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Ted Williams surveys the damage to his home from Christmas storms in McNeill, Miss., Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Instead, organizers are asking donors to give non-perishable food items, toiletries and gift cards, the Picayune Item reports (http://bit.ly/UetxAW).
Donation coordinators also planned a Saturday yard sale at Pearl River Central Elementary School to benefit tornado victims.
The storm destroyed 28 homes along a 24-mile track through Pearl River and Stone counties.
The American Red Cross is still assisting people with insurance claims, but a shelter has been closed.
For those who would like to make a monetary donation, an account for tornado victims has been set up at First National Bank of Picayune under the name of McNeill Tornado Disaster.