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KEN-TENN Relief Team
of Kentucky and Tennessee
Welcome to all that view this site
Jim Paul's phone number
is
606-524-1988
call for information about our team.
We welcome and appreciate all new volunteers and new partnerships.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Thanks to all that have
donated your time and energy and money. A special thanks to the Kentucky
Funeral Directors Burial Association.
We have supplies for Joplin,
MO. but we are in need of donations for the fuel and rental of the big
Penske trucks. So Please Help if you can.
On Wednesday, May 25th
Tom Davis and myself
left Williamsburg, KY in
a
Ford
Ranger and a 16ft
trailer loaded with
supplies bound for
Winfield, Alabama. The
city of Winfield was
not directly touched by
tornados but surrounding
towns were. After
helping pastor Harry
Saylor and other
volunteers unload the
supplies we went to
Hackleburg, AL that was
hit directly by an EF5
tornado. The damage was
simply amazing. 99% of
the structures we saw
were totally flat and
the 1% that wasn't
didn't have much left
standing. I was
surprised to see the
Wrangler plant
completely
demolished. Most of the
trees left standing were
broken off or bent and
leaning. I'm still not
sure how to put it into
words. I've never seen
anything that
devastating and over
such an area. I felt as
if what we had done
wasn't enough. There was
a ray of hope as we saw
people pushing debris
away and hauling it
off. To see the
pharmacy reopen in a
trailer and a sign
hanging on a
gas station
reading "open for
business". There wasn't
much to pick from, but
less than a month later
the people refused to
quit and give up. There
were new utility poles
going up and trailers
replacing homes. I
truly feel efforts like
ours is what keeps
people going and what
makes them not want to
quit. It was a long
trip but well worth the
drive.
Mark Lester/Volunteer
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From the top left to right. The Salvation Army warehouse,
Tom and a new friend, What is left of a subdivision, Napa Auto Store, Gas
station open for business, and the rest what is left of a town and the
people's home's.
Also on May 25, 2011 On a
lighter note the Cookie Monster attacked Whitley, Knox, Laurel, Clay and
other surrounding areas. Some crazy guy took 156 pallets of fresh cookies
last week. That was approximately 550,000 bags of fresh Kebbler shortbread,
chocolate 100 calorie packs of Cookies. About 30 pallets went to
disaster sites, the others were donated to local churches and other
organizations for bible school and summer programs. I will not name them all
but here are a few, Williamsburg City Schools, Whitley County Schools,
Laurel County Schools, Power Pack Ministries, Hanging Rock Missionary
Baptist, Ryan's Creek Church, Black Oak Church, Jellico Creek Baptist, Mtn.
Ash Church of God, Winfield Baptist Church, First Street Baptist, First
Baptist Church of Canada town, Williamsburg Methodist Church, Buffalo
Baptist, Canada Town Holiness, Red Bird Church of God, Whetstone Church of
Christ, Shiner Church of Christ, McCreary County Jail and local churches.
From Wendy at Penske 62 pallets went to Second Harvest Baptist Church,
London, Ky. West Pineville Baptist Church, Pineville, Ky. Lords Gym and Pine
Knot Baptist Church, East Side Baptist Church, Richmond, Ky. Weaver Baptist
Church, Arthur Ridge Baptist, First Baptist Church of Richmond, Back Pack
Club, New Vision Church, Corbin, Ky. Come Unity, Sand Gap Christian Church,
Faith Christian Camp, Cowboys Up For Christ, Annville, Ky. McKee Baptist
Church. Rocky Hill Heights Church , Bond Baptist Church, Victory Baptist
Church, Jackson County Food Bank, United Way of The Bluegrass, London, Ky.
and Evans Chapel Church, just to name a few.
Wednesday, May 25, 2001 allot
going on so please read and look at the pictures.
This is one of Ken-Tenn,s
volunteers, Lacey Dixon
On May 6th my husband Jay and
I, as well as some other volunteers from
Manchester and
Middlesboro, KY took a 25 foot trailer FULL of supplies to
Pisgah, Alabama. The devastation there was tremendous. As we were
driving into the town there were large trees down everywhere that had looked
like they had been pulled out by their roots. Some of the roots from them
were bigger than the houses they were laying next to or on top of. As we
drove up the mountain toward the hardest hit areas of the community it was
apparent that this small town had been shaken to its core. We delivered the
goods to a large warehouse that had been transformed into a receiving area
and safe haven for the 2000+ people who had been affected by the storms.
There were concession trailers parked everywhere preparing food and tents
set up outside the warehouse being used as shelter for those who had lost
everything. Then we drove down a small country road where 99% of the homes
were either demolished or had major damage. One house had actually been
lifted off its foundation and set back down. They rescue/relief workers had
spray painted the address of this home on the front of it to use it as a
reference point. People were burning debris everywhere because there was so
much of it, I suppose they felt it was the quickest/ easiest way to get rid
of it. It was truly heartbreaking. But then we came upon a house that had
been completely leveled, and there you could see a sign of hope as the
owners of the house were actually starting the rebuilding process. They
waved and yelled "God Bless you for helping us" as we drove away. It was
truly heartbreaking to see so much devastation but there did appear to be a
glimmer of hope as the
people began to rebuild their lives and return back to some sense of
normalcy. It was truly a blessing to be part helping those people, even
though there is still so much to do.
