On Saturday, July 23rd, 16 Rockhurst University PT students (12 second year and 4 first year) spent the day in Joplin as part of the tornado disaster relief effort. The students arrived in a large parking lot and were taken up to a site in town to work. They worked at the site, making piles of debris (wood, branches, house materials, metal, etc.) for dump trucks to come pick up at a later time.
They were served hotdogs and sandwiches at a local church at noon and then worked until 3:00 in the afternoon continuing to pile up debris. Scattered among the debris they reported finding items like children's blankets, stuffed animals, pictures, recipes, and even a neuro text book!
At 3:00, they were taken by bus back to the parking lot and headed back to KC. Many thanks to these students for their service to a community in need.
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