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, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1993 Center for tornado Vilctims to close '', Most affected got help; clothing donations exceeded needs By LISA REINERS The n;•}o people not aG The Chapel Hill Herald rl�/ fected by the tornado Ivho need clothes.' HILLSBOROUGH—A clothing and fur- 'We u411 continue to distribute clothing, and for-victims, any f 11711tU1'e But furniture acid appliances are re- niture distribution center for tornado 1 1 7 77 1 served for tornado victims. victims will close its doors at the end of Or household items Will ai o be&n ont." About 90 people visited each clay for the month. assistance, Jordan estimated. Although The Tornado Relief Distribution Cen- MARTI PRYOR-COOK clothes are abundant. other items are ter, housed in the former A&P grocery HEAD OF CENTER'S COORDINATING COMMITTEE still needed desperately. store on Churton Street, has provided "We need shoes pretty badly. Some" clothes, furniture and household appli- people need bedroom furniture. Jordan-; ances to victims of a tornado that struck After the center closes, future distribu- end of assistance 'for tornado victims. said. Sheets, towels and all kinds of ap-1 lions will be handled through the Or- DSS will offer continual help to families, pliances are scarce,she said. northern Hillsborough Nov.23. ange Congregations in Mission Thrift and OCIM will distribute food and cloth- The distribution center operated from- But most people already have received Shop,Cook said. ing from its shop on South Churton funding and volunteer work from Major. emergency help, and clothing donations Business Forms Inc., OCIM and several. to die center have exceeded the victims' "We will continue to distribute cloth- Street,she said. area churches- needs, said Marti Pryor-Cook, who heads ing• and for victims, any furniture or "The recovery effort will continue A government services relief center the committee coordinating the center. household items will also be given out," until we get everyone in permanent ar- housed in the county offices on Court "There are mountains of clothes at the she said. range merits," Cook said. Street closed Dec. 31- The U.S- Small- distribution center," Cook said Wednes- Cook, who is director of the Orange. Some residents who lost their homes Business Association and the American day. Some residents still need furniture County Department of Social Services, in the storm are still staying in hotels, Red Cross, which set up shop in the such as beds,tables and couches. said closing the center will not mean the said Denise Jordan,center manager. same office,left in mid-December.