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 5/5/03 | 1070 | XL Union theatre professor David Burke assesses the damage incurred to the roof of the Carl Perkins Civic Center, site of the upcoming 2003 Scholarship Banquet with Benjamin Netanyahu. - Jim Veneman |
 5/5/03 | 1068 | XL Union theatre professor and New Beginnings Fellowship elder David Burke tries to work loose a chainlink gate which was hurled into the church's exterior wall by the winds of the tornado. - Jim Veneman |
 5/5/03 | 1067 | XL Jeremy Scott, a senior from Memphis, TN speaks with Nashville's News Channel 5, WTVF. He and other Union students helped with clean up at Unity Park, a memorial to the victims of Jackson's 1999 tornado. - Jim Veneman |
 5/5/03 | 1066 | XL Kathleen Lokey, a freshman from Columbia, TN and eight other Union students assisted Jackson resident and Union alumnae Dianne Payne with the removal of downed trees in her yard. - Jim Veneman |
 5/5/03 | 1069 | XL Jonathan Blair, a sophomore from Clinton, MS, helps salvage bricks from St. Luke's Episcopal Church in downtown Jackson. The church was one of several buildings in the downtown area which were almost completely destroyed. - Jim Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1082 | XL Freshman Shaundra Bloomberg crosses downed power lines to hand out bottled water to East Jackson residents. - Jim Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1081 | XL Sophomore Meredith Williams (left) and Union alumna Julie Boyer map out the relief efforts of Union student volunteers in East Jackson. - Jim Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1080 | XL Senior Christina Jones (right) and other Union students load sack lunches and bottled water for distribution in Jackson's hardest hit areas. - Jim Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1079 | XL Union's First Lady Lanese Dockery (center) delivers food, water and encouragement to East Jackson residents Betty Haynes, Michael Dixon and Joseph Dixson. - Jim Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1077 | XL Junior Bambi Chao fills in for cafeteria employees unable to come to work because of tornado damage. - Jim Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1078 | XL Freshman Stacie Scholl (right) and Sophomore Anna White (center) serve food to their fellow Unionites in the cafeteria. They were among several students who volunteered to fill in for workers whose homes were damaged by the tornado. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1084 | XL The First Baptist Church Jackson sanctuary choir ministered through music at a citywide prayer service for tornado victims. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1087 | XL David S. Dockery, president of Union University, shared lessons from 2 Corinthians during the citywide prayer service at First Baptist Church, Jackson. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1085 | XL President David S. Dockery spoke on "God's Grace in Our Weakness" during the citywide prayer service at First Baptist Church, Jackson. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1083 | XL City Mayor Charles Farmer speaks at the citywide prayer service at First Baptist Church, Jackson. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1091 | XL County Mayor Jerry Gist speaks at the citywide prayer service at First Baptist Church, Jackson. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1090 | XL The Jackson community gathered for a citywide prayer service at First Baptist Church, Jackson on May 7 to focus on God's help, strength, and comfort in the aftermath of the tornado that hit Jackson in the late hours of May 5. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1089 | XL Community members joined hands across the aisles during prayer at the citywide prayer service held at First Baptist Church, Jackson. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1088 | XL Community members joined hands during prayer at the citywide prayer service held at First Baptist Church, Jackson. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1093 | XL Union professor Sam Myatt offers up a prayer at the citywide prayer service that was held at First Baptist Church, Jackson. - Jim Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1092 | XL Satellite trucks from Memphis and Nashville television stations broadcast live from First Baptist Church, Jackson during the citywide prayer service. - Jim Veneman |
 5/5/03 | 1102 | XL With their power off and a deadline to meet, the Jackson Sun set up camp in the University Relations office to put out their first two issues after the strom. - Justin Veneman |
 5/5/03 | 1103 | XL With their power off and a deadline to meet, the Jackson Sun set up camp in the University Relations office to put out their first two issues after the strom. - Justin Veneman |
