State Rep. Todd M. Smola is encouraging volunteers to take part in the massive cleanup of tornado debris this weekend in Brimfield and surrounding towns.
BRIMFIELD – State Rep. Todd M. Smola is encouraging people to volunteer for a massive cleanup effort Saturday and Sunday to help homeowners with downed trees and other tornado debris on their properties make their places more manageable.
Two Brimfield men, Cosmo Casamassa and Mark Forsman, have been organizing the event through a website they started, http://rrrtornado2011.webs.com.
They have identified properties in Brimfield and a few surrounding towns where homeowners have asked for this assistance.
Forsman said the volunteers need to sign up ahead of time so the organizers will be able to dispatch them to the properties where owners have asked for help.
People may sign up by going to the website and filling out the volunteer sign-up form there. They will then receive an email telling them where to go on Saturday or Sunday morning to register.
Rep. Todd M. SmolaLunches will be provided and brought to the work sites.
Casamassa said some businesses have agreed to loan heavy equipment that will be used in moving tree trunks and stumps to make properties more manageable.
Smola said this will be a great community event and urged people to take part, whatever their skill levels are.
Brimfield Congregational Church has been sending volunteers in smaller numbers to do this type of work for residents, but for the weekend the church is suspending its activities and encouraging its volunteers to take part in what Forsman and Casamassa are calling Recover, Repair, Rebuild, Tornado 2011.
People who want to take part but do not have access to the website may call (413) 245-7469 to sign up.