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. 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.
Just a month after, Rod Aycox,
founder of Select Management Resources donated a large sum of money to help
with the United Way of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas with its tornado
relief effort. Rods 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
is the CEO of Select Management Resources which is the parent company of
LoanMax, Midwest Title Loans and North American Title Loans. LoanMax and its
affiliated companies operate in more than twenty states nationwide and have
been an ongoing success for over 25 years. Rod Aycox has not only helped out
everyday people with their financial struggle but he has given an outlet that
credit unions and banks do not. His innate kindness has gone beyond just the
world of business, for he has continued to donate to each community that he
serves and for that our town is so thankful!
