With Mississippi communities still reeling from the deadly storms and tornadoes that lashed the state over the weekend, government agencies and local organizations have announced various resources and services for affected residents.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency listed the following survivor support and item locations on its website for residents in need:

Grenada County

  • Elliott Baptist Church – 566 Nat G Troutt Rd. Grenada, MS


Smith County

  • Taylorsville Attendance Center Gymnasium (open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Friday) – 324 Hester St. Taylorsville, MS 39168
  • Taylorsville Police Department – 107 Jane St, Taylorsville, MS 39168

Walthall County

  • Springhill Church of God in Christ
  • Dinan Baptist
  • Magee’s Creek Missionary Baptist Church
  • Calvary Baptist Church – will be dispersing items in the Salem area
  • Union Baptist Church
  • New Zion Baptist Church
  • Centerville Baptist Church
  • Tylertown First Baptist Church
  • China Grove Church of God in Christ
  • East Sunny Hill Church
  • St. John Church of God in Christ
  • Mesa Mt Olive Church
  • Greater Fairview Church
  • Darbun Community Worship Center
  • St. Paul Baptist

MEMA also announced three locations where people can drop off donations for affected residents and listed requested items for each place. They are:

  • Walthall County – Walthall EOC: 908 Armory Rd., Tylertown, MS 39667

Needs: Paper towels, gas cans, baby formula, generators, chain saws, rakes, brooms, laundry detergent (cannot accept clothes, perishable food or monetary donations).
Contact: Carolyn Knight, 504-458-4788

  • Grenada County – Elliott Baptist Church: 566 Nat G Troutt Rd. Grenada, MS 38901

Needs: Baby formula/baby food, pet supplies, household cleaning supplies (do not need perishable food items).

Contact: Brian Carmichael, 662-614-1599

  • Smith County – Taylorsville Police Department: 107 Jane St. Taylorsville, MS 39168

Needs: Plastic totes to store clothes, cleaning supplies. Accepting monetary donations – call for information (No perishable food, no clothes. Can not accept big trucks).
Contact: PD Dispatch, 601-785-6622

MEMA is encouraging residents who sustained damage from the weekend weather to report the damage to their respective counties using the agency’s self-report tool.

The Walthall County EMA said in a social media post that volunteers looking to contribute to disaster recovery efforts can report to the Tylertown Fire Department from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from day to day.

Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief will be at Tylertown Baptist Church to support impacted residents and assist with disaster clean-up from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Environmental Reporter Illan Ireland is Mississippi Free Press’s bilingual environmental reporter in partnership with Report for America. Prior to joining the Mississippi Free Press, he completed a fellowship with The Futuro Media Group in New York City, taking on projects related to public health, climate change and housing insecurity. His freelance work has appeared in City Limits and various Futuro Media properties. Illan holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an M.S. from the Columbia Journalism School, where he spent a year covering the drug overdose crisis unfolding in New York City. He’s a Chicago native, a proud Mexican American and a lover of movies, soccer and unreasonably spicy foods. You can reach him at illan@mississippifreepress.org.