Drop Off Joplin Tornado Relief Items at Farmington City Hall

There's still time for local residents to donate to Oakland County's Joplin, MO tornado relief effort.

The website to help has changed to OaklandCountyHelpsJoplin.com. In addition, the drop-off site for local residents has changed to , 23600 Liberty Street.

The drive kicked off on Tuesday, May 31, as Main Street Oakland County Program Coordinator Bob Donohue and 51st District Court Judge Jodi Debbrecht, a native of Missouri, announced how residents of southeast Michigan can help the victims of the tornado that destroyed most of Joplin.

The website contains a list of supplies needed for donation and drop-off locations in the Main Street Oakland County communities. A caravan led by Donohue and Debbrecht will depart Oakland County on June 16, 2011 to deliver the donated supplies to Joplin, Missouri by June 17, 2011 to aid in its recovery efforts.

With a little more than a week left, the response from southeast Michigan residents has been encouraging, but there is still work to be done to reach the goal of filling at least four semi-trailers.

These supplies have been requested by Joplin Mayor Mike Woolston:

• Portable  power generators
• Heavy duty extension cords (all sizes)
• Construction lighting
• Electric fans (all sizes)
• Wheelbarrows
• Garden rakes and shovels
• New or used power tools: Circular saws, drills, chop saws, miter saws, nail guns
• Dust masks, work gloves and eye safety goggles
• Construction safety grade hard hats
• Contractor grade garbage bags
• Plastic storage containers (all sizes)
• Tarps and bungee cords
• Ropes (all sizes)
• Pet food
• And children’s books

Please note that Woolston says they do not need water. They have more than ample supply of water that already has been donated. Other collection points are located in the following Main Street Oakland County communities:

• Ferndale – Simply Self Storage, 181 West Marshall
• Franklin Village Hall, 32325 Franklin Road
• Highland Fire Station No. 1, 250 West Livingston Road
• Holly DPW, 201 Elm Street
• Lake Orion DDA, 51 North Broadway
• Ortonville DPW, 159 Cedar
• Oxford DDA, 22 West Burdick
• Rochester DPW, 1141 North Wilcox
• Walled Lake DPW, 718 North Pontiac Trail
• Oakland County Government, 1 Public Works Drive, Building 95 West, Waterford