Rod Aycox continuously works
to create positive change in society through his work as the founder of
LoanMax. LoanMax and its affiliated
companies operate in more than twenty states nationwide. Rod started off as an
insurance and used car salesman until he was one of the first to realize the
necessity for “quick and easy” loans. At just 24 years old Rod Aycox started
his own business in the title loan industry and it has been a success for over
25 years.
On June
22, 2011 Rod donated through LoanMax and its affiliated companies a large sum
of money to help the United Way of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas with
its tornado relief effort. As corporate citizens of the Joplin community, Rod
extends his deepest sympathy and prayers to the people who were ultimately affected
by the EF-5 multiple-Vortex tornado.
Just a
month before, on May 22, 2011 a highly destructive and deadly tornado tore
through the city of Joplin, Missouri. It was part of a larger-May tornado
outbreak and reached a maximum width of nearly 1 mile during its path through
the southern part of the city. It rapidly intensified and tracked eastward
across the city and then continued eastward into rural portions of Jasper
county and Newton County. Overall, the EF-5 tornado injured over 1, 150 and
killed 158 people that day.
Overall,
it was the deadliest tornado to strike the United States since 1947 and ranks
as the costliest single tornado in US history. Rod Aycox generous donation went
to helping with immediate and long-term recovery effort that were desperately
needed after the devastation that occurred in May. The damages from the Joplin
tornado amounted to a total of 2.8 billion dollars. Rod Aycox's innate kindness
shows through his contribution made to the Joplin people and ultimately brought
forth positive change to the community of Joplin.