Lacey Dixon, Richmond, KY
Representing Eastside Community Church
First picture is what is left
of a church, next, residential are lots of houses nothing left, Rob taking
pictures inside of one of the churches storing items for other towns, and
just what a tornado dose. George Sungy is another volunteer, will post his
journal later, he was in the military for 24 years, and a DEA. agent for 16,
and he said he had never seen anything like this. Thanks George for being a
Ken-Tenn volunteer and serving our country.
May 4, 2011
We will be going to Alabama
Friday, with much need supplies to different areas of the state. We need
volunteers, and supplies. baby food, diapers, over the counter medications,
tarps, non perishable food items, boxed and labeled. This will be the first
of many trips.
Please forgive an occasional
misspelling, .
On Friday May 6th, 2011 Jay and Lacey Dixon of Richmond, KY and Jason Creech
and Joe Farmer of Southeastern, KY will be heading to Scottsboro, AL in an
effort to supply the recently tornado damaged area with much needed
supplies. These supplies have graciously been donated by Kentucky
Tennessee
Relief Team Inc and
other area churches, including Eastside Community Church of Richmond, KY.
Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, will serve as representatives of Eastside Community Church
while visiting this hard hit area. Pictures to follow.
Lacey Dixon
April 29, 2011
Because of all of the disasters hitting us , we have decided to help
Alabama. They were the worst hit, since a tornado in 1934. Dr. Ken Mask from
Louisiana is best friends with Wynton Marsalis a jazz musician from New
Orleans, they are helping raise money for donations to Kentucky-Tennessee
Disaster Group Inc. for our ability to deliver disaster supplies to the most
needed areas. What ever you donate, 100 percent will go directly to that
site. No one gets paid to do what we do, we just volunteer, we will supply
you with video, pictures, and receipts of what we have done to help others.
Please donate, Jim Paul
When Katrina
happened, my new
very great friend
Jim Paul arrived in
Baton Rouge
from Kentucky...in
the time he spent
helping, he learned
a great deal
about assisting folk
after massive
trauma. He truly
knows how to help.
I called him
today with the
thought that I would
do a clothing drive
after I heard on
NPR that the
mayor of
Birmingham
says that they need
anything. Jim Paul
provided me with the
kind of straight
ahead advice that is
beautiful; he
described various
contacts on the
ground who can get
items to the people.
He has access to
numerous categories
of
disaster relief warehouses
and he is affiliate
with Christian
Appalachian Project
(CAP) as well as
Feed the Children.
This is it:he
has a
non-profit 501C3
organization
that is plugged into
the folk there who
provide substantial
help..
We agreed that the
best way for me and
us to help right now
is to have YOU
donate whatever you
can to his group.
Donate money to
have him secure
trucks and drivers.
Period.
Contact me to
get additional
information and call
him. Please play
this forward.
Ken Mask
504 908 0337
Jim Paul
512 Main Street
Williamsburg, Ky
40769
606 524 1988
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April 13, 1011
In 2o1o Through Burkman
Feed, and Penske from
London, Ky> we were able to
serve more than 5ooo
families within the Knox,
Clay, Whitley, Rockcastle,
Lee, Boyle, Harlan, Leslie,
Letcher, Madison,
Jackson, Fayette County.
Everything from peroxide for
shelters, camps and
Christian Schools to
meals for backpack clubs,
churches, food banks, and
homeless shelters.
Today's procurement from
Feed The Children
6 flatbed tractor trailer
loads
468 sheets of gypsom plaster
board x 6 bundles per truck
x 6 trucks at approximately
$1o,ooo per load
at 2o sheets per house
Approximately 12o homes as
well as churches, camps and
shelters,
Some of the places we've
served in last year
includes:
Christian Homeless Shelter,
Cowboys Up for Christ,
Laurel River Baptist Camp,
Grace on the
Hill United Methodist Church, Mt.
Moriah Church, Jackson
County
Christian School,
Hazel Patch Baptist Church,
St.William
Catholic Church,
Moren Pentecostal Church,
Come-Unity,
Grace Fellowship Church,
Souls Harbor Holiness
Church, home schooled
children throughout Laurel
and Rockcastle Counties,
Hart Baptist Church, Hawk
Creek Baptist Church,
Celebrate Recovery,
Lords Gym, Storehouse of
Blessings
Food Pantry,
Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church,
Homeless Shelter
Williamsburg KY, Laurel
Heights Nursing Home, Faith
Christian Camp, Jackson Co.
Food Bank, Mckee Manor,
Wildwood Apts. Residents,
Friends of Families, Bond
Baptist Church, Jackson
Valley Apts., Corn Creek
Church, Corn Creek Food
Ministries, Viney Fork
Baptist Church, Richmond,
KY,
East Side Baptist Church,
Richmond, God's Outreach
Pantry, Richmond,
New Salem Baptist Church,
Grace Emmaus, Lee Adjustment
Center Residents Encounter
Christ, Big Sandy Residents
Encounter Christ, Haven of
Rest, Christ's Pantry,
Harlan County, Pride of
Clay County,
First Christian Church
of London,
First Baptist Church
of London, East Bernstadt
Baptist, East Bernstadt
Methodist,
First Priority,
Unite, Veterans Center, AAA
Pregnancy Center, Harlan
Resource Center, Laurel
County Resource Center,
Clay County Resource
Center, McDaniels Learning
Center, London Community
Church, Girl Scouts of
America, Hazel Patch
Resource Center, Jackson
County Backpack Club, Laurel
County Backpack Club, 4-H
Clubs, Cranks Creek Food
Pantry,
Laurel River Food Pantry,
Dorthea Holiness Church,
Camp Ground Middle School,
Bush Elementary, N. Laurel
Middle, N Laurel High, S.
