Williamson Source is your personal portal to all things Williamson County. All rights reserved TENNESSEE – The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has activated its Emergency Response Fund to help with recovery following multiple deadly tornadoes across the state. Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund Activated by CFMT Due to Destructive Tornados and Severe Storms.

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has activated the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund to support the affected communities and nonprofits helping victims address their ongoing needs. In the wake of deadly and destructive tornados, power outages, road closures and rescues throughout Davidson and surrounding counties, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) has activated the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund to support the affected communities and nonprofits helping victims address their ongoing needs.Grants from the Fund will be made to nonprofits providing vital services both immediate and long term. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) has activated the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund to help those affected by the deadly tornadoes. Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund Activated by CFMT Due to Destructive Tornados and Severe Storms. © Community Foundation Middle Tennessee.

“We need to support the affected communities and the nonprofits on the ground helping victims and addressing their needs.”The Community Foundation has been involved in disaster response funding for more than two decades, including the 1993 ice storm and 1998 tornadoes in Middle Tennessee, and in 2004 when istoric Tennessee flooding in 2010 resulted in 21 deaths across the state and $2 billion in damages to private property in the Nashville area alone.Through collaborative work with many local organizations and entities of government, a plan was outlined that resulted in The Community Foundation becom an integrated part of the Nashville official disaster manual created by the Office of Emergency Management and has been designated by the city of Nashville as the central repository for giving at the time of disaster.This collaborative work and advance planning served our community and Middle Tennessee well during the 1,000-year flood of 2010 and The Community Foundation exists to promote and facilitate giving in the 40 counties of Middle Tennessee and beyond. Lives were severely impacted by the Powerful Tornadoes. In the wake of destructive tornados, power outages, road closures and rescues throughout Davidson and surrounding counties, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has activated the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund to support the affected … Grants from the Fund will be made to nonprofits providing vital services both immediate and long term. Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund Activated by CFMT Due to Destructive Tornadoes and Severe Storms In the wake of destructive tornadoes, power The Community Foundation is responding to Nashville Tornado relief and donations can be made to The Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund.

In the wake of destructive tornadoes, power outages, road closures and rescues throughout Davidson and surrounding counties, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has activated the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund to support the affected communities and nonprofits helping victims address their ongoing needs. Schools, courts, transit lines, an airport and the state Capitol were closed, and some damaged polling stations had to be moved only hours before Super Tuesday voting began.The death toll jumped to 19 on Tuesday, Tennessee Emergency Management Spokeswoman Maggie Hannan said, after police and fire crews spent hours pulling survivors and bodies from wrecked buildings.“Last night was a reminder about how fragile life is,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper said at a Tuesday morning news conference. The Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund, activated by The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee in the wake of a deadly and destructive tornado early Tuesday morning, has received more than $2.1 million in donations in just 36 hours. x The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has activated the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund. Our goal is to make living here more delightful and fulfilling each day.Williamson Source is your personal portal to all things Williamson County. “We need to support the affected communities and the nonprofits on the ground helping victims and addressing their needs.To give to the Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund, go to This is a press release submitted to Williamson Source. For more information, call 615-321-4939. there are no quick fixes,” said Ellen Lehman, president of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Join us in raising funds for Middle Tennessee tornado relief via The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee by donating below. Make A Gift to Middle Tennessee Emergency Response Fund.