Pike County and surrounding areas have experienced an unprecedented natural disaster event.

Find the following relief aid information.

UPIKE Recovery Effort

Please consider a monetary contribution to the UPIKE Family Flood Support Emergency Fund.
All donations collected go directly to those affected:

Volunteer

Clean-Up Work

If you are a UPIKE student, faculty or staff and are interested in volunteering in the community working in local homes, we gather each morning at 9 am at the bottom of the 99. We have work gloves, water, lunch and tools for you. You can join us and help others.

Contact Rob Musick at RobertMusick@upike.edu and fill out this UPIKE Volunteer Form:

This is considered a dirty job. Please wear warmer clothing that can get dirty.

Samaritan’s Purse Clean Up: Volunteers needed – register using the online portal… This volunteer opportunity begin serving on Saturday and will include day or half-day clean-up activities. Orientation is held at 7:30 AM and 12:30 PM at First Baptist Church in Pikeville. Tools will be provided. Volunteers should dress in long pants and boots. This opportunity will not go through me, but you can sign up for a day shift using their website by creating an account – https://www.spvolunteer.org/project-response/760.

Shelter Work

Come to work at a local High School that is operating as an emergency housing shelter and donation center. In this work, you would be helping receive supplies or giving out donations. All inside work. It is a great way for kids to learn about community service. 

Locations are Pike Central High School, Shelby Valley High School, Belfry High School. 

Flood Donation Drive

Sunday, 2/23/2025 from 12-5 PM at the UPIKE Gymnasium

Cooking and Feeding

Operation BBQ: These options are for people who love cooking. You can help serve meals to people for free. To sign up, please follow this link: https://operationbbqrelief.org/volunteer-obr/

Mercy Chefs: Volunteers Needed – Sign Up Using Their Website. This is a national organization that several of us worked with in the 2022 floods and today was their first day at Shelby Valley High School.  If you like working in the kitchen, this is a great opportunity for you to give back. Closed toe shoes are needed and please pull back your hair. You can sign up for a 3-hour shift using their website – https://mercychefs.volunteerhub.com/vv2/lp/kyserve#_=_.

Community Aid Information

East Kentucky DreamCenter

Please consider providing direct relief to East Kentucky.

Pike Association for Southern Baptists