PRESS RELEASE – PATRIOT CONVOY OF KINDNESS

The First Coast Tea Party along with other Tea Party groups in Florida is planning a Patriot Convoy to Alabama this Saturday, May 7.   The Convoy will begin downstate and wind its way through the state joining with other trucks filled with supplies.

Small towns in Alabama are struggling to recover from the tornado devastation.  FEMA has focused most of their efforts on the larger cities.  This convoy will head out to the farms and outlying towns in Alabama who have been hurt the most by the tornadoes.

Specific Items needed: 

• Gatorade & Juices (packaged) & Bottled waters
• Care products (teeth care, deodorant, soaps...)
• Bug spray, first aid kits
• Suntan lotion
• Toilet paper and
• Diapers and wipes, baby food/formula
• Blankets
• / Containers
• Tarps
• Chainsaws, other large yard tools, rakes, shovels & Trash Bags
• Gas cards for the big rig drivers

Main Drop Off Center where the trailer will be located:  In Arlington:  Ft. Caroline Christian Church, 7535 Ft. Caroline Road  --  Times:  Wed – 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM,  Thurs & Friday – 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM and Saturday 8:00 AM until 2:00 PM

Westside Drop Off

AA Custom Fiberglass, 521 Copeland Street, 32204

Receiving hours:  8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday

Northside Drop Off

Lera Plastics, Inc., 351 Zoo Parkway, (located directly across from Zoo entrance)

Receiving hours:  7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday

NEW LOCATIONS ADDED:

Southside Drop Off

Co-Card, 4540 Southside Blvd.,  Suite 803

Receiving hours:  9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Mandarin Drop Off

 Sports Mania, 11112-21 San Jose

Receiving hours:  10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

Beaches Drop Off

Sports Mania, 924 N. 3rd Street, Jax Beach

Receiving hours:  10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

For more information, please contact our office at (904) 683-3945. 

The First Coast Tea Party’s mission is to promote the principles of our founding fathers – individual liberty and responsibility, limited government and moral leadership.  We are a nonprofit, grassroots group comprised of Americans of all walks of life who contribute their individual skills to the effort. Our primary tools are personal conversations, letters, rallies, visits to the offices of elected officials, telephone calls, discussion groups, educational and informational sessions, media coverage, news releases and independent Tea Party groups.  For more information, contact our office at (904) 683-3945.