AP Photo by Rogelio V. Solis; Jessica Monaghan and her son Glade Scott [pictured above]

Follow these links to make a difference in an area near you.

The Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service provides information for volunteering as well as places to make donations and drop off needed relief items:  http://www.mcvs.org/

Smithville, MS was hit with an EF-5 tornado and received much damage.  Find ways to serve this community in need by visiting http://www.helpsmithville.com/. Visit the Smithville Recovery page on Facebook here: http://bitl.in/k7oj5o

The Online Newsroom of the American Red Cross of Mississippi provides current information regarding their efforts, including tornado relief and information about the flooding of the MS River: http://mississippi-redcross.org/

MSUcares.com provides an expansive list of resources concerning relief efforts for the recent tornado as well as the threat of flooding from the MS River.
Tornado:  http://msucares.com/disaster/relief/index.html
Flooding: http://msucares.com/disaster/flooding/index.html

Oktibbeha-Starkville Emergency Response Volunteer Services (OSERVS)
http://www.oservs.com/

Other Resources

http://www.monroeunitedway.org/

http://gilmorefoundation.org/wordpress/

http://www.createfoundation.com/

Shipping/Distribution Centers

MSU Northern Experiment Station, Verona, MS
Cadence Bank, Starkville, MS