Laurel Middle, South Laurel
High Resource Centers, Wyane
Pine Resource Center,
Faith Assembly, lst
Baptist Church Manchester,
St Paul's Church, Mckee,
Love Loud, Weaver Baptist
Church, Johnson Middle
School, Cold Hill Elementary
School, New Horizon Baptist
Church, Feed the Need,
Letcher County Resource
Center, Leslie County
Resource Center, Back to
School Programs, Laurel
Clay, Jackson, Whitley,
Knox, Give a Gift to Give,
Mckee Reformed Church, Sand
Gap Christian, Wings of
Victory, TLC House for
Abused Children, Chad's Hope
Rehab Center, Isaiah House,
Danville Christian
Academy,and Booklink.
Books, paper products ,haz
mat suits, cleaning
supplies, laundry detergent,
tents, water, soda, candy,
chips, canned foods, granola
bars, kids school supplies,
toys, clothing, costumes,
bowls, cups plates, glasses,
cereal, bananas, diapers,
adult diapers, coats, shoes,
toothbrushes, toothpaste,
deodorants, vinegar, meat,
potatoes, cabbage, peppers,
waste cans, glass table
tops, doors, windows,
shingles, toilets, sinks,
electrical supplies, lights,
coolers, pillows, bedding,
beds, furniture, paint,
pallet jacks, buckets, shop
tools, office furniture,
shelving, couches, chairs,
lawn furniture, hair
accessories, luggage,
backpacks, lotions,
shampoos, cream rinse, hair
dryers, kids playground and
play area equipment,
cubbies, party supplies,
bible school materials,
Sunday School
Materials, and bibles
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November, 2010
Phill and the guys from Danville, Ky. getting clothes and
supplies for the Kentucky Children's Home, The Isaiah House, and the Book
Link Program.
Lillian from a Leslie County clothes Ministry getting some
of our surplus of clothes. And Joe Grillion of the Williamsburg
VFW , getting supplies for the homeless veterans of Kentucky.
The boys from Cumming's Ga. brought clothes up to the
Kentucky Mountain's from the High Tower Baptist Association. from left to
right Kim Reed and Jerry McCormick.
October 2010
With the help of Whitley County Middle School and Friends
For Families we were able to help several students from the Leslie County
High School in Hyden, Ky.
September 15, 2010
I will have pictures
soon. Today I took my daughter Reagan to Shiners
Hospital in
Lexington, KY. She has Legg-Perthes Disease. She was a trooper, meaning she
had good spirits today, she took about 3,000 new children's books for the
other patients. Reagan will have surgery on the 27,th of September, so
please pray for her, and the other children at Shiners.
August 23, 2010
We accepted 80
pallets of children's books today the books will be given to children in
Whitley, Laurel, and Knox Counties. We have been working with several burn
out victims getting them clothes , food, and house hold items. We are also
helping a school in Hyndman, Ky. gather new clothes and personal items for
35 students. I promise to get some pictures up here soon.
July 13, 2010
We have been busy
with the Nashville floods, and a tornado in Alabama.
I will put the
pictures on soon, I just wanted everyone to know, we are still here as
volunteers, in Kentucky as well as were someone needs us. Jim
Pictures of Nashville area taken by John Sharp of Heritage TN. he is employed by Nashville Electric
Monday, May 10, 2010
On May 2 and 3, 2010 torrential rains fell in the Nashville, TN area and resulted in record flooding. Rain totals in some areas were greater than 17 inches and the Cumberland River crested at nearly 52 feet, a level not seen since 1937, before the Army Core of Engineers and the Tennessee Valley Authority established flood control measures in the area.
I received the above information from a Presbyterian Disaster Relief news letter this weekend. We are in the process of putting together a load of supplies that have already been donated and we will deliver them to Nashville next week. We are hoping to get more donated items such as cleaning supplies, canned food, personal hygiene items, etc. We are looking for local organizations from Kentucky and Tennessee to contact us if they would like to help. We have information as to were volunteers can be trained and contacts to the organizations needing help.
Please call 606-524-1988
Jim Paul Director Kentennreliefteam.
Our new friends from Texas
Doria, Dustin, and Easton Thanks for the supplies, and hope you got home safe, Now Y"all come back you hear.
On January 12, 2010 Haiti was struck by a devastating earthquake There has been over two hundred thousand reported killed and thousands of others injured. Here in Kentucky we are partnering with the Capital City Christian Church from Frankfort, Ky. The church has been working with three Haitian Missions for years. The church had 14 Missionaries stranded after the quake and all are home safe now. Local schools have been collecting items for small children such as blankets, tipsy cups, pacifiers etc. If you would like to help please contact us.
