Meredith Yarington, charter manager, loads water bottles onto the “Cram-a-Coach” at Campbell Bus Lines in Slippery Rock Township on Thursday. The bus company is collecting donation items in a coach that will travel to Kentucky to assist tornado victims.

Residents have multiple opportunities in the next few days to donate items desperately needed by the victims of the devastating tornados in Kentucky.

'Cram-a-Coach'

Campbell Bus Lines is holding “Cram-a-Coach” events in three locations throughout the county.

Storage bins, batteries and flashlights, blankets, feminine hygiene products, undergarments, socks and shoes, bottled water, baby formula, diapers and wipes, and non-perishable food items are being accepted from noon to 8 p.m. Monday in the Sam's Club parking lot at Moraine Pointe Plaza and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Walmart Supercenter on Route 19 in Cranberry Township.

Grace Community Church in Cranberry Township also has coordinated a donation drive and trip to Kentucky.Cindy Zonts, local outreach director at the church, said tarps and plastic sheeting at least 6 millimeters thick, flashlights and batteries, large storage bins with lids, and personal hygiene and baby care items are being accepted from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday under the white tent at the church at 9160 Marshall Road in Cranberry Township.Zonts said the items will be sorted and loaded into a donated tractor-trailer Sunday for the drive to Kentucky.<b> A portion of this story is shared with you as a digital media exclusive. To read the full story and support our local, independent newsroom, please subscribe at butlereagle.com. </b>

Red Ryder, of Slippery Rock, drops off donations at Campbell Bus Lines’ “Cram-a-Coach” in Slippery Rock Township, Pa. on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. The bus company is collecting donation items in a coach that will travel to Kentucky to assist tornado victims. “It’s a need,” said Ryder, “It could be the other way around.” Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle 12/16/21