The Varnell family has suffered a complete loss of their home due to fire on February 2, 2023. Thankfully, everyone is safe! They have not lost heart but they have lost most of their belongings. This beautiful family has 6 children; 3 boys and 3 girls ages 4-14. Story here:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/varnell-family-relief-fund
We are trying to connect friends, family, and the community in a manageable way to coordinate immediate needs and connect serving hearts and generosity to meet more long term needs in a way that will bless the Varnell family. There are so many talents and gifts that we each have so we would love to plug each person in their community in to use each individuals strengths.
Here are some needs that are expected:
Immediate Needs: The boys’ area in the home was the most damaged including clothing / shoes, some immediate needs are the following (will try to remove / update on a daily basis). Clothing style is best described by camo and Carhartt with a side of mullet and country humor.
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• 2 small dressers
• 1 bookshelf
• 5 twin, 1 queen, and 1 full mattress protectors,
• Soap holders/keepers
• hat/coat holders
• 2 small lamps
• camo/hunting decor (Realtree/Mossy oak camo
• Men's 34 shorts for Elijah (likes for them to be at least knee length) also likes cargo shorts
• kids hangers
• shoe holder(s) - attached or stand alone
• 3 small night stand/side table
• Teen Books - some favorite authors: Andrew Peterson(Wingfeather), Brandon Mull, J. K. Rowling, Chris Colfer(land of stories - need book 6), ect
• 3 rulers
• A 3 hole punch
• 6 three ring binders
• small computer desk
• small table for printer, modem, and paper storage
• Dump truck Driver and Red Fill dirt
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Home Rebuild: Given the total loss of their home, we will be organizing a team to assist in house rebuilding efforts. A vision for a barndominium home has formed and will require a road, groundwork, and construction teams to assist in raising a roof on a barn to provide temporary shelter to long term housing. We would love help with these future projects and will coordinate teams to help at a later date. Let us know how you would be able to contribute in this way (time, manpower, machinery, etc.).
Monetary Donations: Tax-deductible contributions can be done through a partnered local church. Please make checks payable to Freedom Fellowship Church at 3555 Blue Springs Rd Cleveland TN 37311, include Kyle & Kassy Varnell in the memo line. Electronic donations are also being collected through the following, please label them as a gift :
CashApp $NewNormFarm
Venmo @NewNormFarm
Zelle @Varnell
GoFundMe https://www.gofundme.com/f/varnell-family-relief-fund
Item Donations: From clothing to farm supplies, homegoods to furniture, we will be collecting items for donation as needs arise. The boys will have meaningful things to replace for their day to day living including homeschool items (laptops, headphones, curriculum), hobby items (Go Pro, airsoft equipment, pellet guns, gun storage containers, fishing gear, etc), and personal affects (wallets, belts, etc) were all lost.
Please include items and pictures if possible of items that you would like to bless them with in the comments section below so that we can coordinate a nexus point and staging to get items to the family. Not all items are needed at this time so we are asking that we do not overwhelm the family with items that they can not store or immediately use.
Prayers, Scripture, Words of Encouragement: Enter your thoughts in the designated section below and we will share with the family. Words of encouragement and support are meaningful and will be shared with the family on an ongoing basis.
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ." Galations 6:2