The organization responsible for rescuing the KY. Missionaries is www.go-ministries.org and www.gohelphaiti.org They are from Louisville, Ky. They are certain medical, personal, and food items they are collecting. Please look at there websites to see the urgent needs list. These items are being flown from Louisville to The Dominican Republic, and trucked to Haiti at no cost. Locally here in the Tri-County area we will start collecting donations and transporting them to Louisville this week. The donated items will arrive in Haiti about a week later.
January 15, 2010
Back in October we had thirteenth opening of our Nevisdale Community Outreach Center, It is a family resource center for all the children in the surrounding counties and their families. To date we have helped over 10,000 children locally, and around 5,000 men and women. From September 1, 2008 till August 31, 2009 we had given away 2,962,721 million dollars in donated supplies to help the needy through this outreach program. With all of the missions and disaster assistance we have been involved with the last four years we have delivered more than 25 million in supplies to the most in need. We like to Thank God for the opportunities and the ability to help those we can.
Below are pictures from the Outreach Center
November 2, 2009
Back in early October a freak tornado hit Casey County. Ky. Pictured below is the supplies we sent to those affected by the storms, and the volunteers helping.
On October 30, we decided to help out some of the local schools for Halloween. We gave 12,000 kudos bars, and 6,000 pieces of beef sticks, to three local schools. Williamsburg Independent School, Oak Grove Elementary School, and Hunter Hills Elementary in Laurel County, Kentucky. Below are pictures of some of the children from Williamsburg unloading the truck.
From left to right, my baby Reagan the cleaning lady and friends, and the last one, my baby Flynn Paul acting like he had been working.
October 1, 2009
Sorry for so long since an update, but we have been waiting on pictures and reports from all the flood victims we helped here in Ky. Just to brief you we are still helping our friends in Ms. and La. and they have been helping us for the last several months with sending food, cleaning suppies, and disaster supplies. We have also been helping with New York Says Thank You. Org with building a house for a cancer patient in Ms. Our friend Dominic is back from Ca. with his group B.A.D.D. Born Again Delivered Disciples . They are awesome you need to check out their web page.
I will put in pictures and more information soon. Jim
May 24, 2009
These pictures are from the flash floods that affected at least 19 Eastern Kentucky counties in May of this year.
Last week we sent twenty four pallets of water and 15 pallets of food, cleaning supplies, and personal hygiene products to Floyd County, Ky. to the communities of Garrett and Waylon. This week we learned of the Rousseau Elementary School in Breathitt County, Ky. Most of the 108 and students and faculty and staff was affected by the floods. As you can see in the pictures above, we took almost 500 meals, camping stoves, Clorox, infant blankets and adult blankets to this warehouse for the people in this community. From left to right is volunteers, the school it self and pictures from the damage caused by the flash flooding, all of the teachers lost all their teaching tools, and the Librarian lost all of her eight thousand books. The last two pictures are the sadist to me, the elderly man having to plow and plant his crops for food the second time, in hopes the crops come in before the first frost. The last picture is of one of the many swinging bridges that is the only means of people and children have of getting to the main roads.
March 31, 2009
Not many pictures to add but we have been very busy with helping local schools, ministries, disaster teams on the coast, and the Veterans Hospital in Lexington, Ky. In the last two weeks we have supplied over 6,6 36 children in the Whitley Co. School District, Williamsburg City School District, and Laurel Co. School system with candy, chips, Gatorade, and Bananas, for testing or their sports programs. Ken-Tenn gave the Corbin Fire Department 3,000 bottles of Gatorade for emergency use. We also gave Williamsburg City School over 5,000 bottles of Gatorade for their baseball and track team. And the Bananas we gave over 150,000 to the local schools and food pantries for distribution, the school included, Hunter Hill Elementary, Oak Grove, Back Pack Club for Laurel Co. Williamsburg City, Boston Elementary , and Pleasant View Elementary. We sent coffee, snacks, plates, cups, and food to 40 homeless Veterans at the V. A. Hospital on Lees Town Rd. in Lexington. To the disaster teams still working on the Gulf Coast we sent, floor tile, sink faucets, paper towels, chips, tea, and for the school children we sent books, toys, and candy.
As of to date we have also served over 400 families at our Nevisdale Community Center and a total of 1500 children, and over 2000 adults.
March 9, 2009
Above from left to right. These are pictures of our latest trip to the Gulf Coast in our efforts to help the most in need.
Carolyn and volunteers in Coden, Al. Camp Victor warehouse in Ocean Springs, MS. Roger Hatfield, Don Hensley, and April in New Orleans's Donating supplies to the community out reach center for www.bookstoyou.org. Some of the wonderful ladies that work at the center. Roger, right before this telling me he was going back to work because retirement was killing him. and finally the Three Amigos, Roger, Me, and Don. Thanks to the guys for helping and all the people that made it worth while.
February 6, 2009
Below are pictures of Ken-Tenn first relief efforts in Kentucky's winter storm disaster of 2009. With the help of several organizations we were able to deliver 26 pallets of food and supplies to the Paducah area and Louisville areas affected by the storm. This storm has left thousands with out power, and homes in 97 or our 120 counties. We want to say thanks to those who made our help possible. First Doc and the MS. Gulf Coast for the food, CAPS, Kentucky's Army National Guard, Kentucky Division of Emergency Management , City of Williamsburg and Sanitation Department, W. D. Bryant's, all the Volunteers from Friends For Families, and PENSKE of London, Ky.
