ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The American Red Cross has opened an additional shelter at Peter & Paul Community Services: Garfield Building, 2612 Wyoming Street in South St. Louis.
This now brings the number of shelters to four that the Red Cross is running. The others are:
12th & Park Recreation Center, 1410 S. Tucker Blvd
Refresh Community Church, 829 N. Hanley Road
Friendly Temple Outreach Center, 6356 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive
Individuals displaced by the tornado are encouraged to come to the shelters for water, meals, snacks and a safe place to stay overnight. Trained Red Cross volunteers are available to offer disaster mental health and health care services to help those at the shelters. The Red Cross disaster health staff can also help to replace lost prescription medications and prescription glasses and talk through health needs.
Transportation to the shelters will be available daily at 8 p.m. from Save-A-Lot parking lot at 4447 Natural Bridge Ave and from 5200 Cates at the intersection of Enright and Union.
Distribution of emergency supplies:
Red Cross teams are distributing emergency supplies such as water donated by Anheuser-Busch, rakes, shovels, totes and tarps in affected areas. These are being given to the community at the O'Fallon YMCA, located at 4343 West Florissant, St. Louis.
Next steps:
Red Cross is coordinating with community partners and local and state government to determine needs.
Additional shelters will be opened as needed. Damage assessments will determine the full extent of the damage and qualifications for financial assistance.
Additional distribution of meals, clean up kits including tarps, shovels and buckets with cleaning supplies will be provided to the community as needed in collaboration with community partners.
KMOX has partnered with the Red Cross, you can donate here:
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