FLORENCE COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – The Florence Civic Center
alongside of the American Red Cross, City of Florence, Florence County and
other civic and church organizations throughout the Pee Dee want to give
community members a chance to help the Moore, OK community in the aftermath of
the devastating tornado that ripped through their town.

From the Florence Civic Center:

SMG-managed Florence Civic Center in conjunction with the American Red Cross, City of Florence, Florence County and other civic and church organizations throughout the Pee Dee will be collecting donations, both monetary and necessity items for the victims of the devastating tornados in Oklahoma on May 20th. A listing of necessity items will be available on the Florence Civic Center website at www.florenceciviccenter.com as updates and resources become available.

FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA (WMBF) - Federal budget cuts are
impacting a program many local seniors depend on. Meals on Wheels will have to
cut around 50 Florence seniors from the program.

Administrators at the Senior Citizens Association in
Florence say their Meals on Wheels program serves more than 300 seniors daily.
Many of those seniors depend on two meals from the agency. Linda Johnson is the
Executive Director of Senior Citizens Association; she said the center has
already begun getting calls from concerned seniors.