January 17, 2008
It has been a while since I updated but we have been Involved with several projects. None more important than the story below.
Katelynn Stinett April 3, 2006 -December 3, 2008
Child Abuse Stop It Now
Katie was raped and murdered by her fathers 18 year old live in babysitter. Social Services was told of the abuse two months before Katie's death. Nothing was done, know she is our Angel. as well as thousands of other people. On June 13, 2009 there will be a memorial ride for Katie in all fifty states, to raise the awareness of child abuse. I will not go in to the details of Katie's death but if you want to know. You may find out more about her at The Lexington Herald Leader or the Corbin Times Tribunes websites. One of the ministers from Lexington, Ky. Asked me to take care of Katie's funeral arrangements I was honored to take care of Katie for her family and thousands of people from all over the United States since her tragic death.
Katie, you will never be forgotten and we will always have you as our Guardian Angel. Jim Paul
October 29, 2008
I do not know what I can say about how great this opening day was, but two months ago my wife Regina came home from work, she is a Principal at one of the county's elementary schools and she says Mr. Anderson called me to day, he is the Superintendent of the Whitley Co. Schools. He wanted to know if you would like to use Nevisdale as a community center, and storage for Ken-Tenn. I just about had a heart attack. Since that day the Patterson Creek Volunteer Fire Department and the Ladies Auxiliary, and the schools maintenance department has worked hard with Ken-Tenn to get the old school ready for Opening day. I must say it was a huge success.
Pictured below is the grand opening of the Nevisdale Community Center located in Whitley Co. Ky.
From left to right. The old school before we turned it in to the new community center. Carol and Jeff from C.A.P.S. Children using the youth educational center, one of the stock rooms. The ribbon cutting with Dallas Sawyers.
Pictures from opening day, volunteers from the Patterson Creek Fire Department, and guest.
More guests and volunteers, the last one in my baby Reagan.
September 25, 2008
Since our last update the Gulf Coast has been hit but two hurricane's Hurricane Gustav and a few days later Hurricane Ike. In the last week or so we have been busy sending trucks with supplies to the Gulf Coast. The first three 24 foot PENSKE trucks with supplies went to the volunteer organizations on the ground doing relief work. This coming Monday will be our first truck going to the people affected by Gustav and Ike in the Terrebonne and LaFourche Parishes. There are small towns in these two counties and they were the worst affected by the two storms. We will be taking baby food, drinks, cleaning supplies, and personal items for the people in these communities.
August 28, 2008
Ken-Tenn would like to say in memory of all how perished in the storms, and to all the millions of people affected by the storms, we will remember you and we honor all the thousands of men, women, and children that worked so hard volunteering , trying to give what they could, if it was only donating a dollar, or spending weeks, and months, rebuilding the coast, to what the children, parents, and family and friends remembered what life was like, the day before. Jim Paul
August 21, 2008
Pictures of some of the Million Books
and our warehouse
As you read this article which was published by the TIMES TRIBUNE in Corbin, KY. you can see we have been very busy with a new outreach of our ministry. Ken-Tenn has shared these books with schools, churches, libraries, prisons and various organizations throughout the state of Kentucky. We still have a multitude of FREE books to distribute. If you or someone you know are interested in new children's books, top sellers, Christian resource guides and magazines geared toward teens and young adults, please contact us at (606) 524-1988.
Published: July 14, 2008 09:09 am
A million books
Christian Appalachian Project, Ken-Tenn team up to distribute books
By Samantha Swindler / Managing Editor
What do you do with a million free books?
If youre Jim Paul, you put out a call for help.
About one million books have been donated to the Christian Appalachian Project, whose largest of two warehouses is located just outside of Corbin in Knox County. There, hundreds of pallets of new books are sitting, waiting to be distributed to non-profit organizations who can use them.
The problem not many agencies will have use for a 1,000 copies of a single book.
So CAP is giving many of the pallets to Ken-Tenn, a Williamsburg-based relief organization that will redistribute each pallet.
Ken-Tenn organizer Jim Paul talked with CAP Assistant Director Carol Parrett and agreed to help distribute the books which continue to arrive but he originally thought he was taking on a much smaller project.
Whenever Carol said do you want these books, for some reason I had it in my mind that it was 50,000 to 60,000 books, Paul said. But when he revisited with Parrett, he learned his estimate was way off. She said, Whered you come up with 50-60,000?... Its more like a million. I thought it was five or six tractor trailer loads. Theres almost 50 tractor trailer loads. So Wendy (Allen) and I decided that if we could find a warehouse to store the books, that we could do it the right way.
The right way includes breaking up the pallets of a single book so they can be of use to smaller organizations. A school may not have need for 1,000 copies of, say, the late George Carlins When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops (just one of the book titles available), but they could use 1,000 books of various titles.
A friend of Wendy and Gary Allen, owners of Burkman Feed and Penske Rental in London, has donated a free warehouse space for Ken-Tenn to resort the books. With the help of volunteers, Paul hopes to have the books separated and ready for distribution within a month. Books will start with local distribution, and will then be given out to organizations across the 13 states in Appalachia.
