Community Comes Together To Support First Responders In Lubbock County

As temperatures rise, the 2024 Support Our First Responders Campaign by the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) in Lubbock County seeks bottled water donations or monetary contributions to aid first responder agencies. Corporate sponsors are called to donate pallets or funds to purchase essential resources.

Here's the press release from Clinton Thetford, Emergency Management Coordinator:

Press Release

August 7, 2024

SOFR Campaign 2024

The Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) would like to thank the following organizations and individuals for their contributions to our 2024 Support Our First Responders Campaign to be held June 18^th through July 31, 2024.

Participating Organizations included:

• South Plains Electric Coop
• St. Lukes United Methodist
• Trinity Church
• Oakwood Wesleyan Fellowship Inc.
• West Texas Pathfinders
• The Worship Center (TWC)
• Heart of Lubbock Neighborhood Association (Kathleen McCutchan)
• Monterey Church of Christ
• Sigma Theta Tau Iota Mu Chapter
• First Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Participating Individual Donations:

• Patty J Emmerling
• Diane Actkinson
• Numerous Other Individual with small donations

These donations allowed the LEPC to distribute 21 Pallets of bottled water to several First Responder Agencies in Lubbock County.

Any Corporate/Businesses Partners, Community Organizations, Faith Based Organizations or Individuals who still wish to support our First Responders may donate pallets of bottled water or funding to purchase the pallets of bottled water.

The LEPC can purchase pallets of water at estimated cost of $200.00 per pallet.

Monetary Donations can also be mailed to:

Lubbock County LEPC

P.O. Box 10536

Lubbock, Texas 79408

For questions related to this campaign, please contact the Lubbock County Office of Emergency Management,

Clinton Thetford, at 806-775-7300 or cthetford@lubbockcounty.gov.