 5/5/03 | 1104 | XL With their power off and a deadline to meet, the Jackson Sun set up camp in the University Relations office to put out their first two issues after the storm. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1094 | XL Sophomore Stephanie Ozier serves as a writing surface for a tornado victim to fill out a needs survey. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1095 | XL Junior Emily Murbach passes out food and water to tornado victims in downtown Jackson. Union sent teams out every hour to minister to the victims. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1097 | XL Sophomore Matt Dickey talks with a local tornado victim and gives him a sandwich and bottled water. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1098 | XL Union students pack lunches to distribute throughout downtown Jackson to families without electricity and running water. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1105 | XL Juniors Jonathan Miller and Melinda Eckley hand out food and bottled water to children in a condemned home after the tornados hit Jackson. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1112 | XL Meredith Williams gives Sarah Hubbard an area to distribute food in as Rebecca Carlson looks at needs assestment forms for a family. - Lindsay Stavish |
 5/6/03 | 1113 | XL Juniors Jonathan Miller and Melinda Eckley survey the recent damage to homes, vehicles, and land in the downtown Jackson area. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1115 | XL Mother Liberty CME Church was destroyed in the May 2003 tornados that trampled through South Jackson and Madison County. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1116 | XL Union students pray with a tornado victim in South Jackson who lost her home. - Justin Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1117 | XL Sophomore Stephanie Ozier and Tara Roggli assist a local tornado victim with medical help. - Justin Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1118 | XL Jay Riendour distributes food donated by caring individuals to multiple families during Tornado Relief efforts. - Lindsay Stavish |
 5/6/03 | 1121 | XL While performing a needs assessment in the community, Union students stop to listen to a tornado victim's story. - Justin Veneman |
 5/7/03 | 1122 | XL Freshmen Jerome Azbell and Brooke Fowler scope out the damage of downtown Jackson on their way to minister. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1114 | XL Juniors Jonathan Miller and Melinda Eckley deliver sack lunches and water to the tornado victims in downtown Jackson. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1129 | XL Sophomore Matt Dickey writes down tornado victim Jimmie Williams' needs while ministering in downtown Jackson. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1125 | XL Freshman Brooke Fowler and Junior Nursing major Carlyn Reeves deliver sack lunches and bottled waters to a tornado victim in downtown Jackson. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1128 | XL Junior Lisa Whiffen hands out bottled waters to tornado victims in downtown Jackson. Jackson residents were asked to boil their water for 24 hours after the storm because of damage to a water treatment facility. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1108 | XL Juniors Jonathan Miller and Melinda Eckley deliver food to a tornado victim in downtown Jackson. - Justin Veneman |
 5/9/03 | 1130 | XL Debbie Garland checks Robert Bowman's blood pressure (background) as Erin Kay, Lauren Murphy and Carlyn Reeves provide comfort and welcome distraction to the children of Jackson's tornado victims. - Jim Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1111 | XL Union students (left to right) Jonathan Blair, Erin Hetzel, Sam McMinn, and Valerie Burnett prepare lunch for tornado victims. - Lindsay Stavish |
 5/6/03 | 1110 | XL Erin Hetzel packs bagged sandwiches in a box for students to pass out to the tornado victims in East Jackson. - Lindsay Stavish |
 5/6/03 | 1106 | XL Stacie Herr, wife of Residence Director Dan Herr, packs up boxes of food for distribution to tornado victims in East Jackson. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1123 | XL Sophomore Liz Kilby (left) and David Wolk head out to pass out lunches to victims of tornado damage in downtown Jackson. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1119 | XL Members of the destroyed Episcopal church in downtown Jackson hold a prayer service in the shell of their former building. - Justin Veneman |
 5/9/03 | 1381 | XL The tornado which hit Jackson May 5 caused power outages throughout the city and left dark the offices of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. On May 7, Union University began providing technical assistance and space in the Fred Delay Gymnasium for a temporary disaster relief headquarters. - Jim Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1126 | XL Senior David Wolk, freshman Blakely Rudd, and freshman Shondra Bloomburg give out bottled water to a local tornado victim. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1107 | XL Senior Dave Wolk and Freshman Shaundra Bloomburg give sack lunches to displaced families in East Jackson after the May 5th tornado. - Justin Veneman |
 5/5/03 | 1286 | XL Jennifer Winfield, Lindsay McBride, Jennifer Kalinoski, and Josh MacDonald worked on a temporary fix for this roof which suffered damage from the May tornado that hit Jackson. - Kristen Hiller |
 5/6/03 | 1096 | XL Union staffers Todd Starnes and Bev Vos speak with Chuck Filatro in the shell of the St. Luke's Episcapol Church after the tornado of May 2003 hit. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1101 | XL Troy Wallach, Emily Price, and Jenny Welch prepare to minister in downtown Jackson after the May 2003 tornado. - Justin Veneman |
 5/6/03 | 1120 | XL Alum Julie Boyer organizes a group of Union students volunteering their time during the Jackson tornado of May 2003. - Justin Veneman |
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