In the early morning hours of June 22, 2024, my sister, brother-in-law, their 4 kids, and small dog were rescued from rising flood waters in their Rock Valley, IA home. Along with many of their friends, co-workers and neighbors, they lost their vehicles, many possessions and the entire basement and main floor of their home. We are grateful for the many volunteers who helped to clean out, gut, and clean what is left of their home as they await future decisions regarding rebuilding.
As we’ve had people reach out asking how they can help replace items lost, we have asked them to put together an Amazon wish list. Currently living with family members, these items will help with their temporary housing situation and give the kids a few things to play with as all of their toys had to be thrown out. Lists may be updated in the future. If you would like to purchase anything from the list, please ship to:
Vander Maten Family
1623 6th St. , Hull, IA 51239
- General Wishlist
- Saylor – 7th grade
- Collyns – 5th grade
- Suttyn – 1st grade
- Luca – age 2 1/2
Rock Valley Community School (K-12) where they both teach and kids attend was also flooded and they lost many classroom materials that were personally furnished by the teachers. This wish list is for all teachers, but if you want to find things for them specifically, look for the notes for “A Vander Maten” or “W Vander Maten” or “4th Grade”. We’d love to help these teachers and kids with what they lost!
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