Springfield, Missouri
Day Five – Tuesday, March 14 - Springfield Missouri to St. Louis Missouri
We were schedule to appear on the Channel 3 morning news show. However, tornados ripped through the area the night before and all available news crews were covering weather-related stories. Of course, we felt that was more important.
With so much devastation, we had to help with the relief effort.
So, we drove our Chevy trucks over to Harbor Freight and loaded them up with axes, shovels, tarps, saws and anything we could find that relief workers could take into the storm-affected areas.
KTTS Radio 94.7 had organized a donation collection center with Compassion Alliance, so we dropped off our equipment with them.
Morning radio host Julie Vanvig (Andy & Julie Show), greeted us with great appreciation. She is a wonderful woman, who was working hard to help the relief effort. Julie interviewed me “on-air” and thanked us very sincerely for our help.
Later that morning, we met dozens of people at Reliable Chevrolet in Springfield, where the ABC affiliate (Channel 33) produced a news segment about our use of P-100 and E85 ethanol fuels.
The Springfield News Leader Newspaper also covered our visit by interviewing us for a newspaper article.
All media attention aside, Charlie Anderson and I were grateful to be able to use our big trucks to help in the relief effort.
Both trucks ran perfectly in 50 degree temperature, both during the relief effort and during our drive later that day to St. Louis.
We were schedule to appear on the Channel 3 morning news show. However, tornados ripped through the area the night before and all available news crews were covering weather-related stories. Of course, we felt that was more important.
With so much devastation, we had to help with the relief effort.
So, we drove our Chevy trucks over to Harbor Freight and loaded them up with axes, shovels, tarps, saws and anything we could find that relief workers could take into the storm-affected areas.
KTTS Radio 94.7 had organized a donation collection center with Compassion Alliance, so we dropped off our equipment with them.
Morning radio host Julie Vanvig (Andy & Julie Show), greeted us with great appreciation. She is a wonderful woman, who was working hard to help the relief effort. Julie interviewed me “on-air” and thanked us very sincerely for our help.
Later that morning, we met dozens of people at Reliable Chevrolet in Springfield, where the ABC affiliate (Channel 33) produced a news segment about our use of P-100 and E85 ethanol fuels.
The Springfield News Leader Newspaper also covered our visit by interviewing us for a newspaper article.
All media attention aside, Charlie Anderson and I were grateful to be able to use our big trucks to help in the relief effort.
Both trucks ran perfectly in 50 degree temperature, both during the relief effort and during our drive later that day to St. Louis.
posted by Tom Holm at 3/23/2006 06:43:00 AM
1 Comments:
WOW! We wanted to express our sincere appreciation to Tom and the entire crew for your generosity immediately following the storms that swept our area. Many groups on a media tour would simply be frustrated that their TV time was "blown out" by a weather event. Instead, Tom and the whole Adventure Highway took time to assess area needs, and provide some critical supplies to the Compassion Alliance. Awesome!!! The use of cleaner fuels is a fascinating idea, well presented, and obviously backed by people with passion to make the world a better place. We'll be watching to see where the "Advenute Highway" leads!
Thanks again from the entire KTTS Crew!
Julie Vanvig, Morning Show
Today's KTTS 94.7 fm
Springfield, Missouri
Julie Vanvig
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