{"id":7406,"date":"2021-12-19T17:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salarmyeds.org\/?p=7406"},"modified":"2025-06-24T17:19:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:19:46","slug":"the-mayfield-community-and-their-football-rivals-rally-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarmyeds.org\/index.php\/2021\/12\/19\/the-mayfield-community-and-their-football-rivals-rally-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mayfield Community (and their Football Rivals) Rally to Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mayfield, KY <\/strong>\u2014Mayfield, Kentucky is a small town of a little over 10,000 people in southwest Kentucky. It\u2019s a town where everyone is your neighbor, traditions run deep, and everyone knows how many football state championships the Mayfield High School Cardinals have won. (the answer is 9) After an EF4 tornado destroyed most of downtown and surrounding neighborhoods late in the evening on Friday, December 10, the town rallied around it’s fallen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayfield High School is on the east side of town. Early morning after the storm, school officials gathered at the school to plan how they could help their students and their town. A group began collecting and coordinating supplies in the school gym and before long, parents, students, school staff, and other community members showed up to help. Mitzi Stanley, volunteer director of social services for The Salvation Army\u2019s Service Unit in Mayfield was there to give hotel vouchers to displaced people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Salvation Army\u2019s service in this community changed quickly \u2013 we are finding hotel rooms for people right now and will continue to find ways to help,\u201d explained Mitzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since day one, Mayfield High School students have been working at the school. Mitzi\u2019s 11th-grade daughter Charli is part of the group serving. \u201cWe are here because it is part of our responsibility of being a student and part of this community. It is important to use our ability to help people,\u201d explained Charli. \u201cI love how the students and staff have been here working to make sure hope is restored to the people who are hurting. This is our town \u2013 this is Mayfield,\u201d Mitzi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it isn\u2019t just the town that rallied around their neighbors in need. The Mayfield High School\u2019s main football rival, the Beechwood Tigers, rallied around the town too. They reached out to the school and asked what was needed. Officials at Mayfield High School gave them a list of items. A family from Beechwood donated a semi-truck and trailer and the people of Beechwood filled it and delivered it to Mayfield. Football players from the rival teams worked side by side to unload the truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the months to come, the town of Mayfield will continue to rally around its people. The Salvation Army will be there as it was before the storms hit, ready to serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can help now by donating online at www.HelpSalvationArmy.org<\/a> or by calling 1-800-SAL-ARMY and designating \u201cKY Tornado Relief\u201d with your gift.  Monetary donations will ensure The Salvation Army can meet the immediate needs of people impacted. The Salvation Army uses 100% of all disaster donations to support disaster relief.<\/p>\n

Shelley Henderson<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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