The Calm After the Storm

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 14, 2023 / Regions Bank:

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By Kim Borges and Jeremy King

You've seen the stories. Disaster strikes. People, businesses and nonprofits respond.

Immediate recovery is fueled in equal parts by adrenaline and goodwill.

But what about later - when the news crews have left? What about when the initial recovery money is exhausted?

This is a story about long-term support … long after the skies have cleared … but also long before the community could ever return to normal.

To set the stage, Doing More Today spoke with Matthew Allen of Mayfield, Kentucky.

If the town sounds familiar - there's a reason.

"I was in the path of the tornado just an hour before it passed through, and I returned within a couple hours to check on family," said Allen. "The very place I'd stood before was completely changed. The streets were pitch black with power lines and debris everywhere."

Dozens of families were at the beginning of a heart-breaking journey. People urgently looked for survivors. They were not always successful.

James Potter wasn't far away. He remembers the sequence. First, the sirens. Then silence. Then the roar.

"Earlier that night, I remember thinking, ‘This seems different, this isn't a normal storm,'" recalled Potter. "Later, I couldn't really fathom what I was seeing. I've seen this in the movies. We were in the eye of the storm."

While Potter was on the first floor of the house, his partner, Tanya Jackson, was huddled in the basement with a friend.

"You could see the house shift," said Jackson. "It was just horrific. I'd never been in a tornado."

But they survived. Other houses nearby were simply wiped away.

"We were lucky," said Potter.

To help people in Mayfield, the Regions Foundation, a nonprofit funded primarily by Regions Bank, immediately pledged $100,000 for tornado recovery.

"When our Western Kentucky neighbors experienced the unimaginable, the Regions Foundation and our colleagues at Regions Bank immediately deployed financial resources and volunteer support to help," said Marta Self, executive director of the Regions Foundation. "It was clear the widespread, catastrophic damage would require an extended focus. Nonprofits like the Mayfield Graves County Long-Term Recovery Group have been leading the way. We're incredibly proud to support the organization's commitment to rebuilding the area's homes and restoring the hope of so many people."

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