Andrea Eads
SALINE CO.—The benefit/fundraiser “Hands Across Harrisburg” is underway at the Saline County Fairgrounds in Harrisburg.
We just finished listening to the amazing Andrea Eads. Righteous Rebel was on the north stage awhile ago. We’re out getting video of many of the events, vendors, bands, etc. Ang and the girls are manning a table with her tornado book Death Rides the Sky: The Story of the 1925 Tri-State Tornado, as well as copies of the DAY OF THE TORNADO issue (March-April) in case you missed it, at the vendor building, where Rhonda Belford of Hardin County is currently onstage, and there’s been some rollicking karaoke that anyone can participate in for a small donation, and t-shirts are being sold for $15 with all funds going toward the fundraising effort. There’s also a silent auction in the building, and several vendors, including Ang’s Edibles (where she’s giving samples of chocolate-covered bacon…it’s delicious, actually).
Come on out and support this event. It’s being put on for the tornado victims (or, as in many of the disasters we cover, tornado SURVIVORS) and NO state agency is coming in to sweep up the funds and place them in a “clearinghouse” where they’ll be distributed according to how the agency sees fit (after administrative fees are taken off the top, of course). Instead, a strictly LOCAL board, with tornado survivor Chad Mills and Harrisburg mayor Eric Gregg on it, will be helping the victims figure out how they best need the monetary support. There are people out there still who’ve lost everything, and have received NO help. These are the ones who will benefit…and if you know someone who needs assistance, contact Eric or Chad.
This event is going on until 10 tonight. We’ll be conducting interviews with storm survivors to compile them and put the video on our YouTube channel. Come on out to the event Hands Across Harrisburg and help your friends, neighbors, total strangers…..it’ll be well worth it, and it’s a fun day!