92 days til chez Julia -- fireworks and feeding people
The weather has not been kind to West Virginia but the outpouring of support has been palpable. Here at the Bible Center Church in Charleston, a Union Mission tractor-trailer collects food to distribute to families in need.
America's Got Talent winner Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., a West Virginia native, is donating to flood victims and recovery efforts. Download his song Come Home to West Virginia to show your support! He entertained a full house under the canopy at Haddad Riverfront Park with a Fourth of July concert and fireworks celebration.
Country music star Brad Paisley, a talented West Virginian himself, launched a million dollar GoFundMe campaign after touring some of the sites devastated by the late June flooding. While singing the state's anthem Take Me Home, Country Roads he describes the heartbreak our beloved state has endured and appreciates the outreach from far and wide.
Kindness continues with our local YMCA offering free summer camp to all children who have been affected by the flood. Transportation is provided and kids can swim, swing a racket, hike, and even learn some cooking! The generosity of so many will help heal these wounds.
Thank you!
Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze.
Country roads, take me home to the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads.
All my memories gather round her, miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.
Country roads, take me home to the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads.
I hear her voice in the morning hour, she calls me, the radio reminds me of my home far away.
And driving down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.
Country roads, take me home to the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads.
Country roads, take me home to the place I belong.
West Virginia, mountain mamma, take me home, country roads
Take me home now, country roads,
Take me home now, country roads.