Jim and them are doing a wonderful thing, Parrett said. They are taking the books to their warehouse and theyre going to mix them up on the pallet... Probably, right now, there are probably 35-40 tractor trailer loads of books in this warehouse. Thats just books.
CAP takes and distributes just about anything donated books, clothes, furniture, household items and non-perishable food. Most of the products are overstock from stores and manufacturers. CAP even trucks most of the items to those who need it.
I always tell people if we aint got it, were going to get it, Parrett said. If its out there, were going to get it sooner or later.
CAP was founded in 1964 by a priest, Father Ralph Beiting, who was stationed in Kentucky after graduating from seminary. The organization started with an integrated boys summer camp, and eventually led to a number of other programs.
Father had a vision. He had a vision of helping the children and the poor people in the Appalachian region, Parrett said. He had opened up the trunk of his car one day and it as full of clothes and he just started handing the clothes out there in Berea. Well, he gave all those clothes out in no time so he thought he would keep on doing it, and he kept on doing it and then he thought if I can give clothes away, I can give other things away, and it just grew from that... He didnt care the ask anybody for anything, and he expected the people to give to him, and they did.
Today, the distribution centers are just a small part of CAPs outreach. CAP has more than 70 programs that include home repair, spousal abuse and child abuse prevention. CAPs Corbin warehouse opened 12 years ago, with the main office in Hager Hill. Beiting, now in his 80s, is still involved in the program and serves as pastor of St. Jude Parish in Louisa, Ky.
This will be the first year CAPs distribution center wont be able to hold a school supplies giveway. Parrett said the company that normally supplies the goods has moved its production overseas.
I dont know what the school systems are going to do this year because theyve depended on us for the last 12 years for binders and school supplies, Parrett said. They were so disappointed and we were, too. We get 10-15 calls a day about school supplies.
But when it comes to books, CAP has a surplus.
The vast majority of the tomes have been donated by Brothers Brother Foundation of Pittsburgh, Pa., and came from McGraw-Hill Books.
McGraw-Hill supplies books for public schools, so the donated books can go to a variety of non-profit or educational programs (private schools and universities, libraries, or literacy programs) but not public schools. That would interfere with the companys sales.
Organizations must take at least 500 books on a pallet. If you have a registered non-profit organization that could use some of the books, or if your organization would like to help in the sorting of the books, contact Jim Paul at 524-1988
July 7, 2008 Update on Iowa floods
They call this a flood of every 500 years. Not only did this flood devastate Iowa, she included Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. At one point in June she had damaged or destroyed over 48,000 homes and business in the Mid-West and over half of them were in Iowa. Pictured below is pictures of Ken-Tenn's first trip to Iowa with disaster supplies to be used by the volunteer organizations helping with clean up and rebuilding Iowa's homes and business.
Pictured above a home in Iowa affected by the flood. Ken-Tenn volunteers, Adventist Community Service volunteers , and Iowa Homeland Security personal unloading Ken-Tenn's 18 pallets of supplies at the Multi Agency Distribution Center in Ankeny, IA. We would like to thank Joyce Flinn of Iowa's Homeland Securities Emergency Management Division for her help in placing the donated items to where they are needed.
From left to right part of over 3,000 homes and business affected in the Cedar Rapids area of Iowa. The last picture is of Regina, Vern, and Phil Oliver owner of the Stewart Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids. They are unloading cleaning supplies help for the oldest Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, and to help Michael Papich owner of the Papich-Kuba funeral home.
May 21st
This was a great day for Ken-Tenn. We were able to enjoy the testimonies of Dominic and the famous The B.A.D.D. break dancers that performed for over 700 students at Oak Grove Elementary School in Corbin, KY. and then at Briar Creek Park in Williamsburg, KY. Below is pictures from the performances and information about B.A.D.D. "Born Again Delivered Disciples".
B.A.D.D. was founded in 1993 in inner- city Los Angeles to help people that had been dependent on drugs, alcohol, gang members or they were from broken homes and needed the support of others. You can read about them at www.thebadd.org
May 14, 2008
We are still sending 26 ft PENSKE trucks to the coast with supplies. Some of the groups that are getting donations of snacks, cleaning supplies, water and food are Lutheran Disaster Relief in Ocean Springs Ms. Presbyterian Recovery D'Iberville, Ms. and Mennonite Disaster Relief Pass Christian, Ms.
March 24, 2008 pics and news update
From left to right
Ken-Tenn work crew cleaning debris from Bill Collins house that burnt down so that he and his wife could move their new home on to the lot. Some of the supplies donated to Oak Grove School from us. Ken-Tenn work crew roofing a storage building for Carrie Moore in Williamsburg, KY. and last the crew celebrating Jims 45th birthday on the 13th after a long hard day of volunteering.
Above pictures from the load of supplies donated to local Laurel Co. Ky. churches. In the third picture is Garry Allen owner of Penske trucks in London who has been so good to Ken-Tenn for the last two years. This load made the sixth tractor trailer of supplies donated in the last three weeks to local schools and churches.
