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    Relief Team in Tennessee after devastating tornadoes

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    Nashville, Tennessee | December 2023
    A series of deadly storms and tornadoes tore through Tennessee mid December, displacing and leaving thousands without power. WCK’s Relief Team was on the ground across the state working alongside longtime partners to support families impacted.

    The storms hit central and northern Tennessee, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least 6 people. One of the tornadoes in Nashville hit with winds reaching 125 miles per hour. Another tornado traveled dozens of miles, causing widespread devastation across two counties. Nearly 20,000 people remained without power as of Monday morning. 

    WCK Relief Team members worked with longtime and new food truck and restaurant partners in hard-hit communities. Our teams delivered meals door to door to identify all pockets of need.

    By the numbers

    20,000+

    meals served

    4

    communities supported

    Meet Al

    WCK’s previous work in the region in response to Covid 19 and other natural disasters meant we had many longtime partners who stepped up immediately after the storms to feed neighbors in need. Al of Big Al’s Deli in Nashville jumped to action within hours, joining us for his fifth WCK emergency response. Al prepared hundreds of sandwiches for neighbors in need.

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    • Our kitchen in Tennessee is in full swing preparing meals for families impacted by the tornadoes that hit the region. Chef Mollie is leading our team of cooks who made hundreds of portions of her signature herby chicken pot pie with biscuits—a WCK favorite! #ChefsForTennessee

      Twitter | 12/18/2023

    • Nashville-based Chef Corps member Paul and his mom, Betty, cooked chicken pot pie alongside our team in a high school in Clarksville. Betty had a long career in school food service and was in her element. “She runs circles around me,” Paul says. #ChefsForTennessee

      Twitter | 12/15/2023

    • WCK food truck partner Burgasm is plating up delicious slow roasted pork shoulder with rice and baja beans for Tennessee families affected by the tornadoes. The team is driven by a farm-to-plate philosophy that sees them source products as locally as possible. #ChefsForTennessee

      Twitter | 12/14/2023