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm.
We invest in childhood — every day, in times of crisis and for our
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