March 5, 2008 update
Christian Appalachian Project has been so good to us by donating two tractor trailers of supplies for Whitley Co, McCreary Co. and Williamsburg City Schools. The items were anything from cups and plates to stuffed animals and baby bugs bunny scrap books. We also donated some of the supplies to local head start programs and several local churches. Some of them were Central Baptist in Corbin, Ky. White Oak Baptist, Briar Creek Baptist, Corn Creek Baptist, Wolf Creek Baptist, Emlyn Baptist, Frankfort Baptist, Riverside Church of God, River of Life Ch. of God in Lexington, Ky. and Mtn. Ash Baptist Ch. We also took four pallets of food to the new Christian Shelter in London, Ky. they house about 40 adults and 10 children. Yaden Church of God was also given light fixtures for their new fellowship hall.
Pictured above the men who work so hard at C.A.P.S. to load the supplies that are donated to Ken-Tenn. Ray Storm, Marvin Roark, Brian Johnson, Jeff Burchett, and Pete Lambdin.
Above from left to right, a picture of the second load to Whitley Co. bus garage, Johnny our faithful drivers from CAPS. and the workers at McCreary Co. School Community Distribution Center
February 2008
This month has been very productive for Ken-Tenn. We have sent supplies to a Hispanic Mission in Lexington, Ky. and this week we are sending another truck of supplies to Ms. with Gatorade, Propel and snacks for the volunteer groups still on the ground after two years.
C.A.P.S. also donated to us a tractor trailer load of school supplies and church supplies that was donated to 8 local schools in Whitley Co. Ky. and 7 local churches and ministries. The twenty seven pallets contained cups, plates, infant and young children games, stickers and toys.
In the next two weeks we will be distributing several loads of donated supplies to other local school districts and churches.
Pictured above is several volunteers from the Whitley County Family Resource Center and local churches, Jerry Trammell, Hazel Goff, Jeff Trett, Della Rose, Melissa Prewitt, George Leach, Kenny Carr, Judy Lawless, and Beverly Elliot.
January 27, and 28
Below to the left is a picture of part of the 60 pallets of lighting that was donated from Ken-Tenn to the Waveland Citizens Fund so that the lights could be distributed to all of those needing them on the Coast.
Volunteers Barbara Hanna of Pass Christian and Joan Coleman of Waveland, Ms. standing beside Johnny Bufkin of Bay St. Louis, Ms. Johnny is the husband of Carmel Bufkin, she has been battling cancer since last summer. She has had surgery and is still taking chemo. They lost their home to Katrina and they have been trying to rebuild since. Jeff Parness of the www.NewYorkSaysThankYou.org is going to bring a group to Bay St. Louis in the spring and rebuild their home for them. Jeff and his organization are not knew at this, last spring they rebuilt a home for a lady name of Bonita Keely from Bay St. Louis. www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=6276829 and http://www.bonitaswish.org/ please check out both sites. Ken-Tenn is just glad to be involved with Jeff and his organization and on Tuesday we met with Carmel's husband Johnny and gave him the light fixtures we brought from Ky. for their new home to be.
Pictured in the last two is Janelle Graham daughter of the Bufkins and Tammie Tyra
Pictured below , we picked up two pallets of medical supplies and baby formula for the D'Iberville Free Clinic in Ms. To the left is Beverly and Clive Sqembo of Lamar, Mo. they have been helping since two weeks after the storm. In the middle is Dennis Hamblin and Wayne Heming of Biloxi. The last picture is part of 20 pallets of green tee that we sent down a couple of weeks ago.
January 25, 2008
Ken-Tenn was recently donated over 60 thousand brand new novels from Christian Appalachian Sharing. We are donating these books to www.bookstoyou.org and organization established by Dr. Ken Mask and Wynton Marsalis of New Orleans in 2002. They are in need of a place to store these books and distribute them to the people of New Orleans and all of La. It will take at least five tractor trailers to move this many books if any one would like to make a donation to provide transportation for this, please contact Dr. Ken or myself through our organizations. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Pictures of some of the novels donated so that you can see the quality of the books.
January 2008 update
In the last few months we have been working with Dr. David Karl and Joan Coleman from the Waveland Citizens Fund www.wavelandcitizensfund.org in moving supplies from Ky. to the coast. The city of Meridian has donated the fuel and tractor and trailer to transport three loads of donated materials and supplies, such as lighting fixtures, building materials, food, water etc. These supplies are stored in a warehouse in Long Beach and then distributed to the organizations still doing volunteer work on the coast.
Pictured above Reagan, Gina, Hagen, Mason, Jim and Flynn Paul
with out them and their support and the help of numerous volunteers we would not have accomplished all that we have.
SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2006
Today we learned about two small towns in
South Mobile County ,
Alabama , Coden,
Alabama and
Fowel River ,
Alabama . Together they have about 400 elderly, single mothers and disabled families that need help in getting their homes repaired before the next storm. Most of these families have not had any help since Katrina hit the coast. We need volunteer teams that can do repair work. If you have a team or would like to start one, please contact us at (606) 524-1988.
Mrs. Maize Johnson is just one of the families in Coden,
Alabama that needs your help. Mrs. Johnson is 87 years old and this is her granddaughter.
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JUNE 18, 2006 - JUNE 23, 2006
Greenland Baptist Church from Corbin, KY spent the week at Calvary Chapel in Bay Saint Louis, MS. Their youth group led by
Roy Keys had a blessed week helping families remove debris from their homes and yards.
