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'Can Hardly Believe It': How a Facebook Post Helped an 89-Year-Old Woman Affected by a 2024 Tornado

Volunteers in Choctaw are helping 89-year-old Ruth "Connie" Holland clean up her tornado-damaged property after a Facebook call prompted local volunteers to assist.
Resident Corey Driver recently found Holland's address on the Choctaw city council meeting agenda, saying, `One of the items on the agenda was to discuss the disposition of a dilapidated structure at this address,` and feared the city lien process might force cleanup.
Holland had lived in the house for decades before the 2024 tornado destroyed it, and without insurance, she believes the property is more likely to be sold than rebuilt.
Over the weekend, demolition crews took down what remained of the house on Saturday, and donated dumpsters were filled with the storm damage as the site was cleared in Choctaw.
Dozens of volunteers wiped away demolition and cleanup costs for Holland and her family, and Holland now expects the property will be sold so another family can create memories.

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'Can hardly believe it': How a Facebook post helped an 89-year-old woman impacted by a 2024 tornado

Volunteers in Choctaw have come together to assist 89-year-old Ruth "Connie" Holland in cleaning up her property after it was destroyed by a tornado last November.

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