ARDF: Tornado Response Service Trip

Anglican Relief & Development Fund is seeking volunteers to participate in a Tornado Response service trip to Rolling Fork, MS 

Dates: June 9 – 15, 2024 (Dinner on the 9th, breakfast on the 15th, then depart) 

Fee: $500. Register here. Registration fee covers $175 facilities use fee at Rolling Fork Baptist Church, meals, transportation while in Rolling Fork, tools, and administration. 

Background: Information about the Rolling Fork tornado may be found here. Information about Rolling Fork, MS, may be found here. 

Summary: Rolling Fork Rising is a local nonprofit with a vision to help rebuild homes in Rolling Fork. Approximately 68% of the residents of Rolling Fork (before the tornado of 3/24/23) were renters. The goal is to give renters the opportunity to return to the City of Rolling Fork as homeowners, managing their monthly mortgage payment, taxes, and insurance costs to be approximately the same as they were paying for rent prior to the tornado. This can only be achieved with volunteer labor. 

Rolling Fork Rising owns 17 lots and 18 acres in the city limits of Rolling Fork. There are two completed homes, one under construction and two foundations poured ready for volunteers! 

ARDF became aware of the vision for Rolling Fork Rising after delivering a truck load of relief supplies three days after the tornado. Rolling Fork Rising is a non-profit organized by local churches, businesses, and other community leaders.