These groups were responsible in helping Ken-Tenn provide and deliver the food and water that was needed in MS. and LA. the week of May 28th - June 5th.
Below you will see, Pastor James and his crew from Calvary Chapel, Bay Saint Louis, MS., along with David Baker, Greg Conklin and Robbie Woods of Operation Love Thy Neighbor from Pascagoula, Ms. and from Florence, KY., Pastor Jerry Zehr and his youth group from Florence Christian Church.
   
   
On Monday, April 17th, Jim flew to
New York for "Band for Katrina" and "Books to You" and picked up over 5,000 books, 50 bicycles, little league equipment and food and water for the city of
New Orleans .
Dr. Ken Mask, founder of "Books to You" and Wynton Marsalis invited us to spend the weekend in
New Orleans to enjoy one of Wynton's concerts. Here are some of the pictures from our week in
New Orleans .
Please look at the recent trips page to read about last weeks trip.
 
    
From left to right a group from CA. at Calvary Chapel Relief in Bay St. Louis, MS., Campus Crusade for Christ in Pass Christian, MS., Mike McMillian and crew at the Harrison County Fairgrounds, Laura Cales and Grant Cales from Lucedale, MS., and Don Greene from the Mississippi Delta Warehouse in Clarksdale, MS.
Please take a few moments to read the story below. If everyone was this giving, we would have not had a reason to create Ken-Tenn.
When asked why he donated his toys, Erik was quoted as saying...
" I donated my toys because a hurricane hit their states and I wanted them to have some toys to play with because they didn't have anything else to do. I felt horrible that the hurricane destroyed their houses and everything they had, and I wanted to help. Since my birthday was near when the hurricane hit, I wanted to give them my presents. It made me feel good to share with others."
ERIK KADIKIS
Erik Kadikis is an 8 year old boy from
Connecticut . On his birthday, Erik asked his mother to mail his presents to the Christian Appalachian Project in
Corbin ,
KY. . He told his mother that he wanted to share his presents. CAPS contacted Jim Paul of the Ken-Tenn Team and asked him to make sure the gifts were taken to the
Gulf
Coast . On Tuesday, March 14th, Jim called
Gulfport 's
Memorial
Hospital and asked� if he could bring Erik's gifts to the hospital to share with the children. The pictures below are the children who received Erik's birthday gifts and the rest of the presents were donated for future use in the pediatric unit.
From left to right Jayda Ladner age 2 of Gulfport, MS., James Dudzienski age 5 of Gulfport, MS, Madalynne Willis 2 months of Gulfport, MS, Kayla Broome age 3 of Long Beach, MS. Pictured with Erik's other gifts, Jamie Taylor a child life specialist from Gulfport, MS, Susan Collins and Aimee Arnold both pediatric nurses from Gulfport, MS.
    
  
Kevin Gates and his mother Nancy Williamson at their home in Stonewall, MS.
   
The nine pictures below are from Cameron Parish, LA. and the city of
Cameron ,
LA. Since Rita hit in this area five months ago, the parish and towns are still in need of supplies such as storage buildings, food, medical supplies, building supplies and volunteers willing to help the citizen's clean up and rebuild their homes and businesses.
    
The pictures below are of storm clouds from around the country and pictures of Waveland, MS. during the storm surge.
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Thank you for visiting our site. Please come back often. We update our site at least once a week with stories, trip information and a current needs list for distribution centers and food kitchens.
  
It was a privilege to meet someone as nice as Chely Wright. She is very involved with doing benefit work for several charities. We were ecstatic that she was touched by what Ken-Tenn has done to help in the
Gulf
Coast . She has pledged her support through her website to assist us in our endeavors.
 
Bill Bryant and Barbara Bailey of WKYT Channel 27 of
Lexington ,
KY.
Al Smith of KET television and friends from Bay St. Louis, MS.
WWW.ADOPT-A-CHURCH.COM
MBCB.ORG
citiimpact.org
www.southlandmed.com
BAND FOR KATRINA
Locals have sent $700,000 in aid to Hurricane Katrina victims
Since Ken-Tenn was featured in this news article, we have taken approximately ten million dollars in aid to the
Mississippi
Gulf
Coast ,
South
Mobile
County
AL . and LA. as of August, 2008. We have also distributed over a million dollars in aid from the Hancock County distribution warehouse in Waveland, MS, the IDTF warehouse in Biloxi, MS and the Mississippi Delta Councils Warehouse for goods of Hurricane Katrina and others located in Clarksdale, MS.
Since August of last year we have also donated to other organizations in our home states. We have given over five million dollars of donated books, tools, school supplies, and building materials, to our local schools, churches, and other non profit organizations.
KEN-TENN RELIEF TEAM is a non-profit organization established to meet the needs of those victims who went without help in the
Gulf
Coast of
Mississippi and surrounding areas after Hurricane Katrina.
The KEN-TENN RELIEF TEAM started out as the
WILLIAMSBURG TRI-COUNTY RELIEF TEAM. After the team got local and state government officials involved in our cause, we changed the name to include KY and TN because so much support had come from both of those states. The team decided to establish a group of individuals that would respond to any emergency or disaster in the United States with immediate and continued support until the situation is resolved or under control by the local officials.
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