A glamping resort provided temporary shelter last week to six families whose homes were destroyed by a tornado northwest of Dallas on April 25.
Camp Quitcherbichin in Lake Bridgeport posted a notice on Facebook offering temporary shelter to families displaced by an EF-2 tornado that swept through Runaway Bay in Wise County on April 25.
“Six families responded and we put them up in six of our cabins,” said Gracie Oates, general manager of Camp Quitcherbichin, a glamping resort that opened over Labor Day weekend last year.
Oates said the resort, which is located two miles from Runaway Bay, housed the families from Sunday to Thursday. The families were then referred to local resources for longer-term housing arrangements.
According to NBC News, 20 families were displaced by the tornado, which also resulted in one fatality. The EF-2 tornado had winds of 135 miles per hour.
Campgrounds and RV parks often provide temporary shelter for people fleeing from fires, floods and other natural disasters. This was the first time Camp Quitcherbichin offered its own lodging accommodations to help families displaced by a tornado.
Oates said Camp Quitcherbichin plans to donate a percentage of its April 30 evening food and beverage sales through August to help families displaced by the tornado.
“We felt this was the right thing to do and a great way to help our community,” she said.
